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Summer safety on the minds of Blackmore and Sask. RCMP
With summer weather hitting in full force this week, safety is on the mind of the Saskatchewan RCMP. The RCMP has been busy stepping up safety-related enforcement aimed at impaired drivers and water s...
Jul 12, 2024
More than 900 Country Thunder support staff keeping festival safe
The heat wave blanketing most of the province isn't stopping this party. The Country Thunder Music Festival is underway, with all regular safety precautions in line. Belinda Mitchell is the health and...
Jul 11, 2024 TEAM Response Community Services Corporation has been providing the medical and fire teams for years at County Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Country Thunder fans ready to party: set up goes smoothly in Craven
The gates at County Thunder are open and ready to welcome campers for the biggest country music festival in the province. Campers eagerly set up their sites without a problem. Tina Newman's camper has...
Jul 10, 2024 Tina Newman painted her dad as an emu on her camper for Country Thunder. Newman and her friend are the two "wise owls" beside the emu. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Country Thunder CEO recalls Toby Keith's stopover in Regina
Troy Vollhoffer was thinking back Tuesday to the time country music superstar Toby Keith savoured two of Regina's tastiest traditions in 2015. "We were coming up on our tour bus, just crossing the bor...
Feb 06, 2024 Toby Keith (centre), shown here during a concert in 2019, died Feb. 5 after a battle with stomach cancer. (Sanford Myers/AP file photo)
Nickelback, Dallas Smith join Luke Combs at Country Thunder in 2024
Some big names are coming to a big country music festival in Saskatchewan next summer. Luke Combs, Nickelback and Dallas Smith are set to headline next year's Country Thunder Saskatchewan festival in ...
Nov 16, 2023
Mounties report 26 arrests, 105 calls for service at Country Thunder
Numbers released by the RCMP on Monday suggest things were a little tamer at Country Thunder in 2023 than they were a year earlier. In a media release, the Mounties said officers responded to 105 call...
Jul 17, 2023 (980 CJME file photo)
Luke Combs to headline Country Thunder in 2024
The biggest artist in country music will be making an appearance at Country Thunder in 2024. On Saturday, organizers announced that Luke Combs will be taking the stage at Craven. Combs is currently in...
Jul 16, 2023
'The family reunion of friends:' Country Thunder is more than just music
Country Thunder isn't just a music festival, it's a place for family reunions and bachelorette parties. This is Vickie Miller's 33rd trip to the country music festival in Craven. Her parents went, and...
Jul 14, 2023 Vickie Miller sitting in front of the 'Brappasaurus' At Country Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Calm before the storm: Country Thunder campers begin setup
The gates at Country Thunder are open for campers eager to set up. The grounds at Craven were fairly quiet Wednesday morning, but some couldn't wait to set up. Mike Dacey's campsite greets people with...
Jul 12, 2023 Mike Dacey (left) and Fred Skalicky pose with their 'Las Craven' sign. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Tim McGraw, Keith Urban headline Country Thunder lineup
Some of the biggest names in country music will be rocking the Qu'Appelle Valley this summer. Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Jon Pardi were announced Thursday morning as the headliners for the Country Th...
Nov 17, 2022
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