Murray Wood: Sunshine sketches of summers past
What are the memories of summers that stick in your mind? Murray Wood ponders how some things will evoke those moments.
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Kiteboarding: How to make the best of windy days
Saskatchewan has been buffeted by strong winds for the past few weeks, but some people don't see that as a bad thing. Kiteboarding is a sport where you hook yourself up to a board attached to a large ...
Jun 07, 2020 (Saskatchewan Windriders/Facebook)
Labour dispute at Co-op refinery reaches six-month mark with no end in sight
As of Friday, the lengthy labour dispute between Unifor Local 594 and the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) had been going on for six months. But even after six months, neither side seems closer to reachin...
Jun 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'What happened inside the hospital?' Family of Regina man wants answers
REGINA - Grieving relatives of a football player who they say died by suicide after seeking help at a hospital believe a recent change by Saskatchewan health officials may have saved him. Samwel Uko, ...
Jun 07, 2020 Samwel Uko is shown in a family handout photo. The grieving family of a football player who they say died by suicide after seeking help at a Regina hospital believes a recent change by health officials may have saved him.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Facebook MANDATORY CREDIT
'I'm really proud': NHLPA chief on players speaking out about social justice
Don Fehr didn't attend to his college graduation. The shootings at Kent State - where Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students peacefully protesting the Vietnam War - happened about a week b...
Jun 07, 2020 NHL Players' Association Executive Director Donald Fehr listens during a press conference in Columbus, Ohio on Jan.24, 2015. Fehr didn't attend to his college graduation.The shootings at Kent State — where Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students peacefully protesting the Vietnam War — happened about a week before he was scheduled to receive his degree from Indiana University in the spring of 1970. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Gene J. Puskar,
Survivors who missed out on polio vaccine hope for breakthrough against COVID-19
The mystery illness that paralyzed and killed mostly children across Canada came in waves that built for nearly four decades before a vaccine introduced in 1955 put an end to the suffering. That was t...
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Crown wants to fight controversial ‘extreme intoxication’ defence ruling
TORONTO - Canada's highest court will be asked to weigh in on a ruling that reopened the door for people accused of violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they had lost control of what they ...
Jun 06, 2020
N.B. chiefs seek justice system review after police shooting of Indigenous woman
FREDERICTON - The chiefs of a coalition of Maliseet First Nations are calling for an independent probe of the New Brunswick justice system after a fatal police shooting of a 26-year-old Indigenous wom...
Jun 06, 2020 Chantel Moore is shown in this undated photo posted on a GoFundMe memorial page, Support for family of Chantel Moore. A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia has been shot and killed by police in northwestern New Brunswick. First Nations groups identified the woman as Chantel Moore. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, GoFundMe *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Environment Canada says province can expect rainy, windy weekend weather
It's going to be a wet and windy weekend, with the potential for some severe weather, as Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the southern half of Saskatchewan. "It is about t...
Jun 06, 2020
Canora RCMP charge man in suspicious house fire
A fire at a house in Canora has resulted in arson charges for 30-year-old Levi Bobyk. RCMP responded to calls about a house fire around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The first officers on the scene saw a broken ...
Jun 06, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Community and connection: Regina Farmers' Market preparing for June reopening
Regina residents can look forward to shopping for local Saskatchewan veggies and other goods in person by the end of the month. The Regina Farmers' Market is hoping to open its outdoor market once aga...
Jun 06, 2020 People wait in line to buy fresh vegetables from Lincoln Gardens at the Regina Farmers' Market on Aug. 2, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A teenage summer job teaches the perfect life lessons
From paper routes to fast food, pumping gas or lifeguarding at the pool, Sarah Mills says summer jobs provide teens with...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 30
On Thursday's show, Evan talks about Saskatoon's Downtown Event and Entertainment District, Regina's Globe Theatre, the ...