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Feel-good businesses thriving at Country Thunder
There are two new businesses at Country Thunder Music Festival doing their best to make you feel better. Lisa and Ken MacMurchy are co-owners of Brewed Awakening, and it's their first time at the fest...
Jul 13, 2024 Ken and Lisa MacMurchy debut their brand-new apé cart called Tiffany at Country Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Cannabis suspensions keep Sask. RCMP busy at Chamberlain traffic stop
A two-day traffic safety initiative in Chamberlain this week was a productive one for Saskatchewan RCMP, with a number of cannabis users stopped. More than 3,500 vehicles were stopped between July 9 a...
Jul 13, 2024 In Saskatchewan, there is a zero-tolerance law for driving with drugs in your body. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Taxpayer lobby group slams feds for wanting global carbon taxes
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is slamming the federal government over efforts to convince other countries to introduce carbon taxes. CTF federal director Franco Terrazzano spoke on The Evan ...
Jul 13, 2024 Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano, was on the Evan Bray Show Friday.
(Supplied/Canadian Taxpayer Federation.)
Marcus Sayles faces former team as Sask. Roughriders meet Lions
Marcus Sayles will see plenty of familiar faces when the Saskatchewan Roughriders take on the B.C. Lions Saturday. The defensive back was cut by the Lions after training camp, leaving the veteran with...
Jul 13, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Marcus Sayles was cut by the B.C. Lions after training camp. (Supplied/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Second sex assault reported at Country Thunder festival
A second sex assault has been reported at the Country Thunder festival site in Craven. Lumsden RCMP said in a news release on Saturday that police were investigating the incident reported around 10 p....
Jul 13, 2024
Riders head into 'Lions Den' in showdown against B.C.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will try to out-roar the Lions in B.C today. Saskatchewan, with a perfect 4-0 record so far in the 2024 CFL season, will try to claim first place in the west division in a...
Jul 13, 2024 The Saskatchewan Roughriders carry a perfect 4-0 record into a Week 5 game against the B.C. Lions on July 13, 2024. (Supplied/Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Car flip sends woman to hospital with 'minor' injuries
A Friday afternoon swim was briefly interrupted as people cleared out of Maple Leaf Outdoor Pool to see the aftermath of a car crash on 14th Avenue. What they found was a blue car completely flipped o...
Jul 12, 2024 Witnesses believe that the flipped car hit two other parked cars before it was overturned. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
From Fairyland to prairieland: war brides recognized in Sask.
When she left her home in 1946 to follow her Canadian soldier back to the Saskatchewan prairies, it was all just one big adventure for Jean Fells. She was one of tens of thousands of war brides who ca...
Jul 12, 2024 Bernice Fells and Elaine Heney remember their mother Jean Fells who was a war bride and came to Canada from England in 1946. Jul. 11, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Nelson and Boseko Lokombo to face off as Riders meet Lions
It's always a family affair when Nelson Lokombo heads back to B.C. The Saskatchewan Roughriders safety's family will be at the showdown between the green and white and B.C. Lions on Saturday. Kickoff ...
Jul 12, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders safety Nelson Lokombo is expecting to have plenty of family and friends at the game against the B.C. Lions. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Flamingos, spin-the-wheel, bean bag toss and more at Country Thunder
Party go-ers will do anything to make their campsite the place to be. The crew at Jenn Lemioer, Terri Johnson and her son JC Johnson's campsite are no exception. "We like our guests to come and play a...
Jul 12, 2024 Jenn Lemioer (right), JC Johnson (left) and Terri Johnson (centre) are ready to party all weekend long with their loved ones and flamingos at Country Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: It's time to embrace 24 Sussex Drive
The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 29
Evan welcomes the leader of the federal Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, talks about the health of Saskatchewan Crown co...