Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Ryan Meili beats Trent Wotherspoon to lead the NDP
Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. With an 81 per cent voter turnout for members, Meili beat Trent Wotherspoon with 55 per cent of the vote for a total of 5,973 votes compared to Wo...
Mar 03, 2018 Ryan Meili speaks at the NDP leadership convention in Regina, March 3, 2018. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A U.S. jury says Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly hurt fans
An appeal is already underway, but Sarah Mills says the court case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster has exposed what...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 16
Evan catches up on the latest happening in Ottawa, checks in on safety in downtown Saskatoon and discusses a three-strik...