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Temperature's rising: Heat wave descending on Saskatchewan
After what felt like a stretch of fall weather in July for many areas of the province, it looks like things are heating up. "We already have some heat warnings in southern Alberta and southwestern Sas...
Jul 21, 2023 (City of Regina/Facebook)
'Everyone deserves to have a home:' City Hall encampment still growing
The tent city that has been growing for more than a month outside Regina City Hall is in a state of mourning. On Wednesday morning, a woman died from a suspected overdose. "We're all in a little bit o...
Jul 21, 2023 Part of the houseless encampment at Regina City Hall. (980 CJME file photo)
'Absolute worst possible place': Pilot Butte upset over proposed site of compost facility
In Regina, the launch of the new green bin composting program is only a few weeks away, with the bins currently sitting in storage, ready to be delivered next month and the program set to start pickup...
Jul 21, 2023 (Town of Pilot Butte/Facebook)
Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations memorialize late five-year-old boy
By Ben Tompkins The communities of Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations memorialized one of their own with very heavy hearts. Five-year-old Frank Young went missing on April 19, 2022 and wasn't seen ...
Jul 21, 2023 Frank Young's family. (Ben Tompkins/northeastNOW)
Historic donation to help furry friends in Regina
The Regina Humane Society (RHS) has received the biggest donation in its almost 60-year history. Gerda Fiesel, a lifelong donor of the RHS, signed a cheque for $1.1 million for the new RHS Animal Comm...
Jul 21, 2023 Gerda Fiesel (left) with Lisa Koch. Fiesel donated $1.1 million to the Regina Humane Society. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
'Absolutely thrilled:' Salthaven West gets fundraising boost for new wildlife clinic
In a basement in a residential area of Regina, volunteers work throughout the day feeding birds as timers go off above the birds' cages. Many of the birds have been found by Good Samaritans or conserv...
Jul 21, 2023 (Salthaven West/ Twitter)
Legendary singer Tony Bennett dies at 96
Tony Bennett, one of the most beloved and recognizable voices in music, died Friday morning at the age of 96. Best known for his signature 1962 hit "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," Bennett's profes...
Jul 21, 2023 Tony Bennett
Roughriders have seen Adams Jr. evolve into CFL starter
While Vernon Adams Jr. has become the motor that drives the B.C. Lions' offence, one member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders can recall a time when both of them were battling for playing time. Lineback...
Jul 20, 2023 B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Darryl Dyck
Makowsky says help is being offered at Regina homeless camp
Where the terrace in front of Regina City Hall used to be all cement and fountains, now it's tents and people who have nowhere else to stay. The homeless encampment in front of City Hall started a few...
Jul 20, 2023 Part of the homeless encampment at Regina City Hall. (980 CJME file photo)
Scheer says labour unrest at B.C. ports is causing 'uncertainty' for Sask.
The strike at B.C. ports has been on, then off, then on, then off again. It has been quite a whirlwind as negotiations between port workers and their employer have unfolded. The process has gone throu...
Jul 20, 2023 Gantry cranes sit idle as a container ship is docked at port during a work stoppage, in Vancouver on July 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...