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Mother and two children found dead after house fire in North Battleford
An investigation into a house fire in North Battleford on Thursday is now a sudden death investigation as a mother and her two children were found dead at the residence. The cause of the house fire, w...
Jun 05, 2020 Two investigations, a house fire and a sudden death, brought a concentrated police presence to the 1400 block of 101 Street and 99 Street in North Battleford on Thursday. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW)
Saskatchewan's minimum wage to rise to $11.45 per hour Oct. 1
The minimum wage in Saskatchewan is to increase by 13 cents per hour on Oct. 1 to $11.45 per hour. Even with the increase, Saskatchewan's minimum wage will be the lowest in Canada, according to data c...
Jun 05, 2020
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canada needs a reckoning over a repeated and disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people. Miller says he "watched in disgust"...
Jun 05, 2020 Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller.
THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Adrian Wyld
On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, France (AP) - At least the dead will always be there. All too many have been, for 76 years since that fateful June 6 on France's Normandy beaches, when Allied troops in 1944 tur...
Jun 05, 2020 D-Day veteran Charles Norman Shay poses on a dune overlooking Omaha Beach prior to a memorial ceremony in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, on June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Protests shift to memorializing Floyd amid push for change
ATLANTA - The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fuelled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and...
Jun 05, 2020
Regina Public Library lays out plans for returns and curbside pickup
Library doors may remain physically closed to the public, but books and other materials that have been in a kind of limbo for two months can soon be returned, put on hold and checked out again. Regina...
Jun 05, 2020 The boarded-up book return slot at the Regina Public Library's Central branch. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Trudeau offers $14B to provinces for anti-COVID-19 efforts through rest of year
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has offered provinces and territories up to $14 billion in new federal transfers if they work with Ottawa on a "safe-restart agreement" that will ...
Jun 05, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saskatchewan Hockey Association reacts to restrictions being lifted
There appears to be a path opening up for kids and others in the province to return to the ice for hockey. But the general manager of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association says things won't be like they...
Jun 05, 2020
National unemployment rate hits new record; Sask. rate up to 12.5%
Canada clawed back 289,600 jobs in May as provincial governments began easing public health restrictions and businesses reopened, Statistics Canada said Friday. Still, the unemployment rate in May ros...
Jun 05, 2020
STF hopes teacher health and safety taken into consideration when school reopening plans are announced
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is following on the heels of the provincial NDP, calling for a safe and cautious return to schools eventually. While STF President Patrick Maze didn’t...
Jun 04, 2020
OPINION
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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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 30
On Thursday's show, Evan talks about Saskatoon's Downtown Event and Entertainment District, the 20th anniversary of Cana...