Murray Wood: Police officers in the line of fire need more support from Ottawa.
Two RCMP officers were wounded in Melville, and officers have been killed in Montreal and Toronto. Murray Wood says the ...
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‘It will devastate the community:’ Alberta firefighter dies battling wildfire
A volunteer firefighter was killed and two men trying to beat back flames on their property were injured in wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and forced the evacua...
Oct 19, 2017
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Sask. residents find surprising damage after fierce winds
The wind storm Tuesday night tore through Jeff Markewich's office like a Tasmanian devil. He was just one of the people in Saskatchewan cleaning up from Tuesday's monstrous wind storm. Markewich is a ...
Oct 18, 2017 Window blown out near the top of Victoria Tower in downtown Regina at Victoria Avenue and Rose Street Oct. 18,
2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
B.C. mayor says workers were doing maintenance when killed at Fernie hockey rink
FERNIE, B.C. - Three people who died after a suspected ammonia leak were doing maintenance work on ice-making equipment at an arena in southeastern British Columbia, says the city's mayor. Fernie Mayo...
Oct 18, 2017
Townhome under construction crumbles in the wind
A home under construction in Regina's Harbour Landing neighbourhood has been left as a pile of rubble after it was flattened by powerful wind. "It's a disaster. I've never seen anything like this. I'v...
Oct 18, 2017 This house under construction in Harbour Landing was knocked down in the wind storm Oct. 18 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Feds scale back contentious tax proposal in bid to calm business owners
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau has scaled back one of the most contentious elements of the Trudeau government's tax-reform plan in yet another effort to calm infuriated small business owners. ...
Oct 18, 2017
Schools in southwest Sask. closed due to wildfires
Several schools in the Chinook School Division are closed Wednesday following wildfires and wind Tuesday night. All schools in the following communities are closed due to wildfire evacuation orders: P...
Oct 18, 2017 Widlfire smoke seen from the town of Burstall, Sask. on Oct. 17, 2017. (Tegan Bodnarchuk/Submitted)
Wind, wildfires force people in Sask. to flee from homes
Wildfires combined with hurricane-force winds created a dangerous and deadly situation in several communities across Saskatchewan as hundreds of people were forced to flee from their homes. In a news ...
Oct 18, 2017 Aerial view of a farmyard north of the Village of Empress damaged in the wildfire Oct. 18 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Armed officers at Mosaic Stadium a surprise to some fans
While the end result may not have surprised fans at Friday's Rider game, the presence of two Regina police officers sure did. A photo was circulating on social media showing two officers in full tacti...
Oct 17, 2017 Officers carrying Carbine Rifles were at the Riders game on Oct. 13, 2017. (Austin Davis Twitter)
Phone recycling program gives women in need a 'fresh start'
Living without a cell phone in 2017 seems almost impossible but it is a reality for some, and for women in need phones can be a lifeline. SaskTel has partnered since June 2009 with the Provincial Asso...
Oct 17, 2017 People are encouraged to drop off their old cell phones at SaskTel stores and authorized dealers during the Phones for a Fresh Start recycling drive Oct. 17,
2016. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan wildfire report should bring about immediate change
Saskatchewan is not new to wildfires. They happen every year, but Sarah Mills says the review of the 2025 fire season sh...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 23
8:30 - Two Saskatchewan RCMP officers are recovering after being seriously injured in a shooting while responding to a c...