Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Regina woman $100,000 richer after lottery win
A Regina woman is the lucky winner of $100,000. According to a release by Sask. Lotteries, McKayla Montana scratched her $5 Crossword Multiplayer Zing ticket to win big. Montana had purchased the tick...
Mar 28, 2022 Lottery winner, Mckayla Montana. (Sask. Lotteries/Submitted)
Regina named bird-friendly city in time for spring migration
The snow is melting, there are plenty of sunny days and the pages on the calendar are turning. Here's another big sign that spring is here: Our feathered friends are flocking their way back into Saska...
Mar 28, 2022 (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Charest defends carbon tax policy, explains his belief in exclusive interview
The former premier of Quebec and a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party wants to add another job to his resume: Prime minister. Jean Charest threw his hat into the ring for the ...
Mar 26, 2022 (Jean Charest/Twitter)
Canadian talent on display as CFL's 2022 combine gets underway
The Saskatchewan Roughriders feel like they're in a position where they can just take the best player available when their turn comes in the 2022 CFL draft. "I think overall we're in pretty good shape...
Mar 25, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders Jeremy O'Day at the 2022 Ontario Regional Combine. (CFL/Submitted)
Federal bill would give Saskatchewan $61M to address surgical backlog
Saskatchewan's push to reduce its surgical wait list got a nudge from the federal government on Friday. The feds introduced Bill C-17 which, if passed, would give a one-time top-up of $2 billion to pr...
Mar 25, 2022 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Colin Perkel
Prairie Harm Reduction 'devastated' to be excluded from provincial budget
For the third year in a row, Saskatoon’s Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) has been passed over in the provincial budget. The safe consumption site is the first one in the province, located in Saskat...
Mar 25, 2022
SaskTel won't charge for calls, texts to Ukraine until end of June
SaskTel is extending its assistance to Ukrainian-Canadian families for a further three months. The Crown corporation announced Friday it will continue to waive long-distance charges for SaskTel wirele...
Mar 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Cut it out: Ban on pruning elm trees set to take effect
It's nearly time for those with elm trees on their properties to put away the pruning shears. The Saskatchewan government says the annual ban on pruning elm trees in the province starts next Friday an...
Mar 25, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Heritage-area apartment building up in smoke for second time this year
A fire near downtown Regina brought a sense of dj vu Friday morning. The blaze was at an apartment building on the corner of Halifax Street and 12th Avenue. The same building was devastated by a fire ...
Mar 25, 2022 Firefighters battle a blaze at an apartment building on Halifax Street and 12th Avenue on March 25, 2022. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
Filmmaker calls budget good first step to recovery for film industry
It won't fix the damage done years ago, but Layton Burton thinks Wednesday's budget is a good first step. The Saskatchewan filmmaker called the news of an $8-million increase to the Creative Saskatche...
Mar 25, 2022 The Saskatchewan Sound Stage. (Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: The name Lake Ontario stands, regardless of any presidential decree
Sarah Mills says petty tantrums are not the way to negotiate a trade deal, and they don't benefit anyone paying bills an...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, August 28
On Friday's how, Evan looks at the Riders' struggles, talks about the Meta and kids using social media, it's Eatin' Time...