Murray Wood: Twenty-year-old murder case shows shortcomings of Youth Criminal Justice Act
Murray Wood says the fact a 37-year-old man dodged an adult sentence for the killing if Misha Pavelick 20 years ago shou...
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Sask. Speaker says legislature not out of control
Despite a speech pleading for decorum a couple of weeks ago in the Assembly, Sask. legislative Speaker Todd Goudy doesn't believe the Assembly is out of control. Goudy spoke on The Evan Bray Show on W...
Apr 11, 2026 Todd Goudy, Sask. Party MLA for Melfort, was chosen as the new Sask. Speaker in 2024, after the provincial election. (courtesy Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly)
Notes from the Gallery: New seats in the legislature, delays vs. adjustments
It was a short week for most everyone else, but MLAs did their full four days of proceedings in the assembly ahead of the Easter holiday. During the week, the government officially opened its new anim...
Apr 04, 2026 The Saskatchewan legislature building. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Health care workers threaten job action after years spent trying to strike contract
Health care workers who haven't received a raise in years chanted and waved flags outside of the Legislative Building on Wednesday. Members with CUPE Heath Care Workers held signs with phrases like "b...
Mar 25, 2026 Members of CUPE Health Care Workers rally outside the Legislative Building with signs, flags, and drums. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
'Don't light the fireplace' and other survival tips for new Sask. MLAs
Just like new students preparing for class, at least 21 new MLAs will wear metaphorical backpacks - packed with campaign promises - into the Saskatchewan Legislative Building for the first time this f...
Aug 26, 2024
OPINION: Governor General visits Saskatchewan - let's see the bill
Forgive me if I'm not exactly giddy over Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's official visit to Saskatchewan this week. The Governor General is currently in the midst of her first official stop in the province, tak...
Apr 23, 2024
Hundreds in Regina protest new provincial pronoun and sex education policy
It was an emotional Saturday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Hundreds gathered outside of the front steps to protest against the new pronoun and sex education policy implemented by the provincial gov...
Sep 03, 2023 Protesters gather outside Saskatchewan Legislature to protest provinces new pronoun and sex education policy.
Photo: Sarah Wood
Mid-year financial update expected Tuesday
It's unlikely to make as big a splash as the first-quarter update, but the Saskatchewan government is poised to release its financial update for the first half of the fiscal year late Tuesday morning....
Nov 29, 2022 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Error leads to vast overpayment in Social Services benefits
A payment system error within the Ministry of Social Services on Wednesday led to a vast, but temporary, overpayment of benefits. About 175 people receiving income assistance from the provincial gover...
Oct 14, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Hundreds gather at legislature for Indigenous Lives Matter rally
Brightly coloured skirts swished and the smell of sage filled the air at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. Signs reading "We will not forget MMIWG," "Idle No More" and "No More Stolen S...
Jun 22, 2020 Hundreds gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on June 21, 2020 in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Updated budget to be tabled when Saskatchewan Legislature resumes
By the time the Saskatchewan Legislature resumes sitting June 15, it will have been almost three months since the sitting was suspended for the pandemic. On Tuesday, the government and official opposi...
Jun 01, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Government and Crown transparency is shrinking
Gone are the days when Crown annual reports were released on a schedule that promoted accountability and scrutiny. Now, ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 18
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - Nearly two decades after the death of Misha Pavelick, a judge has handed down a se...