Sarah Mills: Does this Canada Day feel different due to 'elbows up' attitude?
Does Canada Day feel different this year? Sarah Mills says we should be cheering harder for Canada than ever due to our ...
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Sask. NDP chooses a new leader
Saskatchewan's NDP elected Ryan Meili as the new leader on Saturday. Hundreds of party members gathered at the Delta Hotel in Regina for the party's leadership convention. Both candidates on the ballo...
Mar 03, 2018 Crowd of supporters at NDP leadership convention at the Delta Hotel in Regina, March 3, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Deficit smaller than forecast in province’s latest financial report
There is some good news in the province's latest fiscal update. The third quarter financial report released Friday shows the government's plan remains on track, with a smaller deficit forecast. "While...
Mar 02, 2018
Regina MLA Warren Steinley seeking Conservative Party seat
Regina Saskatchewan Party MLA Warren Steinley is seeking a federal Conservative Party nomination. He confirmed on Thursday he wants to run against NDP Member of Parliament Erin Weir in next year's fed...
Mar 01, 2018 Warren Steinley. (Sask Party website)
NDP leadership candidate profile: Trent Wotherspoon
Political-watchers would be forgiven for thinking Trent Wotherspoon had cloned himself. The 10-year Regina NDP MLA seems able to be in several places at once right across the province. In any given da...
Feb 28, 2018
Sask. prepares for any benefits from federal budget
Saskatchewan's new premier will be watching as federal finance minister Bill Morneau delivers the federal budget Tuesday afternoon. Scott Moe is hoping Saskatchewan will get the benefit of any revenue...
Feb 27, 2018
Premier Moe reinstates PST exemptions on insurance premiums
Premier Scott Moe is keeping a campaign promise, and pulling back some of the changes made to PST in last year's provincial budget. The provincial government is reinstating the PST exemption for agric...
Feb 26, 2018
Time for ‘rights-based approach’ to Indigenous affairs, PM Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to overhaul the way the federal government relates to Indigenous Peoples, proposing a new legislative framework designed to pave the way toward stron...
Feb 15, 2018
Preeceville Hospital services still not fully restored
While the situation has improved, healthcare services are still not ideal at the Preeceville Hospital. A delegate from the area raised a question about the hospital at the bear pit session with the pr...
Feb 09, 2018 Preeceville residents rally at legislature to restore emergency services to their hospital spring 2016. (file photo/980 CJME)
Trudeau says ‘peoplekind’ remark was a bad attempt at humour he regrets
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an off-the-cuff remark he made during a town hall meeting about making the word mankind more inclusive was an attempt at humour that backfired - a joke that...
Feb 07, 2018
Trudeau under fire for saying some vets want more than government can afford
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives cited an itemized list of Liberal-approved expenditures to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday as they demanded he apologize for saying some veterans want more t...
Feb 06, 2018
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Murray Wood: Trump trade tantrum shows U.S. president still as unstable as ever
Murray Wood says he's still trying to avoid buying anything made in the U.S.A., along with travel south of the border, b...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 30
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was ending all trade talks with ...