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'I heard her scream:' JSCN member frustrated at inquest
Courtney McLeod was left in tears after the inquest into the James Smith Cree Nation stabbings wrapped up for the day on Monday. Testimony that opened the inquest's second week covered the responses f...
Jan 23, 2024 Courtney McLeod said she is frustrated over some of what she's been hearing at the inquest into the stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation in 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'A long time:' Regina woman waits 10 months for mammogram
A Saskatchewan woman is calling the province's health-care system broken after waiting 10 months for a diagnostic mammogram. Nadine Baker, 61, said she first began to show signs of breast cancer in th...
Jan 22, 2024 Nadine Baker has been waiting almost a year after being referred for a diagnostic mammogram in 2023. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Three emergency services unveil new mobile command post in Regina
Three public safety agencies rolled out a new emergency vehicle in Regina on Monday. The vehicle was created by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, but it will be used by the Regina Police Service ...
Jan 22, 2024 The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, Regina Fire and Protective Services and Regina Police Service unveiled the new Mobile Command Post on Jan. 22, 2024. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Day 6: Inquest hears Sanderson wasn't among Sask.'s most wanted before attacks
A matrix now used by police to rank offenders who are wanted on warrants or who are unlawfully at large wouldn't have included Myles Sanderson among the most wanted people in Saskatchewan before Sept....
Jan 22, 2024 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort, site of the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in September of 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'A loss to us:' Loreburn mayor reacts to fire that destroyed grain elevator
Lawrence Casey used to look out his window during his morning coffee and see Loreburn's grain elevator. Now, all he sees is a 30-foot-high pile of smouldering, black charcoal. "It's a loss to us right...
Jan 22, 2024 Nobody was injured in the elevator fire. (Davidson Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)
Brett's back: Lauther signs three-year extension with Riders
Brett Lauther will be wearing green and white for the next three seasons. On Monday, the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the veteran kicker has signed an extension to remain with the club. "I...
Jan 22, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther has signed a three-year contract extension. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Ocean Man First Nation part of new solar power project near Estevan
The Ocean Man First Nation is set to play a major role in Saskatchewan's largest solar facility to date. The First Nation partnered with Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure and Saturn Power Inc. to c...
Jan 22, 2024 (Ocean Man First Nation/Facebook)
Regina fire crews seeing more unauthorized occupancies, homes without utilities
Regina Fire Chief Layne Jackson said crews saw more people living in homes without utilities, or in situations of unauthorized occupancies in 2023. "We are seeing a bit of a trend where folks are livi...
Jan 22, 2024 Regina Fire Chief Layne Jackson stands in front of a fire truck at the fire department building on Ross Avenue. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Burns sisters hope JSCN inquest helps build healthier community
Deborah and Vanessa Burns say the inquiry into the 2022 mass killing on the James Smith Cree Nation is bringing them some personal closure, but they hope the process helps their community build a heal...
Jan 22, 2024 Vanessa Burns (L) and Deborah Burns say are remembering their father, Earl Burns Sr., at the James Smith Cree Nation inquest. Jan. 19, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'It's not a game:' STF president says as teachers begin second strike Monday
After a single-day strike last Tuesday, Saskatchewan teachers are hitting the picket lines again. A second strike day began on Monday, which also happens to be a professional development day for teach...
Jan 22, 2024 An STF member displays her sign calling for more education funding on the picket line in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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Sarah Mills: FIFA seems to be incapable of integrity
After FIFA lifted a red-card suspension for an American player at the World Cup, Sarah Mills says fans are left with que...
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