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Wildfire smoke blankets Sask. skies: photos
Smoke once again blanketed the sky over Saskatchewan on Thursday. Environment Canada issued air quality statements due to smoke drifting into the province from wildfires in B.C. and Alberta. The smoke...
Aug 16, 2018 (file photo)
Regina police searching for two men following armed robbery
Police are looking for two men after a business was reportedly robbed at gunpoint. Police were dispatched to the 4000 block of Albert Street around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday. Two men had entered the busine...
Aug 16, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin has died
DETROIT - Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural ...
Aug 16, 2018
Sask. father calls for mental health help after son's death
He struggled for more than a decade to get his son the help he needed, then his son went missing and a week ago was found dead - now a Kindersley man is speaking out, saying the government needs to im...
Aug 16, 2018 Stephen Thompson's (pictured) father says if help had been available for his son's mental health issues, he might still be alive today. (RCMP)
Cabinet change brings in new agriculture minister
Saskatchewan has a new agriculture minister, announced in a small cabinet shuffle on Wednesday. The changes come days after Lyle Stewart stepped down from cabinet after being diagnosed with colorectal...
Aug 15, 2018 L-R Lori Carr, David Marit and Gordon Wyant at cabinet swearing in ceremony on August 15 (Andrew Shepherd 980 CJME)
Fire forces partial closure of Highway 1 near Moosomin
A large fire has forced a partial closure of Highway 1 between Moosomin and the Manitoba border. According to Highway Hotline, a grass fire was sparked by a train. Moosomin RCMP and the local fire dep...
Aug 15, 2018 The RCMP is investigating a fatal crash south of Swift Current. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police officer under investigation after shooting dog
An investigation is underway after a Regina police officer shot a dog. It happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday as the Regina Police Service Canine Unit was preparing to do some training in an open fie...
Aug 15, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina traffic to be restricted for water main repair
A water main break is submerging the Victoria Avenue and Ottawa Street intersection in water, but the city is fixing it Thursday. Starting at 8:30 a.m., eastbound Victoria Avenue will be blocked and w...
Aug 15, 2018 Traffic had to drive through water at Regina's Victoria Avenue and Ottawa Street intersection because of a water main break on August 15, 2018. (Jayda Noyes/980 CJME)
Charles sentenced to 8 years in kidnapping, sex assault case
By: Charlene Tebbutt A young man from northern Saskatchewan has been sentenced to penitentiary time in a case that gripped the community of Prince Albert and changed the lives of a little girl and her...
Aug 15, 2018
Liberals look at creating federal holiday to mark legacy of residential schools
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government wants to establish a holiday to acknowledge the dark legacy of Canada's residential school system, and plans to use an opposition bill to make it happen. The go...
Aug 15, 2018
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be.
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8:30 - Another school year has wrapped up, and report cards are out! Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan's Minister of Educati...