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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Jamie Nye: CFL's 2020 season will likely be entirely up to the federal government
Manitoba and Saskatchewan have officially put their hands up to be the CFL's home base to help save the 2020 season. While there are many questions still unanswered, it was a tiny bit of optimism afte...
Jul 21, 2020
Roughriders make 'competitive bid' to be CFL hub city
If there's going to be CFL football in 2020, the Saskatchewan Roughriders want it to take place at Mosaic Stadium. The club announced it submitted what it describes as a "competitive bid" to be a hub ...
Jul 20, 2020 Mosaic Stadium. (980 CJME file photo)
Jamie Nye: Feds were right to keep border closed to MLB
You can criticize the federal government over a lot of things during the pandemic -- a slow start to move, the back and forth about masks being a benefit, the deficit, CERB ... you get the point. But ...
Jul 20, 2020
Jamie Nye: Picking the Riders' all-time team isn't an easy task
The Saskatchewan Roughriders' all-time team will be announced on TSN on Friday and there are some interesting debates. Of course you'll see Ron Lancaster at quarterback and George Reed at fullback, bu...
Jul 17, 2020
Burris, Brock, Childress and Hufnagel among 2020 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Four members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2020 have ties to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Offensive linemen Clyde Brock and Freddie Childress, quarterback Henry Burris and builder ...
Jul 16, 2020 (DoubleBlue/Wikimedia Commons)
Jamie Nye: Tradition tells us the coach of the best team rarely gets the credit he's due
The debate over coach-of-the-year awards is always an interesting one and the three nominees for the Jack Adams Award in the NHL cover three different criteria. You have the coach of a very good team ...
Jul 16, 2020
Jamie Nye: Attendance numbers will be interesting to watch when sports and fans return
Sports fans in North America could be facing an interesting test on just how badly they want to sit and watch their team play amid a global pandemic. New England sports fans will have to sit physicall...
Jul 15, 2020
Swift Current 57's president reflects on name change
The pressure on some professional sports teams to change their names continues to mount. In Saskatchewan, it has been about three years since the Swift Current Indians retired their name. Now, the Wes...
Jul 14, 2020 The Swift Current 57's uniform. (Swift Current 57's/Twitter)
Jamie Nye: 'Not fit to play' is a bad play by the NHL
Get used to hearing "not fit to play" from the NHL. If you thought the growing use of upper and lower body injury was getting ridiculous, the NHL is taking it one step further to prevent us from reall...
Jul 14, 2020
Jamie Nye: Sports fans hoping we don't hear a 'pop'
"When is the bubble going to burst?" is a common question asked in sports. It applies whether the subject is a team's success, a player's hot streak or a maybe even a losing streak. However, now the q...
Jul 13, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...