Murray Wood: Reconciling sorrow and anger in the death of a Roughrider
Murray Wood says the death of Roughrider Jaden Dalke on the weekend, and another man who was in a vehicle struck by Dalk...
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Young Canadians say current events, string of bad news adding to anxiety
Anxiety and apathy have both come easily to Galen Watts so far this year. The PhD student at Queen's University has watched with a mix of dismay and detachment as headlines about rampant wildfires in ...
Jan 14, 2020
Australian village scorched by wildfires struggles with loss
NERRIGUNDAH, Australia (AP) - Ash Graham's dog, Kozi, wakes him at 8 a.m., eager for his morning walk. Then Graham realizes he was dreaming, and gets up from the one-man tent he's been sleeping in eac...
Jan 14, 2020 Volunteer firefighter Ash Graham camps on the lawn near the fire station at Nerrigundah, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2020, since losing his house and his dog when a wildfire ripped through the town on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Promised 25 per cent wireless rate cut is on top of recent reductions: Bains
OTTAWA - The federal government is making clear that cuts to wireless rates it expects from mobile service providers must go above and beyond any price reductions already seen since 2016. Industry Min...
Jan 14, 2020 Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains holds a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The federal government is making clear that cuts to wireless rates it expects from mobile service providers must go above and beyond any price reductions already seen since 2016. Bains says the 25 per cent rate reductions he has been mandated to achieve over the next two years will be measured from after the October election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Man facing forcible confinement charge after weekend incident
A 22-year-old man faces several charges including forcible confinement after an incident near Princess Street and Dewdney Avenue on the weekend. Police say that on Sunday night, a woman came home to f...
Jan 14, 2020 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after takeoff from Tehran ...
Jan 14, 2020 People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University that some of the victims of the crash were former students of, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Iran on Saturday, Jan. 11, acknowledged that its armed forces "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Joint police team to focus on gun crimes in Regina
A newly christened joint police team comprising members of the Regina Police Service and the RCMP is going to tackle the rising number of gun crimes in Regina. What had been called the Combined Forces...
Jan 14, 2020 Photos of the firearms collected during the province-wide gun amnesty on display at the Regina Police Service headquarters May 7, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Regina man reiterates claim that he doesn't belong in Unifor video
Chad Zipchian is convinced Unifor has the wrong guy. Zipchian co-owns a string of restaurants in southern Saskatchewan with Kalpesh Patel, who has been under the microscope since his name and face app...
Jan 13, 2020 Business owner Kalpesh Patel claims he was wrongfully featured in Unifor's "Meet the Scabs" video that outs replacement workers at the Co-op refinery during the labour dispute. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Iran’s co-operation in crash probe ‘encouraging,’ TSB chair says
OTTAWA - The head of the Transportation Safety Board says Canadian investigators have left Turkey for Iran to probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines plane last week. TSB investigators a...
Jan 13, 2020
Sask. Polytechnic, Moose Jaw police warn of phishing scam
One of the newest online scams to hit Saskatchewan is invoking the name of Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The school and the Moose Jaw Police Service revealed Monday that emails with the subject lines "Doc...
Jan 13, 2020
Carmichael Outreach offers warm haven from the cold
When the temperatures get dangerously cold, places like Carmichael Outreach become a warm haven for people who don't have many other options during the day. At the new location on 12th Avenue, people ...
Jan 13, 2020 Two young women who gave their names as Keleisha and Midnight warm up with coffee at the drop-in centre at Carmichael Outreach on 12th Avenue on Jan. 13, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The 2026 World Cup was not one built for the fans
Sarah Mills says FIFA president Gianni Infantino turned the beautiful game into an excessive cash cow where the sport wa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, July 21
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about how police officers handle accident scenes, new tariffs on Canadian products, the re...