Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Riders' rushing attack has been grounded so far this CFL season
Frankie Hickson will be tasked with helping to get a struggling Saskatchewan Roughriders rushing attack off the ground. Saskatchewan's ground game has averaged only 83.4 yards per outing this season -...
Sep 20, 2023 Frankie Hickson (20) at a Saskatchewan Roughriders practice. Hickson is hoping to help revitalize the Roughriders' struggling running game. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Inflation eating into bottom line of Regina food truck owners
From the moment they pull up to the second the grill turns on, food truck owners are feeling the heat from inflation. Canada's inflation rate rose to four per cent in August, which was up from 3.3 per...
Sep 20, 2023 Rob Reinhardt stands in front of his food truck, Prairie Smoke & Spice BBQ, in Regina on Sept. 19, 2023. Inflation is taking a bite out of the bottom line of Reinhardt and other food truck owners. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Sask. 'March 4 Children' rallies face friction from rival protests
Rallies in favour of Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy and push for increased parental rights in education were met with equally large counterprotests on Wednesday. Hundreds took to the streets in Sas...
Sep 20, 2023 A police officer confronts a demonstrator during the rally in Saskatoon on Wednesday. (Lara Fominoff)
Cab driver injured after collision with speeding vehicle in Regina
A woman allegedly struck a taxicab and injured the driver while speeding through Regina on Tuesday night. According to police, officers were patrolling near Angus Street and Sixth Avenue when they spo...
Sep 20, 2023 Five people are facing charges after a police chase in Regina. (980 CJME file photo)
Serious crash on Highway 46 between Pilot Butte and Balgonie
Saskatchewan RCMP officers responded to a serious motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 46 between Pilot Butte and Balgonie on Tuesday night. Until around 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Highway Hotl...
Sep 20, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Impaired driver gets two-year sentence for hitting Regina boy
The man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm for hitting and seriously injuring Benjamin Dufour last year has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail. Charles Howard Raycr...
Sep 19, 2023 Benjamin Dufour was seven years old when he was hit by an impaired driver while waiting for the school bus. Dufour is still recovering from his injuries. (Submitted)
Riders' run defence could be tested by Redblacks' Crum
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to keep Dustin Crum from beating them with his legs. The Green and White will take on the mobile Ottawa Redblacks quarterback and his teammates on Friday. Kickof...
Sep 19, 2023 Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Derrick Moncrief (centre) knows his team's run defence will be tested by Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dustin Crum. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Smoke continues to overstay its welcome in Saskatchewan
With smoke continuing to drift across the province causing relatively high levels of air pollution, many people are probably wondering when the smoky conditions will clear up. According to Environment...
Sep 19, 2023 A pair of Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency water bombers sit on the runway in La Ronge. Environment Canada says wildfires could continue in Western Canada until the snow flies. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
SHA looking to private sector for post-op physio in Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is doing more hip and knee surgeries to catch up with the pandemic backlog, but it appears it doesn't have enough of some support staff for afterwards so it's l...
Sep 19, 2023 The Saskatchewan Health Authority is looking to the private sector to find post-operative physiotherapists in Saskatoon.
(Nenad Stojkovic/CC)
Union president says Saskatchewan teachers want a deal, not a strike
Contract negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) are ongoing, and the union's president says the goal is to reach a negotiated deal with the gove...
Sep 19, 2023 The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says education funding, not teachers' salaries, is the union's prime focus in contract negotiations with the provincial government. (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
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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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
8:30 - We're learning that the cost to refit Saskatchewan's coal-fired power plants has climbed to $26 billion over the ...