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Charity concert featuring Regina mayor's band raises big money for cancer equipment
A benefit concert at the Conexus Arts Centre on Thursday night featuring Regina's mayor as the drummer raised more than $1 million for new cancer equipment. In total, Michael Fougere's group, The Gara...
Sep 27, 2019 More than 300 people attended a benefit concert at Regina's Conexus Arts Centre on Sept. 27, 2019, that raised more than $1 million for the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan. (Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan/Facebook)
‘I accomplished my mission,’ accused in Yonge Street van attack told police
TORONTO - Hours after driving a rented van down a busy Toronto sidewalk killing 10 people and injuring 16 others, Alek Minassian described himself to police as a 25-year-old virgin seeking retribution...
Sep 27, 2019 Alek Minassian, top, is seen during a police interview in a still frame taken from handout video footage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Superior Court of Justice
Security-clearance backlogs bedevilled RCMP as employee allegedly leaked secrets
OTTAWA - The RCMP was struggling to keep staff security clearances up to date during the time a senior employee allegedly tried to pass secrets to adversaries, an internal Mountie audit shows. The aud...
Sep 27, 2019
North Central shooting sends 28-year-old man to hospital
Regina police are investigating a shooting that sent a 28-year-old man to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. In an emailed news release, police said the man's injuries were serious. The shooting happ...
Sep 27, 2019
Premier, environment minister to miss another climate march
Once again groups of students holding signs and waving at cars will march down Albert Street and gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislative building. They'll cheer, some of them will speak and al...
Sep 27, 2019 More than 200 students cut class on March 15 to protest the lack of action to address climate change at the Saskatchewan Legislature. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
How the White House and DOJ learned about the whistleblower
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and the Justice Department learned about a CIA officer's concerns about President Donald Trump around the same time the individual filed a whistleblower complaint tha...
Sep 27, 2019 Activists rally for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., committed Tuesday to launching a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Amazon offers a way to delete Alexa recordings automatically
NEW YORK - Users of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the pr...
Sep 27, 2019 (The Associated Press)
LISTEN: Sask. seniors reflect on the evolution of Canadian politics
The evolution of politics is something not many people think about -- unless they've lived through it. For Betty Johnston, who voted for the first time in 1940 in Lang, she said as a woman it was just...
Sep 27, 2019 Seniors at College Park Retirement Residence in Regina pose for a photo after talking politics on Sept. 19, 2019. Left to right: Claude Crozon, Betty Inns, Betty Johnston, Hazel Howell and Jean Faye. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
JPCH will not house pediatric heart surgeons when doors open
As the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) prepares for the Sunday move-in date, there’s one service that the state-of-the-art facility won’t offer for pediatric patients. It won...
Sep 26, 2019
Employees at six other Crowns threaten job action
Workers from five Saskatchewan Crown corporations and one Crown agency have joined SaskTel workers in filing notice of job action. In a media release Thursday evening, Unifor -- which represents emplo...
Sep 26, 2019 Unifor national president Jerry Dias speaking ahead of contract talks at Hotel Saskatchewan on Sept. 26, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: There is a lot to dislike about Argentina's soccer team
History has shown that Argentina has benefited from controversial refereeing decisions and favouritism at the World Cup....
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, July 14
WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - U.S. politics is facing a moment of transition following the sudden death of Senato...