Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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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)
Pinehouse RCMP looking for inmate who escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Camp
Pinehouse RCMP are looking for an inmate who has escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Camp. 37-year-old Anthony Michael Alcrow is described as being 6' 2" tall, 198 pounds with black hair and brown ...
Oct 08, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Riders' losing streak reaches 5 after 38-13 blowout loss to Ti-Cats
The Saskatchewan Roughriders continued to struggle as the team got handed its fifth straight loss in a 38-13 blowout to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders were able to h...
Oct 07, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson said he was embarrassed by the teams 38-13 loss on Saturday. October 7, 2023.
(Saskatchewan Roughriders/ Photo Electric Umbrella/Liam Richards)
'George was a legend': Fans remember George Reed as they say farewell
Rider fans wore their best green and white Friday to honour team legend George Reed at the celebration of his life. Glenn Cline attended, he said Reed is a role model for the future. "I would hope tha...
Oct 07, 2023 Glenn Cline said the ceremony was absolutely wonderful and brought back so many memories. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
RCMP detachment now in Richmound over so-called 'queen of Canada'
The RCMP is setting up a temporary detachment in the village of Richmound, near the Alberta border, in response to concerns over the woman who's styled herself the "queen of Canada". "The safety and s...
Oct 07, 2023 RCMP have opened a mobile temporary detachment in Richmound, west of Swift Current, after a woman calling herself the 'queen of Canada' and her followers moved in. (980 CJME file photo)
Darian Durant returns to Riderville for Legends Night game
Former quarterback Darian Durant has returned to Rider Nation alongside the 2013 team for an induction into the Plaza of Honour. Durant, who appeared on the Green Zone with Jamie Nye, said he looks fo...
Oct 07, 2023 Darian Durant was part of the closing ceremony for the last game at Taylor Field in 2016. (Canadian Press)
C.J. Reavis' road to the CFL filled with hurdles
C.J. Reavis has had quite a few twists and turns in his professional football career - one that now finds him in Saskatchewan. "I think its been like a movie to be honest," the 27-year-old Saskatchewa...
Oct 06, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker C.J. Reavis has had many ups and downs throughout his football career.
(Saskatchewan Roughriders/Photo Electric Umbrella/Liam Richards)
George Reed service marked by Motown, milkshakes and community
Rider Nation went the extra mile to close a chapter on a life well lived with a celebration of life for George Reed on Friday afternoon. Hundreds of seats filled with fans and friends wearing green, m...
Oct 06, 2023 The Grey Cup adorns the stage at George Reed's celebration of life on Oct. 6, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980CJME)
Sask. launches five-year plan for mental health and addictions
Saskatchewan's $49.4 million plan announced Friday will create 500 new treatment spaces and a central intake system, which allows patients to refer themselves for mental health and addictions services...
Oct 06, 2023
From left to right: Regina Mayor Sandra Masters, Health Minister Everett Hindley, Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Tim McLeod and Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark.
Sask. targets homelessness with $40M for public safety, more beds
The province aims to address “complex needs” and community safety, among other initiatives, with a $40.2 million homelessness plan announced Friday. Nearly half of the investment, $19M, wi...
Oct 06, 2023
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...