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Salvation Army kettle campaign could lose up to $5,000 due to Walmart fire
The fire that forced the north Regina Walmart to close down during the Christmas season is hurting a local charitable program. Capt. Kristen Gray with the Salvation Army said the kettle campaign raise...
Dec 18, 2019
Boy charged in Walmart fire also facing theft and threat charges
A 12-year-old boy seemed especially small as he walked into the prisoner box in a Regina courtroom on Thursday morning, there for his first appearance on what turned out to be a number of charges. The...
Dec 12, 2019 (Photo courtesy of Wayne Folk)
Highway 16 reopens after oil car derailment, fire
Highway 16 is once again open to traffic. It had still been closed as of Tuesday morning, more than 30 hours after a CP Rail train derailment led to oil cars catching fire near Guernsey. CP said 34 ca...
Dec 10, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Firefighting expert says First Nations need more resources
A firefighting specialist believes more needs to be done to prevent fires on First Nations. Richard Kent, the commissioner of emergency and protective services for the Prince Albert Grand Council, poi...
Dec 06, 2019
Chief says Cumberland House Cree Nation band office fire was set intentionally
Chief Rene Chaboyer believes an early morning fire in Cumberland House Cree Nation that leveled the community's band office on Friday was deliberately set. Chaboyer said a local trapper reported the f...
Dec 02, 2019 Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer said the fire that was first noticed around 5:30 a.m. on Friday destroyed the band office and an attached daycare. (submitted photo/LaRongeNOW)
‘Fireworks exploding all around’: Crews battle stubborn fire at Saskatoon business
A number of businesses were evacuated in the Sutherland area Tuesday evening after a fire at a fireworks shop. Fire crews were called after 9 p.m. to Phatboy Fireworks on Central Avenue after several ...
Nov 06, 2019
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan - A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop ...
Oct 31, 2019
Rosetown Co-op Agro Centre ‘a total loss’ after Saturday fire
The west central Saskatchewan community of Rosetown is grappling with a major loss this weekend. Late Saturday night, the town's Co-op Agro Centre burnt to the ground. Mike Moon, the store's general m...
Oct 27, 2019 The fire caused a total loss to the Agro Centre at Rosetown's Co-Op on October 26, 2019. (submitted)
Biggar Fire Department issues warning after false safety inspection
The Biggar Fire Department is asking residents in the area to be on the lookout for a man impersonating members of their department. In a Facebook post on Saturday evening, Biggar Fire said a rural re...
Sep 15, 2019
Fire at Brazil hospital kills 11 people, many elderly
RIO DE JANEIRO - A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on beds or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderly. Fou...
Sep 13, 2019
OPINION
Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, May 8
8:30 - We're learning that the cost to refit Saskatchewan's coal-fired power plants has climbed to $26 billion over the ...