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First Cowessess students graduate from new potash mining course
Nine people from the Cowessess First Nation are ready to start jobs in the potash industry. The First Nation community teamed up with Mosaic and a professional development firm called Morris Interacti...
Mar 18, 2022 The class of students from Cowessess First Nation in the Digital Transformation in Potash Mining course. (morrisinteractive.ca)
Why some frost on your windshield takes a little more elbow grease
If it felt like Saskatchewan's winter brought more windshield-scraping this year than normal, it's because some frost is harder to scrape. David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canad...
Mar 18, 2022
Sask. gov't passes motion asking feds to make railways an essential service
The Saskatchewan government will be asking the federal government to deem rail service essential. The government passed a motion Thursday after an emergency debate on the potential of a strike at CP R...
Mar 17, 2022
End of the line: Man charged with making hundreds of fake 911 calls
Police have arrested a Kenaston man they say was behind hundreds of fake 911 calls. Saskatchewan's 911 dispatch centre started receiving calls in November that were not about any emergencies, and nobo...
Mar 17, 2022 This is the first school year with a province-wide cell phone ban in classrooms the provincial government announced in the summer. (980 CJME files)
Clashing in Canora: Mounties recount serious scrap with suspect
A brawl involving police officers and a suspect in Canora on Wednesday got so wild that a nearby school enacted its "hold and secure" protocols. According to the RCMP, officers got a call at about 1:2...
Mar 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower warns of possible scam email
Anyone who gets an email from SaskPower asking for payment should be wary. The Crown corporation said Thursday an email scam is making the rounds targeting SaskPower customers. In the email -- which i...
Mar 17, 2022
Countdown to the 2022 Grey Cup begins in Regina
The countdown is on. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie was in Regina on Thursday to begin the countdown toward the 2022 Grey Cup Festival in the Queen City. https://twitter.com/L0ganStein/status/1504525...
Mar 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. reports 832 new COVID cases, 28 deaths, 299 hospitalizations
The number of COVID-related hospitalizations in Saskatchewan has fallen below 300 for the first time since late January. According to the weekly epidemiology report issued Thursday by the Ministry of ...
Mar 17, 2022
Moe and ministers questioned on many topics at SARM convention
It was like a blast from the past before COVID at the bear pit session during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention Wednesday morning. Tables lined the length and brea...
Mar 17, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP, Regina physician call on province to do more to keep doctors
Dr. Tomi Mitchell has run a medical clinic in Regina for more than a decade, but she's shutting those doors. "What I see right now is beyond tragic. I took an oath over a decade ago to do my best as a...
Mar 16, 2022 The NDP's Ryan Meili (left) and Vicki Mowat (right) flank Dr. Tomi Mitchell during a media conference on March 16, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Doug Ford may be cutting his nose off to spite his face
A Republican congresswoman is fighting back against Ontario's US booze ban, and Sarah Mills says Premier Doug Ford may f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 9
On Thursday's show, Evan discussed the new downtown arena developments, gets the latest on the Iran/U.S. conflict and Sh...