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Britton Gray: A look at options for the Riders' backup QB spot
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are reportedly running it back with Trevor Harris. Reports say the CFL club has signed the veteran quarterback to a contract extension to keep him in green and white for t...
Dec 06, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Shea Patterson (5) started seven games for the Riders in 2024. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Food price, conflict of interest motions blocked by government
On Thursday, as proceedings ended for the week, government MLAs once again blocked emergency motions from the Sask. NDP. There were two motions - one to strike an all-party committee to investigate th...
Dec 06, 2024 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says there is responsibility on the provincial government to do something about food prices in Northern Saskatchewan. Dec. 5, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
In the news today: Canada Post strike enters fourth week
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post strike enters fourth week Canada Post and the union representing more than 55,000 striking workers...
Dec 06, 2024
Three Sask. Penitentiary inmates charged in drone trafficking case
A drone carrying drugs, tobacco, cell phones and chargers dropped off the package at the Saskatchewan penitentiary near Prince Albert earlier this fall. This happened on Sept. 30 when an inmate interc...
Dec 05, 2024 All three men charged in relation to the drone trafficking incident remain in custody. (paNow file photo)
Chief 'disappointed' to see water used as a political 'tactic' by Conservatives
OTTAWA - Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is "disappointed' that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political "tactic." Bill C-61 rec...
Dec 05, 2024
Affordable living in Sask.: Key bills pass, awaiting federal reply
Including support from the NDP, the Saskatchewan Party government's two affordability bills were rushed through and passed Thursday. The first, the Saskatchewan Affordability Act, makes many of the ta...
Dec 05, 2024 Just a few days after it was introduced, the Sask Party’s government affordability bill passed, making the tax changes the part promised in the election. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New report sends a flare for help on preventing youth radicalization
OTTAWA - Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society response" to deal with the radicalization of young people lu...
Dec 05, 2024
Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: 'I am not Indigenous'
OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was c...
Dec 05, 2024
Roughriders sign Trevor Harris to an extension: reports
The sheriff is back in Saskatchewan. Quarterback Trevor Harris has signed a contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders according to 3DownNation. Harris threw for 3,264 yards, 20 touchdowns, ...
Dec 05, 2024 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris was named a CFL West Division All-CFLer in 2024. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
NDP blocks Conservative channel change, forcing abortion debate
OTTAWA - A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's own wor...
Dec 05, 2024 A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access this morning sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's own words against him. NDP MP Heather McPherson in House. (The Canadian Press)
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Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 24
8:30 - Farming season is a short and precious one here in Saskatchewan, and cold spring storms can cause harmful delays ...