Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Ottawa never stated July 1 for pot legalization: Goodale
The details are hazy on when Canada will legalize recreational marijuana. The confusion comes after clips of an interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were used to promote its airing on the TVA ...
Dec 20, 2017
Canadian QB Brandon Bridge signs extension with Riders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are keeping their Canadian quarterback in green and white. The team announced a one-year contract extension with Brandon Bridge Wednesday. "It actually feels good to know ...
Dec 20, 2017 Canadian quarterback Brandon Bridge addresses media after announcing a one-year extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Dec. 20, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
One Canadian dead, 3 injured in Mexico bus crash that killed 12 people
One Canadian was among 12 people killed in a bus crash in eastern Mexico, Global Affairs Canada said Wednesday. Three other Canadians were among the 20 injured in the incident, which took place when t...
Dec 20, 2017 A bus carrying cruise ship passengers flipped over on a highway near Quintana Roo, Mexico killing at least 12 people on Dec. 19, 2017. (Juan Jose Lopez)
Regina woman out $300 after Spareparts closes
A message in a chat group was the first indication for a Regina woman that hundreds of dollars of gift cards she bought for Christmas presents were now worthless. Brooklyn Leibel bought two gift cards...
Dec 20, 2017 Spareparts suddenly closed its Regina location on Dec. 13, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Record holiday travellers could cause delays at Canadian airports
MONTREAL - Canadian holiday travellers should brace for crowds and delays as a record number of passengers are expected to pass through the country's largest airports and highways are filled with Chri...
Dec 20, 2017
Officials: Why was train in fatal Amtrak wreck speeding?
DUPONT, Wash. - Federal investigators probing a deadly Amtrak derailment are trying to determine why the train was travelling at more than double the posted speed limit as it entered the curve where i...
Dec 20, 2017
Investigators to provide update on Fond du Lac plane crash
More details are expected Wednesday afternoon on a plane crash in northern Saskatchewan. Wednesday marks one week since a West Wind Aviation plane went down shortly after takeoff from the Fond du Lac ...
Dec 20, 2017 The wreckage of a plane crash near Fond du Lac, Sask. on Dec. 13, 2017. All 25 people on board survived. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada)
Senate moves tax cut legislation to brink of final passage
WASHINGTON - Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans...
Dec 20, 2017
Canadian family affected by fatal bus crash in Mexico, Global Affairs says
Global Affairs Canada says at least one Canadian family has been affected by a bus crash in eastern Mexico that has killed an estimated dozen people. The department says it is providing consular assis...
Dec 19, 2017 A bus carrying cruise ship passengers flipped over on a highway near Quintana Roo, Mexico killing at least 12 people on Dec. 19, 2017. (Juan Jose Lopez)
Canada proposes to limit, not ban, use of pesticides that kill bees
OTTAWA - Canada doesn't want to issue a blanket ban on certain pesticides which environmental groups say are killing everything from honey bees to earthworms. Instead, Health Canada's Pest Management ...
Dec 19, 2017
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...