Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
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Stage set for Shake the Lake music festival in Regina
Kim Mitchell is coming home -- sort of -- for the Shake the Lake music festival. "My father was born and raised in Estevan, Saskatchewan, so I feel like I have a little bit of Saskatchewan blood in me...
Aug 24, 2023 The Shake the Lake setup at the Conexus Arts Centre. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan mother plans human rights complaint over school policy changes
Saskatoon's Fran Forsberg is no stranger to a fight, having gone to court -- multiple times -- in past years to argue for her kids' rights. Now she's planning to do it again. Forsberg was part of a gr...
Aug 24, 2023 A transgender pride flag flies in Regina (980 CJME)
RCMP investigating two fatal crashes on Saskatchewan highways
The RCMP is probing two fatal crashes that occurred Wednesday on Saskatchewan highways. A 23-year-old woman from Swift Current is dead after a crash between a car and a semi south of that city. The ot...
Aug 24, 2023 The RCMP is investigating a fatal crash south of Swift Current. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina police seized more than 10 kg of fentanyl in first seven months of 2023
Regina police seized nearly twice as much fentanyl in the first seven months of 2023 as they did in all of 2022. In a media release Thursday, police said officers took more than 10.4 kilograms of fent...
Aug 24, 2023 A package of fentanyl seized by the Regina Police Service during recent drug investigations in the city. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
'Shocking ignorance:' Director of sex assault centre worried about changes in classrooms
The head of a centre working to prevent sexual violence is deeply concerned about changes in Saskatchewan's classrooms. There's been a lot of frustration in the past couple days around the provincial ...
Aug 24, 2023 The Regina Sexual Assault Centre is concerned about the recent changes to sexual education classes in Saskatchewan schools. (Regina Sexual Assault Centre/Submitted)
Crop report says harvest 21 per cent complete in Saskatchewan
Farmers in Saskatchewan are ahead of schedule with the 2023 harvest. The weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture said that as of Monday, harvest was 21 per cent done across the province, w...
Aug 24, 2023 The 2023 harvest in Saskatchewan is ahead of the five- and 10-year averages for this time of year. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME file photo)
Regina's composting contractor says it's not ready for September launch
The start of Regina's green bin program draws nearer and nearer, but contractor EverGen might not be ready in time for the September launch. During a town hall held Tuesday evening, the RM of Edenwold...
Aug 24, 2023 (Town of Pilot Butte/Facebook)
Swift Current girl receives life-saving surgery in Toronto
"Bella Brave" -- nine-year old TikTok star Bella Thomson of Swift Current -- is recovering from a life-saving bowel transplant. Bella's mother, Kyla Thomson, said they have waited nearly three years f...
Aug 24, 2023 Bella Thomson on the plane to SickKids Hospital in Toronto. (BellaBravesMustardSeed/Facebook)
'Ripples of shock and confusion:' Communities still coming to terms with new Sask. school policies
Members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community described themselves as "shocked," "appalled" and "heartbroken" when they found out about the changes the provincial government is making in Saskatchewan schools. E...
Aug 23, 2023 A transgender pride flag flies in Regina. (980 CJME)
Ministry of Justice provides more details about man's death in Regina police cell
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice has released more information about the death of a man in the Regina Police Service's cells, including that "several packages containing an unknown substance" were r...
Aug 23, 2023 The front desk at the new Regina Police Service headquarters. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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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
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...