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Mosquito counts dip below average following cooler weather
Cooler weather may be creeping in, but with it comes one good thing -- lower mosquito counts. The insects' numbers rapidly increased throughout the summer, but this week they finally dipped below the ...
Aug 20, 2019 Mosquito larvae in a jar of water collected by City of Regina workers on Aug. 20, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Online mental wellness class the first of its kind in Saskatchewan
Students heading back to school this season will have the opportunity to take a new online class to better their mental health. The Sun West Distance Learning Centre in Kenaston is ready to launch its...
Aug 20, 2019
Scheer promises EI tax credit for new parents if Conservatives form government
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer made a pre-campaign play for parental votes Tuesday as he promised that a Conservative government would introduce a tax credit for new mothers and fathers receiving special empl...
Aug 20, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
‘We’re going to act:’ Military investigating reservist for hate group link
WINNIPEG - The commander of the Canadian Army says the military will take action if an investigation finds that a reserve member in Manitoba participated in a hate group. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, w...
Aug 20, 2019
Area 51 events in Nevada prompt emergency crowd planning
LAS VEGAS - Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team res...
Aug 20, 2019
Study suggests Regina's economy is on the rebound
A new study is giving Regina's economy a passing grade. "I'd say it's a B with room for improvement," David Froh, the vice-president of Economic Development Regina Inc., said Tuesday. "But all the sig...
Aug 20, 2019
Regina police charge Winnipeg man with aggravated assault
Regina police have charged a 23-year-old Winnipeg man with aggravated assault after an incident at a business on south Albert Street early Tuesday morning. In an emailed media release, the police serv...
Aug 20, 2019
Health Canada approves Saskatoon safe consumption site, first-ever in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's first-ever safe consumption site for drug users is officially coming to Saskatoon. Health Canada's website indicates AIDS Saskatoon has been approved to run a supervised consumption sit...
Aug 20, 2019 The new safe consumption site is coming to Saskatoon, at the site of the old Pleasant Hill Bakery on 20th Street. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Ethics committee to decide whether to dig deeper into SNC-Lavalin report
OTTAWA - Six Liberal MPs will be the ones to decide whether the federal ethics watchdog will speak publicly about his scathing report on how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau handled the SNC-Lavalin affai...
Aug 20, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
First frost is typically only four weeks away, says climatologist
The recent cool weather is a sign of things to come. There's no delaying the inevitable, said Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips - summer is winding down. "All that wishing, hopi...
Aug 20, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
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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 ...