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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Semi driver in Broncos bus crash loses first bid to stay in Canada
The truck driver involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash nearly four years ago has lost one of his bids to stay in Canada after his sentence ends. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's lawyer sent an application ...
Mar 09, 2022 Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2019 to 29 counts of dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. (650 CKOM file photo)
Executive committee approves mandatory lead pipe replacement program
If the City of Regina changes lead pipes in an area of the city, private homeowners could soon be required to do so as well. At Wednesday's executive committee meeting, councillors voted in favour of ...
Mar 09, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Reports of Ukraine charity scams begin to surface
By Derek Craddock Saskatchewan residents are donating by the millions to help Ukraine, but unfortunately a few scammers are trying to take advantage of that goodwill. According to the Canadian Anti-Fr...
Mar 09, 2022 Angus Reid has conducted a poll about students changing their names or pronouns at school. (980 CJME file photo)
Brandt suing provincial government, PCC over Wascana Park project
Brandt Properties Ltd., is taking the Saskatchewan government to court over the building Brandt had planned to put up with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). CNIB had a building alr...
Mar 09, 2022
Yorkton man takes home $20 million in Lotto Max win
It's something a lot of us might find ourselves daydreaming about: What would we do if we won the lottery? For 72-year-old Ernie Anuik, a retiree from Yorkton who used to work as a public servant, it'...
Mar 09, 2022 Vice-chair of Saskatchewan Lotteries, Michael Rogers (left), and Lotto Max winner Ernie Anuik (right). (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
'Please save her life': Sask. woman takes in niece fleeing from Ukraine
Maryna Shkarupa's sister had to make a heartbreaking decision -- sending her 16-year-old daughter away to escape the war in Ukraine. "This isn't a one-night decision. My sister (Ludmyla Gerevianka), s...
Mar 09, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Frank Gunn
Saskatchewan NDP calling for return of daily COVID data
It has been several weeks since the Saskatchewan government decided to do away with daily reporting of things like new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, and instead switched to a weekly epi...
Mar 08, 2022 Health Minister Paul Merriman. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
How high will they go?: Petroleum analyst weighs in on surging gas prices
The pain at the pump won't be going away anytime soon, and it could end up getting a lot worse. That's according to En-Pro International chief petroleum analyst Roger McKnight. He says record-breaking...
Mar 08, 2022
Semi driver killed in collision with train near Hitchcock
A semi driver is dead after his rig collided with a train near Hitchcock. The crash happened Monday at about 12:20 p.m., at an uncontrolled railway crossing on Township Road 34 northwest of Hitchcock....
Mar 08, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan ready for thousands of Ukrainian refugees
It was the first day of the new spring sitting on Monday, but the war in Ukraine was the centre of attention for much of the day in the Saskatchewan legislature. The MLAs on both sides of the aisle sp...
Mar 08, 2022 Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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...