Murray Wood: The 'dumbest trade war in history' is back on
The Wall Street Journal writes that the trade war between Canada and the U.S. just got dumber. Murray Wood says the U.S....
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Frost Regina Winter Festival adds Elvis Stojko to lineup
Canadian figure skating legend Elvis Stojko has been added to the Frost @ REAL lineup. In a media release Wednesday, Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL) announced Stojko -- a seven-time Canad...
Jan 26, 2022 (Sandra Jackle/Twitter)
Moe announces plans to remove some restrictions in the 'next number of days'
Premier Scott Moe said Wednesday some COVID-19 measures in Saskatchewan would soon be coming to an end. "It's incumbent on us to look at the ones that we have and are they still effective? Have they r...
Jan 26, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
NDP releases report on housing and poverty, calls on government to do more
Meara Conway says she and others noticed a housing and poverty crisis in the province. That prompted the NDP Regina Elphinstone-Centre MLA to speak to different communities in the province about what ...
Jan 25, 2022 NDP MLA Meara Conway releases her report after public consultations on housing and poverty on Jan. 24, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Online learning to begin Wednesday for four Regina classes
Concerns about COVID-19 are sending students in four more Regina classrooms online. Regina Public Schools said Tuesday that the Grade 5-6 B and Grade 6 A classrooms at McLurg School, the Grade 3-4 roo...
Jan 25, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 25: 1,049 new cases, 2 new deaths
For the second consecutive day, the number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan has fallen. However, hospitals in the Saskatoon area are treating a record number of COVID patients. ...
Jan 25, 2022
COVID pill to be available to eligible Sask. residents starting Wednesday
Saskatchewan is set to make the antiviral COVID-19 pill available to eligible residents. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said Paxlovid -- the only COVID pill approved so far by H...
Jan 25, 2022 A photo provided by Pfizer shows the company's antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19. (Pfizer Canada/Twitter)
'Freedom Convoy' rolling its way east out of Saskatchewan
Hundreds of people left a truck stop in Balgonie on Tuesday morning with a goal of making it to Ottawa by the weekend. They're involved with the Freedom Convoy 2022, a protest focused on bringing an e...
Jan 25, 2022 A vehicle preparing to drive from Balgonie to Ottawa on Jan. 25, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
City of Regina adds features to increase pedestrian safety, accessibility
Pedestrians on a number of Regina's streets are getting some help. On Tuesday, the City of Regina said in a media release it is making changes at some locations to increase safety and accessibility fo...
Jan 25, 2022
Regina plane, other cities' policing initiatives getting funding from Sask. government
The Regina Police Service's plan to buy a plane is getting more funding to help it get off the ground. During City of Regina budget deliberations in December, the police service got the OK to spend $1...
Jan 25, 2022 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
Extreme cold warnings lifted across Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is back out of the deep freeze. The extreme cold warnings Environment Canada had issued Tuesday for areas across the province were lifted in the early afternoon as temperatures climbed. T...
Jan 25, 2022
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Sarah Mills: Technology is advancing faster than we can comprehend
Sarah Mills says an old journalism professor spoke of a multimedia world that was hard to imagine at the time. Not only ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, August 24
On Monday's show, Evan looked at how U.S. tariffs will impact a number of sectors in Saskatchewan, including potash, dai...