Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Unifor again found guilty of contempt of court, fined $250K
The union representing employees at the Co-op refinery has been fined a second time for its actions during the ongoing lockout. In a written judgment released Wednesday, Court of Queen's Bench Justice...
Feb 12, 2020 The barricade at Gate 7 of the Co-op refinery on Feb. 12, 2020. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68
TORONTO - Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died. She was 68. Blatchford had been ...
Feb 12, 2020
Manslaughter charge laid in girl's death in 2018
Nearly two years after a three-year-old girl died, the Regina Police Service has laid a charge of manslaughter against a 33-year-old Regina woman. Ashley Dawn Longworth was arrested Wednesday and char...
Feb 12, 2020 Zoey Hancock. (Submitted)
One day longer for Saskatchewan cold snap
An extreme cold warning remains in place for much of Saskatchewan, including Regina. The cold snap is the result of arctic air blowing in from the north, resulting in windchill values in the -40 C ran...
Feb 12, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Woman charged in connection with Bitternose murder
A 26-year-old Regina woman has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the city's first murder of 2020. Kelly Renee Stonechild is charged with the Jan. 5 killing of Keesha Cree Bitter...
Feb 12, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Province appoints special mediator in refinery dispute
The Saskatchewan government has appointed a special mediator in hopes of ending the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery. Speaking to reporters at the legislature on Wednesday, Moe said he was pleased...
Feb 12, 2020 Carla McCrie and Kevin Bittman with Unifor local 594 in Regina. Feb. 12, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Trudeau cabinet ministers get special hacker hotline to report suspected breaches
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers now have their own special hotline to report suspected hacking incidents. Officials at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security set up the round-the-clock telephone se...
Feb 12, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nominat...
Feb 12, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, arrives to speak to supporters at a primary night election rally in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Sask. government concerned about B.C. rail blockades
With protesters blocking rail lines and CN Rail threatening to shut down some service, the Saskatchewan government is very concerned about what's happening in B.C. Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditar...
Feb 12, 2020
'People don't need to die:' Regina man opens up about opioid addiction
For Josh Bundus, the term "opioid crisis" is too impersonal to describe the opiate addiction that killed his brother, devastated his family and nearly destroyed his own life. "My family has been devas...
Feb 12, 2020 Brothers Josh and Jordan Bundus both dealt with serious addictions to opioid drugs. Jordan died in 2015 but his brother is still on the road to recovery. (Submitted photo)
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Sarah Mills: Canada can learn lessons from Ireland
The Republic of Ireland has begun the painful process of reconciling its past. Sarah Mills says the country is going thr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 24
On Friday's show, Evan talks U.S. tariffs with Warren Kaeding, Saskatchewan Minister of Trade and Exports, how one resta...