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REAL board asks city to take over operation of Tourism Regina
The City of Regina is poised to take control of Tourism Regina. A media release from the city Friday said council is set to consider a request from Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) to end ...
Nov 03, 2023 City council is to discuss a request by Regina Exhibition Association Limited to take over the operations of Tourism Regina. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan posts country's lowest unemployment rate
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate in October was the lowest in the country. According to the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey, which was published on Friday, the province's unemployment rate last ...
Nov 03, 2023 Saskatchewan had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada in October, according to a Statistics Canada report. (980 CJME file photo)
HRF hands out keys to winners of 2023 Fall Home Lottery
Ituna's Dawnann Klimczak now owns a home in Regina. Klimczak won the grand prize of a $1.3-million showhome and $50,000 in the Hospitals of Regina Foundation's Fall Home Lottery. The 3,200-square-foot...
Nov 03, 2023 Ituna's Dawnann Klimczak won the grand prize of a $1.3-million showhome and $50,000 in the Hospitals of Regina Foundation's 2023 Fall Home Lottery. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Estevan police calling incident a murder, confirm two dead
The Estevan Police Service has come out with more information on what happened before a police officer was badly hurt inside the police station. Around 6:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Estevan police got a cal...
Nov 03, 2023 Estevan Police Service release new information in two separate but related incidents resulting in two deaths. (Estevan Police Service/ Twitter)
Garnet Street police operation finishes
The Regina Police Service asked people to lock their doors in the North Central neighbourhood on Thursday night. A police operation took place on the 1400 block of Garnet Street. Residents of the area...
Nov 03, 2023 Regina Police Service said the police operation concluded on Garnet Street, but did not give reason to why the operation took place. (Regina Police Service/ Twitter)
'Very scary:' Regina woman evicted from subsidized housing
First, Evelyn Harper lost her home care. Then, she couldn't prepare for her subsidized housing unit to be treated for its cockroach infestation. So the 71-year-old was evicted and rolled out into the ...
Nov 02, 2023 Evelyn Harper came to the Legislature for help after being evicted from her Regina Housing Authority unit last week, after losing her home care and not being able to prepare for a treatment for a cockroach infestation. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New SGI campaign focuses on preventing impaired driving
After a fun night out, it's important to keep that fun going by ensuring you have a safe ride home. That's the message from SGI's new impaired driving ad campaign. It kicks off SGI's November Traffic ...
Nov 02, 2023 A new SGI campaign focuses on the prevention of impaired driving. It highlights the many options people have for a safe ride home. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Blades, Pats supportive of WHL neck guard mandate
Many players entering or playing in the WHL are eager to get a little bit more freedom than they do playing minor hockey. By getting into the WHL, players have the option to wear neck guards and cages...
Nov 02, 2023
Dawn Walker handed 12-month conditional sentence, 18 months probation
A Saskatoon woman accused of abducting her child and faking their deaths was handed her sentence on Thursday. Dawn Walker, 49, pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to parental abduction in con...
Nov 02, 2023
RCMP investigating sudden death at worksite in Arborfield
One man has died after a workplace incident in Arborfield, south of Carrot River. The RCMP confirmed it was called to the worksite on Tuesday just after midnight. A 64-year-old man was pronounced dead...
Nov 02, 2023 A man was pronounced dead on a worksite near Arborfield. (paNOW file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...