Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Saskatoon bingo hall left confused by restrictions
A Saskatoon bingo hall says the measures ordering bingo halls in Saskatchewan to close on Saturday doesn’t change much and is left confused by the way the province is restricting the industry. L...
Dec 19, 2020
FSIN calls out government for COVID measure that closes casinos
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is not impressed with one of the Saskatchewan government’s new COVID-19 measures. On Saturday at 12:01 a.m., all casinos and bingo halls in ...
Dec 18, 2020
Isolation period for Saskatchewan COVID cases reduced to 10 days
People who test positive for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan won’t have to spend as long in isolation. Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer, announced Thursday the isolat...
Dec 17, 2020
‘Mere coincidence’: N.S. gunman killed after Mounties pull up at gas pump next to him
HALIFAX - A new report from an independent police watchdog reveals that the April 19 fatal shooting of the Nova Scotia mass killer occurred after two RCMP officers happened to pull up at a gas pump ne...
Dec 17, 2020
University of Alberta research team believes a cure for diabetes is within reach
Scientists at the University of Alberta believe they’ve come up with a way to cure diabetes. Dr. James Shapiro is the lead scientist working on the project. He spoke with 650 CKOM’s Brent ...
Dec 17, 2020
Author discusses how Saskatchewan should remember serial killer John Crawford
When it comes to Saskatchewan’s history of serial killers, the name of John Crawford may not be one that immediately comes to mind. Crawford was responsible for the deaths of four Indigenous wom...
Dec 17, 2020
Shortages of stamps, packing materials at Saskatchewan Canada Post offices ahead of Christmas
The Grosvenor Park Canada Post office in Saskatoon is normally very busy, but it's even more so just before the holidays. Even though deadlines for regular delivery of regional and national parcels an...
Dec 17, 2020
Crash on Highway 12 near Hepburn kills one
A 56-year-old man is dead after a two-vehicle crash south of Hepburn on Tuesday evening. The Rosthern RCMP says the crash happened around 7 p.m. on Highway 12. A southbound vehicle with three occupant...
Dec 17, 2020
Newlyweds separated by border set for Christmas reunion after 9 months apart
After nine months, Ashly Schmidt is ready to find out what married life is like. She married her husband William in Florida on March 6 and spent a brief honeymoon in the Sunshine State before having t...
Dec 17, 2020
Search continuing Wednesday for missing fishers off Nova Scotia coast, one body found
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The search for five missing scallop fishers continued Wednesday morning, more than 24 hours after their boat sank off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia in rough, heaving seas. Se...
Dec 16, 2020
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...