Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Jeremy Clark feeling comfortable in Riders' secondary
Jeremy Clark knows how important a great football atmosphere can be for a player. It's why he chose to go to the University of Michigan over other NCAA schools. "I had a wide variety of schools I was ...
Jul 24, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders cornerback Jeremy Clark. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Pope Francis arrives in Canada
Pope Francis has arrived in Edmonton to start his six-day visit in Canada. The Pope has said he hopes the "penitential'' trip will contribute to reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples. Francis...
Jul 24, 2022
Riders re-sign Weah to shore up receiving corps
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American wide receiver Jester Weah. The 6-foot-3 receiver returns to the CFL team after attending its 2022 training camp. Weah saw action in both pre-season ga...
Jul 23, 2022 (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Twitter)
Parents of immunocompromised Sask. kids relieved about COVID vaccine
It was a big sigh of relief for parents when Health Canada approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years old. And now any parent in this province can book those appoin...
Jul 22, 2022
'A human cost to this': Workers' safety a priority in construction zones
SGI and the Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association (SHCA) are urging drivers to slow down and pay attention in construction zones this summer. SGI's Tyler McMurchy is concerned about construction...
Jul 21, 2022 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
COVID on the rise in Saskatchewan: Ministry of Health
According to Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health, COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the province, with hospital admissions, ICU admissions and positive test rates creeping upward. "COVID-19 activity is ...
Jul 21, 2022
Heat helping crops develop quickly in Saskatchewan
The recent heat wave in Saskatchewan could mean harvest will happen earlier than normal in the province. In the weekly crop report released Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture said crops have advanc...
Jul 21, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Fuel and insurance: School divisions getting $20M more to deal with inflation
Saskatchewan's 27 school divisions are adding a total of $20 million to their coffers. The provincial government announced Thursday it was making a one-time investment of $20 million for the 2022-23 s...
Jul 21, 2022 Education Minister Dustin Duncan on July 21, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan anticipating increase in COVID cases
For the first time in three weeks, the Government of Saskatchewan will release Thursday epidemiological numbers on what COVID-19 is doing in Saskatchewan — and it's expected cases and hospitaliz...
Jul 21, 2022
Back to Batoche back in person for the 50th celebration
By Logan Lehmann After a two-year hiatus from hosting people, Back to Batoche is ready to roll for its first in-person festival since 2019. The festival has been held annually since 1970 - including g...
Jul 21, 2022
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...