Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyon...
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Unifor wants help from the provincial government to get back to the table
Unifor's national president is calling for Saskatchewan's premier to step in and get the Co-op refinery back to the bargaining table. "This is a time for leadership, Premier (Scott) Moe," Jerry Dias s...
Jan 23, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
In St. John’s, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's seve...
Jan 23, 2020 A Westjet aircraft prepares to depart the airport in St. John’s on Jan. 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Regina to host reconciliation economic conference in March
As part of its efforts to honour and implement the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 calls to action, the City of Regina will co-host a Truth and Reconciliation economic conference in ...
Jan 23, 2020 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Quarantine of an entire city would be inconceivable, unenforceable and illegal in Canada: Expert
Placing an entire city under quarantine to prevent the spread of a virus is inconceivable, unenforceable and ineffective - and in Canada would be against the law, experts say. Steven Hoffman, a profes...
Jan 23, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans
SYDNEY, Australia - Three American crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New South Wal...
Jan 23, 2020
Man skates for 19 hours and 26 minutes for Alzheimer’s awareness
At 5 p.m. Wednesday, dressed in his AC/DC hat and pants, his Reebok pump skates and a custom-made sweater signed by everyone he met along the way, Steve McNeil stepped on the ice at the Cameco Meewasi...
Jan 23, 2020
Mayor hoping for higher voter turnout this fall with new polling station
Regina Mayor Michael Fougere is hoping an additional polling station in North Central will help boost voter turnout in the next municipal election. In the 2016 election, only 20.4 per cent of eligible...
Jan 23, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Refinery, Unifor discussing return to bargaining table
An announcement Thursday morning could mean movement in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery. Unifor has been saying that it wouldn't go back to the bargaining table until the refinery agreed to n...
Jan 23, 2020 Jerry Dias, Unifor's national president, announced the union would drop its pension pre-condition to get back to the bargaining table on Jan. 23, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Next stop, Brexit: Britain’s EU divorce bill becomes law
LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans an...
Jan 23, 2020
Facing minority Parliament, Trudeau tells MPs to play nice with opposition
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling his caucus to play nice as Liberal MPs meet before the House of Commons resumes sitting again next week. Trudeau says Canadians sent their elected off...
Jan 23, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to members of caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Sarah Mills: History revealed in Ireland could teach Canada a lesson
Infant bodies have been excavated from a mother-and-baby institution near Galway. Sarah Mills says it shows a difficult ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 23
Evan was on location for Ag in Motion for Thursday's show and talked about air quality concerns, U.S. tariffs, Saskatche...