Murray Wood: A 'high test' compromise tax
Premier Scott Moe is jacking the price of U.S.liquor with a tax that mirrors U.S. tariffs on Canadian alcohol. Murray Wo...
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Man hospitalized after being hit by pickup in Regina
A 56-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a truck Thursday afternoon. The Regina Police Service said the man was crossing Elphinstone Street on his bike at abou...
Mar 18, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Man's death in Whitmore Park is Regina's third murder of 2022
A man's death in the Whitmore Park neighbourhood earlier this week now is being investigated as Regina's third murder of 2022. Leslie Victor John Whitebear, 27, was found on the ground outside a house...
Mar 18, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
First Cowessess students graduate from new potash mining course
Nine people from the Cowessess First Nation are ready to start jobs in the potash industry. The First Nation community teamed up with Mosaic and a professional development firm called Morris Interacti...
Mar 18, 2022 The class of students from Cowessess First Nation in the Digital Transformation in Potash Mining course. (morrisinteractive.ca)
Why some frost on your windshield takes a little more elbow grease
If it felt like Saskatchewan's winter brought more windshield-scraping this year than normal, it's because some frost is harder to scrape. David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canad...
Mar 18, 2022
Trades students in Regina lend a helping hand to Regina Food Bank
Eight students with the Regina Trades and Skills Centre (RTSC) are putting their knowledge to the test for the Regina Food Bank. Students are reroofing around 5,000 square feet of one of the food bank...
Mar 18, 2022 Some students get to work on replacing the roof of one of the Regina Food Bank buildings. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Sask. gov't passes motion asking feds to make railways an essential service
The Saskatchewan government will be asking the federal government to deem rail service essential. The government passed a motion Thursday after an emergency debate on the potential of a strike at CP R...
Mar 17, 2022
End of the line: Man charged with making hundreds of fake 911 calls
Police have arrested a Kenaston man they say was behind hundreds of fake 911 calls. Saskatchewan's 911 dispatch centre started receiving calls in November that were not about any emergencies, and nobo...
Mar 17, 2022 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
Clashing in Canora: Mounties recount serious scrap with suspect
A brawl involving police officers and a suspect in Canora on Wednesday got so wild that a nearby school enacted its "hold and secure" protocols. According to the RCMP, officers got a call at about 1:2...
Mar 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Years to go in dealing with surgery backlog caused by COVID: Merriman
Saskatchewan's premier has said he hopes Saskatchewan is coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic now, but it seems the ripple effects in the health system are likely to continue for years to come. This we...
Mar 17, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower warns of possible scam email
Anyone who gets an email from SaskPower asking for payment should be wary. The Crown corporation said Thursday an email scam is making the rounds targeting SaskPower customers. In the email -- which i...
Mar 17, 2022
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Sarah Mills: Interprovincial trade barriers are still Canada's weak spot
Sarah Mills says the U.S. trade war continues to expose the fact that provinces and territories act like independent nat...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 27
On Thursday's show, Evan gets the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's opinion on the tariff situation, chats with Regina Mayo...