Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Diversity in the school: The growth of Regina's EAL program
It's not easy learning a new language but newcomers to Regina are getting a lot of help thanks to the growth of the English as an Additional Language (EAL) program. A student coordinator within the pr...
Nov 06, 2018 (File photo/980 CJME)
'The real heroes:' Regina students lay poppies on veterans' graves
More than 150 elementary school students gathered at the Regina Cemetery Monday morning to place poppies on veterans' headstones as a small 'thank you' for a big sacrifice. Looking on as the children ...
Nov 05, 2018 More than 150 elementary school students gathered at the Regina Cemetery to place poppies on veterans' headstones on Nov. 5, 2018. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Feds promise $165 million in compensation after shortchanging 270,000 veterans
OTTAWA - The federal government says it shortchanged hundreds of thousands of veterans and their survivors over seven years, and is preparing to compensate them a total of $165 million. Veterans Affai...
Nov 05, 2018
Regina moves to bi-weekly winter garbage collection
Regina residents might want to recheck their city garbage schedules before rolling out their brown bins. The city is moving to a bi-weekly pickup schedule for the winter. A pilot project testing less ...
Nov 05, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Operation Red Nose returns, looking for volunteers
Operation Red Nose is returning to Saskatchewan to offer people safe rides home during the holiday party season. This is the 10th year the program has been offered in the province. "There's no excuse ...
Nov 05, 2018 Mayor Michael Fougere helped launch Operation Red Nose in Regina for its 10th year on Nov 5 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Fatal rollover on Ochapawace First Nation
One woman is dead and two others were injured in a rollover Sunday morning on the Ochapawace First Nation northeast of Broadview. RCMP officers were called to the First Nation at 11 a.m. They arrived ...
Nov 05, 2018
Elgar Petersen, namesake for the Humboldt Broncos’ home rink, dies at 82
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Elgar Petersen was famous in Humboldt, Sask., for his love and support of the Broncos hockey team, but it was in the wake of the tragic bus crash in April that his name suddenly beca...
Nov 05, 2018
‘Everything’s at stake’ on eve of first Trump-era elections
WASHINGTON - The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived. Voters on Tuesday will decide the $5 billion debate between President Donald Trump's take-no-prisoner politics and the Democ...
Nov 05, 2018
Regina cenotaph rededicated to honour Boer War, Afghan veterans
For the first time in nearly three decades, a fresh plaque was added to the cenotaph in Regina's Victoria Park on Sunday to honour those who fought in South Africa and Afghanistan. "I'm very humbled t...
Nov 04, 2018 Afghanistan veterans salute the new plaque added to the Victoria Park cenotaph in Regina, which marks the time they spent overseas and the Boer War, on Nov. 4, 2018. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Indigenous people worry Saskatchewan trespassing plan may stoke racial tensions
A Saskatchewan grandmother who was confronted by a farmer with a gun says changing trespassing laws probably won't stop crime but could increase racial tension. Angela Bishop, a Metis lawyer, was driv...
Nov 04, 2018
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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