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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From the prairies to the beach: Regina Rifles statue makes stop in Queen City
An eight-foot-tall bronze rifleman stood glistening in the sun on Saturday outside the Saskatchewan Legislature. Its final stop will be on the beaches of Normandy, but on Saturday it was in Regina. It...
Apr 06, 2024 The statue will make its way to Juno Beach as part of Operation Calvados. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
104-year-old Sask. Second World War vet to be honoured by French ambassador
A Saskatoon veteran is to be recognized Saturday in Regina for his service in the Second World War. Nick Kazuska, 104, is to be presented with the French Legion of Honour Medal by Michel Miraillet, Fr...
Apr 05, 2024 Some of the most vivid film footage of the D-Day landings 80 years ago was shot by a Canadian military film unit using technology obtained from U.S. allies. Canadian soldiers land on a Normandy beach during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Department of National Defence
Saskatchewan provides funding for short line railways
Saskatchewan is contributing more than half a million dollars to help keep the province's short line railways moving. On Friday, the provincial government announced $530,000 in investments for 13 rail...
Apr 05, 2024 (980 CJME file photo)
Contract talks between STF, provincial government remain at standstill
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation didn't make it back to the bargaining table with the provincial government this week as it had hoped. On Friday, STF president Samantha Becotte spoke with the Eva...
Apr 05, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president Samantha Becotte says contract talks between the union and the provincial government remain stalled. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Government contributes to Regina Rifles D-Day statue project
A group of current and retired Regina soldiers will make a trip to France this summer to unveil a statue and commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The Royal Regina Rifles - known dur...
Apr 05, 2024 Ed Staniowski with a replica of the statue that will be placed on the Normandy beach where the Regina Rifle Regiment landed on June 6, 1944. (980 CJME)
Sask. joins recovery-oriented provincial addictions partnership
Three provincial mental health and addictions ministers gathered in Calgary on Thursday to announce an information-sharing partnership on their shared move to a recovery-oriented system of care. Saska...
Apr 04, 2024 Tim McLeod joins mental health and addictions ministers from Ontario and Alberta on Thursday to announce a new partnership on their shared move to a "recovery-oriented system of care."
(Government of Alberta livestream)
OPINION: 'Thank you, Jim. Goodbye.'
"Do you still have the jacket?" he said with a chuckle. Those were among the last words I would hear from Jim Hopson before his fight with colon cancer ended this week. Jim had a knack to make you fee...
Apr 04, 2024 Former Saskatchewan Roughriders president-CEO Jim Hopson gave Jamie Nye this vintage Vancouver Canucks jacket. (Jamie Nye/980 CJME)
Carbon consequences: Federal minister says CRA looking into Sask. breaking the law
What consequences could Saskatchewan face for breaking federal law over the carbon tax? It's still unclear, but Arif Virani, the federal justice minister, hinted Wednesday at what might lie ahead whil...
Apr 03, 2024 Justice Minister Arif Virani said he expects all provinces to obey the law. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
RCMP says one person dead after house fire in Lipton
One person is dead after a house fire in Lipton on Tuesday. The Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP, Lipton Volunteer Fire Department and Lipton EMS responded to the home on Erin Avenue. According to the RCMP's medi...
Apr 03, 2024 The RCMP says the fire is not suspicious in nature. (980 CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won't fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water -- or will be -- when summer arrives. However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in ...
Apr 03, 2024 The Gardiner Dam Spillway. (Water Security Agency)
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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...