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Trump digs in on racist tweets: ‘Many people agree with me’
WASHINGTON - Defiant in the face of widespread criticism, President Donald Trump renewed his belligerent call on Monday for four Democratic congresswomen of colour to get out of the U.S. "right now," ...
Jul 16, 2019 (The Associated Press)
Group wants charges in horse deaths during Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races
CALGARY - An animal welfare group is renewing its call for cruelty charges following the deaths of six horses at this year's Calgary Stampede. "Law enforcement - including the Calgary police, Calgary ...
Jul 16, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Regina police investigating vehicle-pedestrian crash
Regina police are investigating a crash between a vehicle and two pedestrians -- a teenaged girl and a teenaged boy -- that happened Monday evening in the city's Washington Park neighbourhood. A media...
Jul 16, 2019
Moving out of the mud: Country Thunder wraps up
The old saying goes: "There's a first time for everything." For Aussies Lewis Bothe and Henry Coupland, it rang true at Craven on Saturday and Sunday nights. They were taking in Country Thunder for th...
Jul 15, 2019 Craven festival-goers leave the country music festival site amid water and mud-covered camping spots on July 15, 2019. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Clean-up in Balcarres after vicious storm hits area
The town of Balcarres is in clean-up mode after a storm hit the town Sunday night. Power lines were down, trees fell to the ground, and a few buildings sustained damage during the storm that hit just ...
Jul 15, 2019 A large tree toppled over during Sunday night's storm in Balcarres, causing damage to Katie Henry's backyard. (Facebook/Katie Henry)
‘Told to shoot:’ Trial begins for Alberta youth in shooting of German tourist
CALGARY - There was conflicting testimony in court Monday about whether a youth charged in the shooting of a German tourist on an Alberta highway may have acted on his own or was ordered to fire the g...
Jul 15, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
NATO secretary-general meets Trudeau in Canada amid Russia, U.S.-Iran tensions
PETAWAWA, Ont. - In a visit to an Ottawa Valley military base Monday, NATO's secretary-general urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to not backtrack on boosting Canada's defence spending and helping co...
Jul 15, 2019 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. on Monday, July 15, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trump digs in amid censure of racist tweets about lawmakers
WASHINGTON - Injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of colour should go back to the "broken and crime infested" countries they came from...
Jul 15, 2019
SGI offers quick tips after large hail falls during weekend storm
There were lots of smashed windshields in the province after the weekend's storms brought hail the size of ping pong or tennis balls. People have up to two years to file a claim but SGI communications...
Jul 15, 2019 Hail damage sustained at Douglas Provincial Park on July 13, 2019. (Leah Bumphrey/650 CKOM)
Loved ones of Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh mourn after terrorist attack
TORONTO - Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through positive ...
Jul 15, 2019 At least 10 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including Hodan Nalayeh, a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Nalayeh poses on a hill overlooking the city of Garoe, Somalia, in a recent handout photo published to social media. Nalayeh was born in Somalia in 1976, but spent most of her life in Canada, first in Alberta and then in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hodan Nalayeh, Facebook
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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 ...