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Report says salaries of Sask. Crown execs down 3% from previous year
Executives at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations received $18.7 million in salary during the 2022-23 fiscal year, a drop of three per cent from the previous year. In the 2022-23 payee disclosure report...
Oct 26, 2023 The Crown Investments Corporation released the list of all 2022-23 payments to all Crown employees in Saskatchewan on Oct. 26, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina man dead after Wednesday crash on Highway 39
A 37-year-old Regina man is dead after a crash on Highway 39. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the scene about 21 kilometres northwest of Estevan on Wednesday just after 3 p.m. Police sa...
Oct 26, 2023 A 37-year-old Regina man is dead after a Wednesday afternoon crash on Highway 39. (980 CJME file photo)
Riders aim to provide winning football as team forges ahead
While the Saskatchewan Roughriders begin to set their 2024 plans in motion, it might take some convincing to get some fans to buy into those plans. After back-to-back 6-12-0 seasons that both ended wi...
Oct 26, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders president-CEO Craig Reynolds meets with the media to discuss the CFL team's 2023 season and changes that will be coming for 2024. Reynolds elected to give GM Jeremy O'Day a three-year contract extension despite another losing season. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Moose Jaw police warning about 'grandchild scam'
Moose Jaw police are telling people to not give out any personal information over the phone after scammers have started targeting grandparents. Police said they have received multiple reports of a cal...
Oct 26, 2023 (Discover Moose Jaw)
Southeastern Saskatchewan hit with a wallop of winter weather
All snow warnings were gone early Thursday morning after southeastern Saskatchewan was battered by snow. Brian Luzny, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the most snow was recorded in Esteva...
Oct 26, 2023 An Estevan ground sensor recorded the most amount of snow at 19 centimeters. (980 CJME file photo)
E-scooter season ends in Regina for 2023
The snowstorm that hit southern Saskatchewan on Tuesday scuttled scooter season in Regina. Neuron - one of the two companies renting e-scooters in the Queen City - announced that Wednesday was the las...
Oct 25, 2023 Neuron says its e-scooters travelled more than 165,000 kilometres in Regina since June. The last day to rent an e-scooter in the city was Wednesday. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. nurses hold rally to call out health-care staff shortages
Crying "Hey hey, ho ho, unsafe staffing's got to go," roughly 150 nurses rallied across from the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. The rally comes on the heels of a survey released in Oc...
Oct 25, 2023 Members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses marched in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature on Oct. 25, 2023 to raise concerns about understaffing in the health-care system. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Pats' Temple 'honoured' to represent Canada at U-17 Challenge
Cole Temple grew up hoping to one day get a chance to represent Canada on the world stage. Now the Regina Pats forward will get the chance at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge as a member of Te...
Oct 25, 2023 Regina Pats forward Cole Temple is to play on Team White at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. (File photo courtesy of Keith Hershmiller Photography)
Regina woman killed in crash near Kronau
A 32-year-old woman from Regina is dead after a crash Tuesday near Kronau. The RCMP said the crash between an SUV and a semi happened at around 9:45 a.m. on Highway 33 northwest of Kronau. The driver ...
Oct 25, 2023 The RCMP is investigating a fatal crash near Kronau on Oct. 24, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. throne speech unveils Moe government's agenda for 2023-24
While Premier Scott Moe maintained the Speech from the Throne delivered Wednesday held significant supports for some, he also said the reason there wasn't more in the document laying out his governmen...
Oct 25, 2023 Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty delivers the speech from the throne to open the fourth session of the 29th Saskatchewan legislature in Regina on Oct. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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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...