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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City council bends to delegates' will, makes bylaw changes
The people have been heard. In a second meeting on Tuesday, Regina's city council decided on changes to the new zoning bylaw which were asked for by delegates on Monday night. On Monday night, council...
Jun 19, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Different kind of bees available at this year's Farm Progress Show
Visitors at this year's Farm Progress Show can buy some leafcutter bee larvae. These bees won't produce any honey but will give you a garden instead. "They're going to pollinate the flowers in your ba...
Jun 19, 2019 Leafcutter bee larvae, which can be purchased at this year's Farm Progress Show, come in decorative boxes that can be installed in a backyard. (Jed Williams)
Evraz fined in connection with workplace injury
Evraz Steel has been ordered to pay $126,000 in relation to a workplace injury at its Regina plant in September of 2016. Evraz pleaded guilty to one charge under Occupational Health and Safety regulat...
Jun 19, 2019
Governments earned $186M in pot taxes in 5 1/2 months of legalization: StatsCan
Federal and provincial governments earned $186 million in cannabis-related revenue in the first 5 1/2 months since legalization in October, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The Ottawa-based agency sa...
Jun 19, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Trial of 4 suspects in MH17 downing to start in March
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands - Four people, including a prominent eastern Ukrainian separatist commander, were charged with murder Wednesday in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine ...
Jun 19, 2019
Feed supply running low as producers try to save pastures
Glenda-Lee Vossler, DiscoverMooseJaw.com A lot of livestock producers are evaluating their options as their feed supply starts running low. It doesn't matter if you're in the beef industry, or you wor...
Jun 19, 2019
Trump rehashes gripes, rips ‘radical’ Dems in 2020 launch
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Jabbing at the press and poking the eye of the political establishment he ran against in 2016, President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with a ...
Jun 19, 2019 President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd after speaking during his re-election kickoff rally at the Amway Center, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
What to expect at Canada's Farm Progress Show
More than 30,000 people are expected to attend Canada's Farm Progress Show, which kicks off in Regina on Wednesday. The three-day event is a chance for dealers, suppliers and producers to make busines...
Jun 19, 2019
Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Swift Current
After months of dry conditions, Swift Current was hit with heavy rain Tuesday afternoon. "The skies just opened up, and it just, it came down fast and it came down heavy and it was raining for well ov...
Jun 18, 2019 Heavy rain on June 18, 2019 caused flash flooding in Swift Current. (Everett Hindley)
33K pounds of cocaine seized in one of biggest U.S. drug busts
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia's port in what they described as one of the largest drug busts in American history. Th...
Jun 18, 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
8:30 - An MOU has been signed between the City of Saskatoon and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on the downtown entertainmen...