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Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall
OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. "There's never been a moment quite like this in huma...
Sep 03, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Parents giving a thumbs up to new slower school zones
Parents and grandparents walking kids to the first day of school Tuesday morning at Judge Bryant Elementary School gave a resoundingly positive report card for Regina's new lower school zone speed. Ju...
Sep 03, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police renew call for information about missing man
The Regina Police Service has issued a second request for the public's help in finding a 34-year-old man who has been missing since Aug. 21. Tyler James West was last seen on Bennett Drive in Regina. ...
Sep 03, 2019
Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as U.S. deal nears
KABUL - The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 civilians and wounded 119 people, just hours after a U.S. ...
Sep 03, 2019
'Like taking Punnichy off the map': Grain elevator set to come down
The demolition of the 107-year-old grain elevator in the east-central Saskatchewan village of Punnichy is set to begin Tuesday. Lawrence Beyer, the mayor of Punnichy, said the elevator's leveling is j...
Sep 03, 2019 The century-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator in Punnichy stands in the village on Aug. 29, 2019. (Brenda Perkin/Submitted)
'A twisted mess sitting on my roof': Windstorm tears through Qu'Appelle Valley acreage
A powerful windstorm ripped through the Qu'Appelle Valley on Monday night, damaging at least one property in the area. He didn't receive Environment Canada's mobile alert message about the tornado war...
Sep 03, 2019 Aaron Saufert said a powerful wind storm tossed his trampoline onto his roof on Sept. 2, 2019 at his acreage in the Qu'Appelle Valley. (Submitted by Aaron Saufert)
Tech in classroom prompts collaboration, demands balance, says Regina teacher
As kids headed back to school Tuesday for the start of a new academic year, it's less likely they'll find chalkboards, pieces of chalk and dusty brushes in their classrooms. They're more likely to fin...
Sep 03, 2019 Grade 7/8 teacher Aaron Warner says using technology like tablets in the classroom at Wascana Plains School builds his students' problem-solving skills. Warner poses for a photo in his classroom on Aug. 30, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Coast Guard: 25 bodies found after California boat fire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A middle-of-the-night fire swept a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving at least 25 dead and ...
Sep 03, 2019 Local law enforcement along with search and rescue teams help unload the bodies of those who died in a diving boat fire, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving multiple people dead and hope diminishing that any of the remaining people still missing would be found alive. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm
MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas - Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 185 mph (297 kph) winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing ...
Sep 03, 2019 (The Associated Press)
Injuries reported after two-vehicle crash on Trans-Canada near Maple Creek
The RCMP is investigating a two-vehicle crash that happened on Monday at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 21 near Maple Creek. Firefighters and EMS were called to the scene due...
Sep 02, 2019
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...