Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Premiers lay out priorities for meeting with Carney next week
OTTAWA - Infrastructure investments and the state of U.S.-Canada trade negotiations are high on the agenda Canada's premiers have for an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The premiers ...
Nov 12, 2025
Competition Bureau says algorithmic rent pricing a concern, but not widespread
OTTAWA - The federal Competition Bureau says it hasn't found evidence that using computer software to recommend rent prices reaches the point of anti-competitive behaviour, but it remains concerned ab...
Nov 10, 2025
Construction begins on new fire station in southeast Regina
Ground was broken on Fire Station No. 8 on Friday, and the city's fire chief says the new station will help reduce response times in southeast Regina. Fire Station No. 8 is located at 5051 E. Primrose...
Nov 07, 2025 Ward 5 Coun. Sarah Turnbull, Ward 4 Coun. Mark Burton, Fire Chief Layne Jackson, Mayor Chad Bachynski and Ward 2 Coun. George Tsiklis break ground for Fire Station No. 8 on Nov. 7, 2025. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski excited to see 11th Avenue reopening
After months of work, Regina's 11th Avenue is scheduled to reopen on Monday, wrapping up this year's construction season. The City of Regina said the street will reopen to vehicle traffic between Broa...
Nov 07, 2025 The 11th Avenue Revitalization project began in 2023. It's expected to finish in 2027. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
From 1.5 million to 'as many homes as we can': Ontario faces home building realities
TORONTO - Ontario is lowering projections for new home construction levels in its fall economic statement, putting the government further away from building 1.5 million homes in 10 years - a goal the ...
Nov 06, 2025
Ontario still short of long-term care bed goal, data in fiscal update show
TORONTO - Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028, numbers released i...
Nov 06, 2025
N.S. NDP leader becomes housing critic, says government doing nothing to solve crisis
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Opposition leader has taken on the role of housing critic to draw attention to the province's housing crisis and what she says is the provincial government's lack of interest i...
Nov 04, 2025
Manitoba homelessness adviser to leave job after less than a year service
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud will, as of Dec. 1, be president and CEO of the...
Oct 30, 2025
Ontario proposes to rebate HST for some first-time homebuyers
TORONTO - Some first-time homebuyers in Ontario could soon save tens of thousands of dollars on the cost of a home under a proposal from the provincial government to rebate the HST, but opposition lea...
Oct 28, 2025
Ontario backs off idea to consult on changing security of tenure renting rules
TORONTO - Critics are calling for more protection for renters after Ontario backed off a proposal to consider changes to rules that prevent landlords from evicting tenants without a legal reason and a...
Oct 27, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...