Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Fearsome foursome: Einarson's team revelling in fourth straight Scotties title
Kerri Einarson is ecstatic to be keeping up with one of the Joneses. Einarson won her fourth straight Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship on Sunday, becoming the first skip to accomplish that f...
Mar 02, 2023 Kerri Einarson (front, l to r), Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris, with fifth player Krysten Karwacki (back, l to r) and coach Reid Carruthers, celebrate winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Feb. 26, 2023. (Curling Canada/Twitter)
Regina man convicted of manslaughter in 2020 drive-by shooting
A Regina jury has found a 28-year-old man guilty of manslaughter in connection with a drive-by shooting in the city in January of 2020. Devon Wayne Cyr was initially charged with second-degree murder ...
Mar 02, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Unions want voices heard after federal health-care deal reached
The Saskatchewan government announced Wednesday it has formally accepted Ottawa's offer of increased health-care funding. The deal includes a one-time, $61-million investment into health care for the ...
Mar 02, 2023
Saskatchewan reports decrease in COVID-related deaths, hospitalizations
The number of COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations dropped in Saskatchewan over the past two weeks, while the total number of confirmed COVID cases remained relatively stable. According to the Co...
Mar 02, 2023 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
All social media apps should be under scrutiny: Privacy commissioner
There's been a recent wave of bans affecting TikTok. The popular video-sharing app has been placed under a high level of scrutiny by numerous Canadian officials. Provincial and federal watchdogs have ...
Mar 02, 2023
Roughriders add Derel Walker to receiving corps
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have given new quarterback Trevor Harris another new target. The CFL team announced Thursday it had signed free-agent receiver Derel Walker, a four-time division all-star,...
Mar 02, 2023 (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. NDP calls on government to get rid of PST on construction labour
With the next sitting of the Legislature set to kick off Monday, Saskatchewan's NDP is already making its agenda known to the public. Next week, the NDP plans to try to persuade the Saskatchewan Party...
Mar 02, 2023 NDP Leader Carla Beck and Highways and Infrastructure Critic Trent Wotherspoon speak to the media on March 2, 2023. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
RPL Film Theatre celebrating Indigenous filmmakers in March
The Regina Public Library's Film Theatre and the Saskatchewan Library Association are celebrating the 2023 One Book One Province selection in March. Michelle Good's "Five Little Indians" is being fete...
Mar 02, 2023 A production still from Bones of Crows. (RPL Film Theatre/Submitted)
Feds halt shipments of COVID rapid tests to provinces as expiry dates near
Provinces won't be receiving any more COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the Canadian government. The feds stopped shipping the tests to the provinces at the end of January, as millions of tests in the...
Mar 02, 2023 The contents of a COVID-19 antigen rapid test kit. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh
City selects North Central Family Centre to lead housing initiative
The North Central Family Centre has been chosen to lead Regina's new Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI). In a media release Thursday, the City of Regina announced the North Central Family Centre will lead...
Mar 02, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Volunteers are the beating heart of Saskatchewan
There are so many people who step up for organizations in our province, creating events and moments that wouldn't happen...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, June 19
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - After four months, the U.S. and Iran seemed closer than ever to an agreement, an M...