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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Saskatchewan's GDP grew by 1.6% in 2023, ahead of national average
Saskatchewan's gross domestic product grew by 1.6 per cent in 2023, beating the national GDP growth of 1.2 per cent. According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan's GDP...
May 01, 2024
Ontario introduces sped-up apprenticeship path for high school students
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Ontario high school students will soon be able to spend most of their time in Grade 11 and 12 in an apprenticeship if they choose to participate in a new skilled trades program. Educa...
May 01, 2024
Cenovus teams with First Nations to build northern Alberta homes amid housing crisis
CHARD, Alta. - Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Mtis Nation in northern Alberta, called a 200-square-foot camper trailer home for close to two years. The community leader and his wife were amon...
May 01, 2024
Regina Launches $282 Million 2024 Construction Season
While some may have already noticed delays in their commute, the City of Regina officially kicked off its construction season on Tuesday. Kurtis Doney, the deputy city manager of city operations, said...
Apr 30, 2024 More than $16.5 million has been dedicated to improving 16.5 kilometres of residential roads in Regina this season. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Construction set to begin on Dewdney Avenue project in Regina
Ceremonial shovels went into the ground Thursday as the City of Regina kicked off the revitalization of Dewdney Avenue. The two-year, $32-million construction project is to begin Monday and will turn ...
Apr 25, 2024 Saskatchewan Minister of Government Relations Don McMorris (left), Warehouse District executive director Leasa Gibbons (centre) and Regina Mayor Sandra Masters (right) participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Dewdney Avenue Revitalization Project. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
CEO of Sask. realtors association applauds feds' funding for housing
The head of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says the federal government's new investment in housing as part of the budget is long overdue. Big money is to be spent on housing according the new f...
Apr 21, 2024 (980 CJME file photo)
What measures were missing from the 2024 federal budget
TORONTO - The federal budget tabled on Tuesday introduced $53 billion in new spending, but not everyone got what they were looking for. Here's a look at some of the measures not included in the Libera...
Apr 17, 2024
Construction on Dewdney Avenue project to begin later this month
The long-awaited revitalization of Dewdney Avenue is set to begin in late April. On Wednesday, the City of Regina said the first phase of construction is to start the week of April 28, which means lan...
Apr 17, 2024 A conceptual design of a revamped Dewdney Avenue in the Warehouse District. (City of Regina)
In federal budget, Ottawa looks to Canada Post land for building housing supply
OTTAWA - The federal government is eyeing underutilized Canada Post and National Defence properties as a way to deliver affordability and supply to the country's housing market. In its federal budget ...
Apr 16, 2024
B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. ...
Apr 15, 2024
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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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TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
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...