Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Potential residents upset as Grenfell long-term care home pushed back again
The William Albert House in Emerald Park is very nice, with lush hallways, common rooms and even home pets, but it's not where Doug Kent and his wife Eileen would have preferred to be living. They'd r...
Jun 14, 2024 Doug Kent and his wife would prefer to live in their home town of Grenfell but the long-term care home meant to be built there keeps being delayed. June 13, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Natural gas opposition 'ideological,' new Ontario energy minister says
CLARINGTON, Ont. - Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the province's use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs, calling opposition to it "ideological." Stephen Lecce took...
Jun 13, 2024
Regina Public Library to seek help from city for new central location
Regina Public Library is getting the ball rolling on finding a new location for its central branch. The library's board voted to request help from city hall during a special meeting held on Tuesday. T...
Jun 12, 2024 The Regina Public Library is doing cost estimates for a building that is 125,000 square feet instead of the originally proposed 159,000 square feet. The current central branch building is roughly 75,000 square feet. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
New pipe arrives for water-restricted Calgarians; full service still days away
CALGARY - A new section of water pipe was set to arrive in Calgary on Tuesday, as the city's mayor urged residents to stay the course, conserve and keep the taps from running dry. Mayor Jyoti Gondek s...
Jun 11, 2024
'Incredibly impressed': Calgary mayor applauds reduced water use after pipeline break
CALGARY - As crews work to fix a massive pipeline break, Calgary's mayor says citizens are stepping up to draw down on water use to prevent city taps from running dry. Mayor Jyoti Gondek had asked Cal...
Jun 10, 2024
Housing and identity: Questions about Mississauga's future as election looms
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ana Chang has lived in Mississauga since the age of seven and is now raising her own children in the southern Ontario city that has seen rapid development over the last three decad...
Jun 08, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing plan defeated in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing bill has been defeated in the House of Commons with the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Qubcois voting against the legislation. Poilievre intro...
May 29, 2024
B.C. announces online building permit hub to speed up homebuilding across province
BURNABY - The British Columbia government says a new online "hub" will speed up building permit processes across jurisdictions. Premier David Eby says "slow and complicated" building permit processes ...
May 27, 2024
New traffic control plans aim to ease congestion on Sask. Drive: SaskPower
Traffic appears to be flowing a bit better along Saskatchewan Drive. At least that is what SaskPower has heard from crews working on that street. The update comes nearly a week after SaskPower introdu...
May 24, 2024 Mayor Sandra Masters said people waiting an hour or more to leave a parkade at rush hour is 'completely unacceptable.' (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
City hosts open house to celebrate Public Works Week
Hundreds of Regina elementary school students got an up-close look at a variety of city vehicles on Thursday. They were invited to an open house at the Public Works Yard on Albert Street celebrating P...
May 24, 2024 Students from many different elementary schools attended the open house for Public Works Week. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...