Murray Wood: Mosquitopalooza
Mosquitoes are, sadly, part of summer in Saskatchewan but on a camping trip Murray found this is an epic year for the bu...
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Can Trudeau count on stable Liberal minority? Not necessarily, warns Bob Rae
OTTAWA - Accidents happen. That's something Bob Rae advises all federal political parties to keep in mind as they enter a new era of minority government. The former interim Liberal leader knows a thin...
Jan 02, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Australian prime minister is jeered in wildfire-ravaged zone
PERTH, Australia - Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents who cursed and insulted him Thursday as he visited a wildfire-ravaged corner of the country. Locals in Cobargo, in Ne...
Jan 02, 2020
New insurance act took effect New Year's Day
A new set of insurance regulations came into effect on Wednesday. The Insurance Act replaces the 40-year-old Saskatchewan Insurance Act. Jan Seibel, the director of the real estate and insurance divis...
Jan 02, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
‘Doomsday’ scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....
Jan 02, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Schiefelbein
Daughter hopes social media can lead to answers in mother’s killing 39 years ago
WINNIPEG - Denise Pochinko remembers waking up and hearing the screams. She hid under blankets with her sister until sirens drowned out their panicked breathing. It was October 1980 in Winnipeg and sh...
Jan 02, 2020 Denise Pochinko, whose mother, Jackaleen Dyck, was murdered in Winnipeg on Oct. 4, 1980 while she and her sister Jody were in the next room, looks over some news clippings and family photos in her home at Winnipeg Beach on Nov. 21, 2019. The grisly murder is still unsolved and Pochinko is looking for answers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Opposition Conservatives head into 2020 with fights ahead on three fronts
OTTAWA - In 2019, federal Conservatives sought to draw voters in their direction with the slogan: "It's time for you to get ahead." But they didn't get enough of those voters to form government, and s...
Jan 02, 2020 Andrew Scheer, MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle, is pictured in this 2020 file photo. (Canadian Press files)
Regina residents urged to stay away from bodies of water
The City of Regina is urging people to stay away from all bodies of water. That includes Wascana Lake and creek, storm channels and detention ponds. "Throughout the winter season, do not walk, ski, sk...
Jan 01, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Police, protesters clash in New Year’s rally in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Hong Kong streets for an annual New Year's Day protest march as the monthslong pro-democracy movement extended into 2020 with further violence betwee...
Jan 01, 2020
Regina's New Year's baby is a girl
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced that Regina's first baby born in 2020 was a girl. Verity Broda was born to Crystal and Peter Broda at the Regina General Hospital on Wednesday morning. She ...
Jan 01, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
First New Year's Levee for newly-appointed lieutenant-governor
For those wanting to leave the house on New Year's Day, there is a tradition at Government House that has been taking place for more than 100 years. It's the lieutenant-governor's New Year's Levee. "T...
Jan 01, 2020 Newly-appointed Lt.-Gov. Russell Mirasty, left, shares a laugh with his son and two grandchildren at Government House in Regina on July 18, 2019.
(Evan Radford/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: It should be widely known who works in the PMO
Sarah Mills says more details should have been made public about the hiring of an American woman to the PMO.
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, July 20
On Monday's episode, Evan talks about income for people with disabilities, the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program, c...