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Stepping up: Canadians sending aid to Ukraine
Help is on the way for the people of Ukraine. The Canada-Ukraine Foundation has partnered with an international aid agency in Ukraine. That's where Danylo Puderak of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress sa...
Mar 03, 2022 Displaced persons fleeing from Ukraine crowd a platform at the train station in Przemysl, Poland on March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Major snowfall expected in much of Saskatchewan
Spring might be on the way, but winter isn't yet ready to take its frosty claws out of Saskatchewan. A major snowfall is coming to many central and southern parts of the province. Snowfall warnings we...
Mar 03, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan preparing to accept refugees from Ukraine
Saskatchewan is putting out the welcome mat for refugees fleeing Ukraine in the wake of Russia's attack on the country. "I spoke with my federal counterpart yesterday to advise that Saskatchewan will ...
Mar 02, 2022 The flag of Ukraine is flying at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME file photo)
'R' designation removed from Saskatchewan health cards
Saskatchewan health cards will no longer carry an "R" to denote the card holder has self-declared as a Registered Indian. The government said the change was effective immediately. Prior to Tuesday, an...
Mar 02, 2022 (eHealth/Twitter)
Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate to 0.5 per cent
The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate for the first time since 2018. The national bank raised its rate to 0.5 per cent on Wednesday, up from 0.25 per cent. It had been at that level s...
Mar 02, 2022
RCMP recovers fake credit cards, IDs in two busts near Maidstone
Two busts near Maidstone in the past week have taken a bevy of fake credit cards and identity documents off the streets. The RCMP said the first two arrests occurred Feb. 22, when the Maidstone Mounti...
Mar 01, 2022 The documents seized by the RCMP near Maidstone on Friday. (RCMP/Submitted)
'A human rights atrocity': Sask. NDP looking to help Ukraine
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping politicians in the province can band together to help end the war between Ukraine and Russia. On Tuesday, NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon came out with strong words...
Mar 01, 2022 NDP MLA Trent Wotherspoon. (980 CJME file photo)
SHA shifting to self-screening at its facilities
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has started to move to self-screening at its facilities. The SHA began the process Monday -- the same day the last of the COVID-related public health measures in Sask...
Mar 01, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Environment Canada expecting mixed bag for Sask. in March
David Phillips has seen March come in like a lion and go out like a lamb many times. And sometimes it doesn't. "I've seen as many the other way -- and sometimes it comes in like frozen mutton," Enviro...
Mar 01, 2022 Environment Canada senior climatolgist, David Phillips, said southern Saskatchewan will likely see normal to slightly warmer than normal temperatures in March, while central and northern Saskatchewan are expected to get some cooler weather. (980 CJME file photo)
Jackson makes first court appearance to face abduction charge
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit with his mask sitting under his nose, Michael Gordon Jackson -- the anti-vax father accused of abducting his seven-year-old daughter -- made his first appearance in Regin...
Mar 01, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
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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...