Murray Wood: Reporting live from beneath mounds of data
You can't say Saskatchewan isn't releasing annual reports on the Crown corporations, but Murray Wood says it's being don...
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Look up: Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet passes earth every 80,000 years
The northern lights have been very active this month, and just this weekend, there was a comet cutting across the sky. The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet only passes by our planet once every 80,000 years. Je...
Oct 15, 2024 A 10 second exposed iPhone photo of Tsuchinshan–ATLAS Comet taken from Diefenbaker Park in Saskatoon overlooking the Gordie Howe Bridge. (Jeff Swick)
'It's tough': Sask. coffee shop owner struggling due to bean shortage, inflation
The rising cost of doing business is leaving a bitter taste in one Saskatchewan coffee shop owner's mouth. Ken MacMurchy is the co-owner of Brewed Awakening, which has three locations in Regina, and o...
Oct 15, 2024 Coffee shop Brewed Awakening is feeling the effects of inflation and rising costs. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
Play Buzzword Bingo During the Saskatchewan Leaders' Debate
Prepare for a night of political sparring as the 2024 Saskatchewan election heats up. On Wednesday night, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Carla Beck will go head to head in the high...
Oct 15, 2024 Our Buzzword Bingo cards are packed with phrases and keywords that have popped up throughout this election season.
What Canada's row with India means for trade relationship
Experts say the diplomatic row between Canada and India could derail a trading relationship that already "woefully underperforms its potential." Partha Mohanran, director of the India Innovation Insti...
Oct 15, 2024 Partha Mohanran, director of the India Innovation Institute at the University of Toronto, says Canada's decision to expel New Delhi's top envoy and five other diplomats is a new low in the relationship between the two countries. (The Canadian Press)
Annual inflation falls to 1.6% in Sept., smallest yearly increase since 2021
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual inflation rate continued to slow in September as drivers paid lower prices for gasoline than they did last year. The agency said Tuesday its consumer price i...
Oct 15, 2024
Carbon tax rebates land in bank accounts as Liberals defend policy
OTTAWA - Canadians are set to receive carbon pricing rebates Tuesday, as the Liberals defend one of their most embattled policies. The government says this is the first time all banks will label the p...
Oct 15, 2024
SASK VOTES 2024: Meet the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
The debate stage brings up familiar feelings for Rose Buscholl, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. "I have done some acting in the past," she said. "I have done a couple com...
Oct 15, 2024 Rose Buscholl entered provincial politics in 2015, before becoming the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 2023. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
In the news today: Canada spat leads India newspapers, inflation report due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada spat leads India newspapers, as analysts await reactions from peer countries Canada's decision to expel...
Oct 15, 2024
243 candidates meet registration deadline for Saskatchewan's election
Elections Saskatchewan says a total of 243 candidates across 61 constituencies filed their nomination papers with the agency's returning office in their constituencies in time for Saturday's registrat...
Oct 15, 2024
WATCH: Nearly one million ballots printed ahead of Sask. election
It was crunch time for a handful of volunteer printers across the province this weekend, as the printing of ballots for the 2024 Saskatchewan election got underway. They've been working tirelessly sin...
Oct 14, 2024 Six different printing presses will print nearly one million ballots in under 10 days. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: There is something to the art of letter writing
In our instant world, where everyone is a text away, Sarah Mills says there is something wistful about waiting for a let...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 25
8:30 - After tabling the first volume of her 2026 report on Tuesday morning, Evan speaks with Saskatchewan's provincial ...