Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Quebec police say they found 2 bodies in St-Apollinaire during search for 2 girls
SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Quebec provincial police believe they have found the bodies of two young sisters during a search for them and their father. A police spokeswoman says they believe the bodies ...
Jul 11, 2020 A police officer drives his quad on a street, Friday, July 10, 2020 in Saint-Apollinaire, Que. Police are continuing their search around a Quebec City suburb after they issued an Amber Alert Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father who investigators believe disappeared following a highway car crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
SkyPark reopening after closing just 21 days after launch
The COVID-19 pandemic has created restless times for SkyPark Regina general manager Kenny Tran. "I didn't sleep for about three months, but now since we are allowed to open, I just had my first sleep ...
Jul 11, 2020 SkyPark Regina has a variety of activities. (SkyPark Regina/Facebook)
STARS announces 2020 lottery winners
Despite having to do things a bit differently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, STARS is saying its 2020 home lottery was its most successful one yet. The home lottery, which is the emergency service's la...
Jul 10, 2020 STARS/Twitter
Source: CFL submits revised financial request to federal government
TORONTO - The CFL sent federal Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault a revised financial request Friday. A league source said the league is seeking about $42.5 million in aid. In April, the CFL...
Jul 10, 2020 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Andrew Vaughan)
Debate continues over possibility of airborne COVID
A University of Saskatchewan microbiologist is speaking out against the idea of COVID-19 commonly spreading through the air. Dr. Joseph Blondeau told Gormley on Friday there isn't enough evidence to m...
Jul 10, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
America’s worsening COVID-19 crisis has some Canadians barring the border door
WASHINGTON - A Canadian cabinet minister was among the guests waiting in the virtual wings of a recent Zoom panel when the moderator posed one last question to the chairman of the U.S. House Intellige...
Jul 10, 2020 In this image from video, Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-House Television via AP
Conservatives say police should be called in to investigate WE charity scandal
OTTAWA - The Conservatives said Friday they want a criminal investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have the WE organization run a $900-million program for student volunteers. Their ca...
Jul 10, 2020
Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics
When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...
Jul 10, 2020
Canadian economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen. In Saskatchewan, 30,000 people found work last month, pus...
Jul 10, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
U Sports not making exemption for football age cap
Robbie Lowes was scrolling through social media Thursday when he saw the news his football career was over. "I still haven't really processed it yet," said the University of Regina Rams linebacker, wh...
Jul 09, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
Evan celebrates Canada Day with a test of your citizenship knowledge, hears about the latest happenings in the Canadian ...