Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Going once, going twice: old Mosaic hits auction block
Taylor Field will soon be little more than a shell as its contents are sold off in auctions this week. Everything from mop pails to benches and field goal posts are up for grabs online. Smaller items ...
Jul 26, 2017 The Jumbo Tron from Taylor Field is up for auction on July 27, 2017. (McDougall Auctions)
Sask. gets first highway roundabouts as Balgonie overpass opens
Driving east of Regina looks a bit different now that the Balgonie overpass opened. It opened Tuesday night after initially being scheduled to be open for Monday morning. This alters traffic patterns ...
Jul 26, 2017 The Balgonie overpass opened on July 25, 2017. (Regina Bypass/Twitter)
Hockey player Ethan Bear honoured by AFN
Edmonton Oilers prospect Ethan Bear was honoured at the Assembly of First Nations' annual general meeting. He's one of the first athletes to be recognized. Hailing from the Ochapowace First Nation nea...
Jul 26, 2017 Ethan Bear (left) on the stage at the Assembly of First Nations’ annual general meeting, being acknowleged by Canada's chiefs for his hockey success on July 25, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
SaskPower inspects meters for ground-shifting damage
SaskPower continues to look for Regina homes that may be affected by the ground-shifting which has caused five meters to catch fire. SaskPower has inspected about 600 meters as of Tuesday morning. The...
Jul 25, 2017 SaskPower said residents should be on the look out for their meters being pulled or tilted away from their homes from ground shifting on July 25, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Twitter jabs come with the territory says Riders' Dennis
Derek Dennis has felt the love from Rider fans on Twitter, but after Saturday's game, he also felt their wrath. "Apparently I deserve to be cut according to a lot of Rider fans," Dennis tweeted on Mon...
Jul 25, 2017 Offensive lineman Derek Dennis participates in drills at Roughriders training camp in June of 2017. (Arielle Zerr/980 CJME)
Racism, finances, self-governance discussed at AFN AGM
The annual general meeting of the Assembly of First Nations is underway in Regina. The suicide crisis, the murdered and missing indigenous women inquiry and self-governance are just some of the major ...
Jul 25, 2017 Assembly of First Nations national Chief Perry Bellegarde delivers his opening address at the annual general meeting in Regina on July 25, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Regina sees more Dutch elm cases, low mosquito levels
There have been five confirmed cases of Dutch elm disease within the city, which is above the historical average for four per year. Russell Eirich, manager of forestry, pest control and horticulture, ...
Jul 25, 2017
Regina woman pleads to thief to return urn with mom’s ashes
When Kristin Vogel lost her mother to cancer, she said she lost her best friend and soulmate. She lost the last part of her mother when a thief took the urn that contained her ashes from Vogel's home ...
Jul 25, 2017 The urn containing Kristin Vogel’s mother’s ashes was stolen during a break-and-enter into Vogel’s home sometime between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on July 24, 2017. (Kristin Vogel/Facebook)
With no rain on the way, dry weather records could fall
After weeks of hot weather and a lack of rain, Regina appears to be setting a 130-year-old record. According to Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips, the Regina-area received 1.5 mil...
Jul 25, 2017
‘A bad year:’ Regina mayor on crime stats
Mayor Michael Fougere hopes the latest crime severity index (CSI) is a "blip." The latest CSI out this week has Regina topping the list for violent and property crime. "You don't want to be number one...
Jul 25, 2017 Regina Mayor Michael Fougere speaks about Regina’s ranking on the national crime severity index on July 24, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...