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RCMP working to ease safety concerns around self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada'
A community hall in southwest Saskatchewan had standing room only on Tuesday afternoon as the RCMP addressed safety concerns about the presence of the self-described "Queen of Canada" in the village o...
Oct 11, 2023
Minister tells Gormley students have 'ample' gender identity support
Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill appeared on Gormley Wednesday to say students in Saskatchewan receive appropriate support inside and outside the classroom to address concerns related to gender iden...
Oct 11, 2023 Jeremy Cockrill stands firm on the belief that children under the age of 16, who want to change how they identify in the classroom, need consent from their parents first. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Pronoun legislation yet to be introduced as two-week sitting begins
Though the provincial government had hoped to get going right away on the work of passing its pronoun and school policies, things started slowly on Tuesday. The controversial new policies require scho...
Oct 11, 2023 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says a bill, like the pronoun policy, which proposes to take away people's rights, needs to have full scrutiny from the opposition. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID and flu appointments offered together
A two-for-one offer. People seeking COVID-19 and flu vaccinations are now able to receive them at the same time. Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, received a shot in each ...
Oct 10, 2023 Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab receives a a shot at Regina Performing Arts Centre Oct. 10, 2023.
(Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Riders try to return to winning ways as practice resumes
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders try to break out of their recent rut, the team got some words of encouragement from former offensive lineman and current general manager Jeremy O'Day. Running back Jama...
Oct 10, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Jamal Morrow says general manager Jeremy O'Day offered encouraging words to the team prior to practice. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Woman's death deemed a homicide, seventh of 2023
A woman's death in Regina, which was initially considered suspicious, is now being treated as a homicide. Police were called to a home on Ottawa Street Sunday evening, where they found the body of an ...
Oct 10, 2023 A woman’s death in Regina, which was initially considered suspicious, has now been deemed a homicide. (980 CJME file photo)
Hundreds rally in Regina against pronoun policies as province pushes forward
Protesters against Saskatchewan's controversial education policies gathered at the Legislative Building on Tuesday as the government worked to make the new policies law. The new policies require paren...
Oct 10, 2023 Hundreds of people gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislature to show their opposition to the school pronoun policy being forced into law. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Police investigate woman's death as suspicious
Police in Regina say a woman's death is considered suspicious. According to police, the body of an adult woman was found in a home on Ottawa Street on Sunday evening. The death is under investigation ...
Oct 10, 2023 Police say a woman's death is considered suspicious. (980 CJME file photo)
Legislature recalled early for pronoun law, rally expected
MLAs are expected to reconvene at the legislative building again Tuesday, two weeks early, so the government can push through its sex ed and pronoun policies. Almost two weeks ago, a judge ruled that ...
Oct 10, 2023 The provincial government is preparing to start moving a controversial policy around student's names and pronoun in schools into law on Tuesday (File photo)
2SLGBTQIA+ advocate frustrated as gov't prepares pronoun law
While members of the Sask. Party government prepare to start moving the policy around students names and pronouns into law on Tuesday, advocates are watching, frustrated over what they see as a battle...
Oct 10, 2023 Executive director and general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, speaking about the provincial government's plan to use the notwithstanding clause to push through the school pronoun policies. Oct. 6, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
8:30 - It's been a challenging summer for many across the province dealing with significant flooding and wildfires. At t...