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Super Mario: Alford looks to bring Riders' return game to new level
Mario Alford is looking to power up the Saskatchewan Roughriders' special teams. The return man is to make his Riders debut Saturday against the Toronto Argonauts in the Touchdown Atlantic game in Wol...
Jul 15, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver/returner Mario Alford. (CFL/Submitted)
Saskatchewan gov't reports second case of monkeypox
Just two days after the Saskatchewan government reported the first case of monkeypox in the province, a second case has been detected. The government announced the case Friday and said it's not epidem...
Jul 15, 2022
SaskPower sets summer demand record as people crank up air conditioning
The heat wave baking Saskatchewan this week is officially a record-setter for SaskPower. In a media release Friday, the Crown corporation said it set a new summer demand record for electricity on Wedn...
Jul 15, 2022 (Open Grid Scheduler/Grid Engine)
Rider fans stream into Nova Scotia for Touchdown Atlantic
Instead of playing just a few kilometres away from rolling fields of canola, the Saskatchewan Roughriders will be a ways away from crashing waves in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. The Green and White...
Jul 15, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders kicker Brett Lauther (left), CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie (centre) and Toronto Argonauts general manager Mike Clemons were promoting Touchdown Atlantic. (CFL/Twitter)
'Let's fire it up:' The party's on at Country Thunder
With four words, one country music fan welcomed Country Thunder back to Saskatchewan. "Let's fire it up," the man said Thursday in Craven, where the country music festival has returned after a two-yea...
Jul 14, 2022 Some of the patrons at Country Thunder Saskatchewan on July 14, 2022. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Riders' D-line depth to be tested due to injury, suspension
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive tackle Demarcus Christmas is excited to get the gift of another chance. Prior to this CFL season, Christmas hadn't played in a football game since 2019 due to a numb...
Jul 14, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive tackle Demarcus Christmas (94) and the other D-linemen during practice at Mosaic Stadium. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
One dead after crash on Highway 6 north of Regina
A 34-year-old Regina man is dead after a two-vehicle crash that closed Highway 6 on Wednesday. According to the RCMP, officers responded at about 4:15 p.m., to a report of a crash on the highway about...
Jul 14, 2022 The RCMP is investigating a fatal crash south of Swift Current. (980 CJME file photo)
Feds to help Regina with rail relocation plan; other projects also get funding
The Canadian government is looking to make the wheels of trade run a bit smoother in Saskatchewan. The feds announced more than $18 million in funding Thursday to go to improvements to southern Saskat...
Jul 14, 2022 Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announcing $18 million, to be matched by private industry, to help improve the efficiency of rail transportation in Saskatchewan on July 14, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Unsettled weather affecting crop development in Saskatchewan
Crops in Saskatchewan are in differing stages of development due to differing types of weather. "The majority of crops this week are in fair to good condition," the Ministry of Agriculture's crop repo...
Jul 14, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
'Could have been an awful lot worse': Couple reacts after home is struck by lightning
In the early-morning hours of Thursday, lightning strikes could be seen and loud thunderous roars could be heard in the distance in Regina. But for a couple in the Cathedral neighbourhood, a lightning...
Jul 14, 2022 A home in Cathedral after it was struck by lightning on July 14, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...