Sarah Mills: We came so close to the zipper merge
Three block of two lanes of traffic merging one by one, with everyone inching forward. It was the zipper merge in action...
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Raiders bow out of Memorial Cup, but have plenty to be proud of
Jeff D'Andrea, paNOW HALIFAX-The best season for the Prince Albert Raiders in the past 34 years has come to an end. The Raiders bowed out of the 2019 Memorial Cup after losing 5-2 to the Guelph Storm ...
May 22, 2019 HALIFAX, NS - MAY 21: Game 4 of the Memorial Cup Presented by Kia between the Guelph Storm and the Prince Albert Raiders on Tuesday, May 21th, 2019 in Halifax, Nova scotia, Canada. (Photo by Vincent Ethier/LHJMQ/CHL)
Driving instructor advises zipper merge during construction
It's full-blown construction season in Regina and a good time to review what it means to zipper merge. Drivers in the lane that ends should drive all the way up to the end point, then merge into the o...
May 22, 2019 A zipper merge is used at Arcola Avenue near the exit to Ring Road on Sept. 21, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Alleged bee thief netted by RCMP
By Nigel Maxwell A sticky-fingered thief in northeastern Saskatchewan has been arrested and is to appear in court next month. A 47-year-old man from Arborfield has been charged with theft over $5,000 ...
May 21, 2019
Quartet vying for job as Riders' backup QB
There's a commonly held belief that the most popular member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders is the backup quarterback. If that's true, one of Cody Fajardo, David Watford, Isaac Harker or Ty Gangi coul...
May 21, 2019 The Roughriders' quarterbacks during training camp on May 21, 2019. (Wray Morrison/650 CKOM)
Killer of Calgary mother and daughter gets no parole for 50 years
CALGARY - A Calgary judge says a "callous and remorseless" man who killed a mother and her young daughter must wait 50 years before he has a chance at parole. A jury found Edward Downey guilty last ye...
May 21, 2019
Wildfire threat high in Saskatchewan, fire officials say
The provincial fire commissioner is warning people to be careful as conditions are ripe for wildfires. On Tuesday, the threat level for the northern part of Saskatchewan was at "high," while it was "e...
May 21, 2019 A brush fire burns in the Argo Bush southwest of Biggar on April 22, 2019. (Karen Itterman/Twitter)
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Fight over metals tariffs focused Cdn industries on China: aluminum company CEO
SEPT-ILES, Que. - American tariffs on Canadian aluminum cut into profits but didn't slow production or hurt employment, says the CEO of the Quebec company whose plant Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vis...
May 21, 2019
MP Erin Weir reveals he won't be running in next election
Erin Weir, who has represented the constituency of Regina-Lewvan for the NDP since 2015, announced Tuesday he won't be running in the 2019 federal election. Weir was expelled from the NDP caucus in Ma...
May 21, 2019
Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was ...
May 21, 2019
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
On Friday, Evan discusses guide dogs, artificial intelligence campaigns trying to amplify division amongst political mov...