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Humboldt Strong Community Foundation dissolves after revealing financial statements
By Aaron Schulze The Humboldt Strong Community Foundation is no more. During its first and only annual general meeting on Tuesday, the Humboldt Strong Community Foundation board of directors voted to ...
Jun 26, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Twitter joins Facebook in creating registry for online political ads
OTTAWA - Twitter is creating a registry of all online political ads posted on its platform during this fall's federal election campaign. But the social media giant will ban political advertisements du...
Jun 26, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Richard Drew
Second-degree murder charge laid after Regina homicide
Regina police have charged a 49-year-old man with second-degree murder in connection with Regina's fifth homicide of the year. Morley Dean Whitequill of Regina faces the charge. He is set to make his ...
Jun 26, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
'Somewhere to go:’ Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses
REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...
Jun 26, 2019 Don Meikle, executive director of EGADZ, stands for a photograph at the entrance to his office in Saskatoon on June 24, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards)
You hear that? 24/7 noise during construction on 15th Avenue
Residents who live along a three-kilometre stretch of 15th Avenue will have to put up with a noisy construction project lasting for most of the summer. The wastewater trunk relining project started th...
Jun 26, 2019 The pump being used during the wastewater trunk relining project on 15th Avenue on June 25, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Association takes possession of residential school cemetery
On Pinkie Road at the west edge of Regina is a small plot of land surrounded by a white fence. In the ground inside that fence, at least 35 children are buried who died at the Regina Indian Industrial...
Jun 25, 2019 Sarah Longman (r) receives a pouch of tobacco from the former owner of the land the Regina Indian Industrial School's cemetery was on (l), and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki (m). June 25, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
City of Regina expects mosquitoes to emerge this weekend
The rainfall over the past week may have been a welcome blessing for some, but mosquitoes also are about to reap the benefits. Russell Eirich, senior program manager for forestry, pest control and hor...
Jun 25, 2019 A test sample of mosquitoes, taken from near Rambler Park. Mosquito numbers are expected to rise in the city this week due to recent rainfall. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
China asks for suspension of Canadian meat, citing forged certificates
OTTAWA - The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports, a surprise move that comes amid the diplomatic dispute over the December arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanz...
Jun 25, 2019
Mounties put hundreds of eyes in the sky with expanding drone fleet
OTTAWA - The RCMP has assembled a fleet of more than 200 flying drones - eyes in the sky that officers use for everything from international border investigations to protecting VIP visitors, newly dis...
Jun 25, 2019 (Candian Press files)
Hayley Wickenheiser one of six going into Hockey Hall of Fame this year
Hayley Wickenheiser's accolades have a hard time keeping up with her. The Hockey Hall of Fame wasted no time hustling Wickenheiser into its gallery of heroes in her first year of eligibility. But when...
Jun 25, 2019
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...