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Warm weather and happy campers: Successful summer for provincial park
Despite the unpredictable weather in Saskatchewan, provincial parks like Echo Valley have been seeing high numbers of campers all summer long. Shelley MacLean, the manager for Echo Valley and Katepwa ...
Aug 09, 2023 Echo Valley Provincial Park. (980 CJME file photo)
Canadian singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson dead at age 80
Robbie Robertson, the Toronto-born frontman of The Band, died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness. The legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist was 80. During his time with the Canadian-America...
Aug 09, 2023 Robbie Robertson arrives for the gala premiere of the film "Once We Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band" at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 5, 2019. Robertson died Aug. 9, 2023 at the age of 80. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
RCMP reports two drownings in Saskatchewan
Two men are dead after they drowned in separate incidents in Saskatchewan. According to the RCMP, a 35-year-old man drowned in Lake Diefenbaker on Saturday. Police said they got a call about the incid...
Aug 09, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower rates to rise if feds follow through on net-zero plan: Morgan
The province is warning people in Saskatchewan that SaskPower rates will be dramatically impacted if the Liberal government does what it says it will do. Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister ...
Aug 08, 2023 Minister Don Morgan has decided not to seek re-election in 2024. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Mosquitoes, other insects thriving in Saskatchewan this summer
Whether it's grasshoppers, mosquitoes or ticks, bugs are living their best life this summer. Taz Stuart is an entomologist -- a person who studies insects -- as well as a mosquito expert and former di...
Aug 08, 2023 (City of Regina/Twitter)
FSIN pushing RCMP for action in Pierceland investigation
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for action after an incident the RCMP is investigating near Pierceland. The Mounties said officers got a call Wednesday just before noo...
Aug 08, 2023 Police allege a 46-year-old man from Assiniboia sexually assaulted three boys under 12 in the mid-2010s. (RCMP logo)
Saskatchewan speeder clocked at 204 km/h in a 100 zone
A driver is facing a massive fine after putting the pedal to the metal one night recently near Carlyle. According to the RCMP, a driver was pulled over after being clocked doing 204 kilometres per hou...
Aug 08, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Emails show RCMP braced for backlash following verdict in Boushie's death
Emails show the RCMP was preparing for the fallout of the Gerald Stanley verdict. According to a story by The Canadian Press, internal emails showed the Mounties were bracing for backlash across rural...
Aug 08, 2023
Sask. government reports more than $35K in public losses
Getting paid more than $29,000 for overtime shifts they didn't work has cost a Saskatchewan Health Authority employee their job. That was one of the losses of public money reported by the Saskatchewan...
Aug 08, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Expert says warm, dry conditions to blame for huge grasshopper population
Grasshoppers have been a menace across Saskatchewan this summer. They've been destroying crops, bouncing around yards and hanging off screen doors. James Tansey, the Ministry of Agriculture's provinci...
Aug 08, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: England's World Cup disappointment continues
Sarah Mills is accepting that sixty years on, it is not to be, again. But she lived the best experience she could this W...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 16
On Thursday's show, guest host Tamara Cherry talks bail reform, grocery prices, missile tests in China, a lack of long-t...