Murray Wood: All hail the placekicker! Except when he misses
Alex Hale was supposed to make us forget about Brett Lauther, but how can we? Murray Wood says Hale has struggled, while...
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9 more cases of COVID-19 raise Saskatchewan total to 95
On the same day the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced it had opened a new primary care assessment site for COVID-19 in Regina, the province announced nine new cases of the virus. That hike...
Mar 26, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Haphazard': Health-care workers union critical of government response to COVID-19
The head of a union that represents thousands of health-care workers in Saskatchewan has some particular criticisms of how the provincial government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. "That is one of ...
Mar 26, 2020 SEIU-West president Barbara Cape. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province suspends evictions related to missed or late rent during pandemic
The Saskatchewan government is taking steps to ensure that tenants affected by COVID-19 will continue to have roofs over their heads. In a media release Thursday, the government announced that, effect...
Mar 26, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Canada ‘forcefully’ opposed to U.S. idea of posting soldiers at border: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Canada is "strongly opposed" to a proposal floated by the United States to post American soldiers near the border to intercept illegal migrants who could spread COVID-19, Deputy Prime Min...
Mar 26, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Regina police seeking suspects in attempted theft of ATM
The Regina Police Service is looking for two men who tried to steal an ATM from a business early Wednesday. According to a media release from the police, officers were sent to a business in the 400 bl...
Mar 26, 2020 One of the suspects in the attempted theft of an ATM from a business in Regina on March 25, 2020. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Agriculture sector scrambling to offset consequences of COVID-19 crisis
CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVID-19 cr...
Mar 26, 2020 CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Jeff McIntosh
Co-op counters special mediator recommendations in new offer, Unifor not impressed
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has released its offer to Unifor Local 594 as the two sides try to negotiate a new labour contract, after FCL declined parts of a special mediator's report on Sun...
Mar 26, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
Daycares struggling with uncertain answers from province
For once, the people who run daycares have more questions than the youngest kids in their care, but they don't seem to be getting answers from the government. For Cara Steiner at Prairie Lily Early Le...
Mar 26, 2020 Cara Steiner at Prairie Lily Early Learning Centre's Sacred Heart School location in Regina. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
SHA says two participants at snowmobile rally supper tested positive for COVID-19
Two people who attended the Lakeland Snowmobile Club Wilderness Rally Supper in Christopher Lake have tested positive for COVID-19. The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued a public service announceme...
Mar 25, 2020
Sask. snowbirds safe at home, self-isolating with help of local businesses
After a bit of a scramble to leave Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and get home to Regina, former 980 CJME news anchor Alex Docking and his wife Jill are now back home and self-isolating. So far they're free ...
Mar 25, 2020 Alex and Jill Docking. (Facebook)
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Sarah Mills: Oprah Winfrey is trying to rewrite history
Oprah has been asked to look back on her infamous interview with Prince Harry and Megan Markle. But rather than review h...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, July 27
On Monday's show, Evan talks U.S. tariffs, the postponed Post Malone show in Edmonton, youth unemployment in Canada, ano...