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Sask. communities survey damage, mourn Alberta firefighter
People in and around Leader and Burstall, Sask. were cleaning up damage from heavy winds and wildfires Wednesday, and paying their respects to an Alberta firefighter who died while helping to defend t...
Oct 19, 2017 Alberta volunteer firefighter James Hargrave (right) was killed in a vehicle collision while working to contain a wildfire just south of Burstall, Sask. Oct. 18, 2017.
(GoFundMe)
Final liquidation sales at Sears Canada begin as retailer fails to find buyer
TORONTO - Sears Canada begins its liquidation sales today at its stores across the country as it prepares to shut its doors for good after 65 years. A Sears Canada spokesman says customers can expect ...
Oct 19, 2017 Sears Canada announced Oct. 10, 2017 that it has asked a judge to allow it to sell off all its stores after failing to find a buyer.
Fernie residents shaken by deaths following gas leak at local arena
FERNIE, B.C. - A lifelong resident of a picturesque Rocky Mountain community says people have been shaken by the deaths of three workers following an ammonia leak at the local ice rink. Twyla Sevinski...
Oct 19, 2017 Fernie Memorial Arena opened in the early 1960's. (Tourism Fernie)
‘It will devastate the community:’ Alberta firefighter dies battling wildfire
A volunteer firefighter was killed and two men trying to beat back flames on their property were injured in wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and forced the evacua...
Oct 19, 2017
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Sask. residents find surprising damage after fierce winds
The wind storm Tuesday night tore through Jeff Markewich's office like a Tasmanian devil. He was just one of the people in Saskatchewan cleaning up from Tuesday's monstrous wind storm. Markewich is a ...
Oct 18, 2017 Window blown out near the top of Victoria Tower in downtown Regina at Victoria Avenue and Rose Street Oct. 18,
2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Former NHL agent facing charges after allegedly defrauding players of $12M
Winnipeg police have charged an ex-NHL agent with fraud alleging he bilked former Ottawa Senators Chris Phillips and Dany Heatley out of $12 million. Stacey McAlpine, who is 54, is charged with two co...
Oct 18, 2017
B.C. mayor says workers were doing maintenance when killed at Fernie hockey rink
FERNIE, B.C. - Three people who died after a suspected ammonia leak were doing maintenance work on ice-making equipment at an arena in southeastern British Columbia, says the city's mayor. Fernie Mayo...
Oct 18, 2017
Townhome under construction crumbles in the wind
A home under construction in Regina's Harbour Landing neighbourhood has been left as a pile of rubble after it was flattened by powerful wind. "It's a disaster. I've never seen anything like this. I'v...
Oct 18, 2017 This house under construction in Harbour Landing was knocked down in the wind storm Oct. 18 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Feds scale back contentious tax proposal in bid to calm business owners
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau has scaled back one of the most contentious elements of the Trudeau government's tax-reform plan in yet another effort to calm infuriated small business owners. ...
Oct 18, 2017
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the beating heart of Saskatchewan
There are so many people who step up for organizations in our province, creating events and moments that wouldn't happen...
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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 19
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - After four months, the U.S. and Iran seemed closer than ever to an agreement, an M...