Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Families watch as suicide prevention committee voted down
Jude Ratt was disappointed and angry after watching the Saskatchewan government decline to strike a bipartisan special committee of the Legislature with the NDP on the mental health crisis and addicti...
May 18, 2022 Frannie and Jude Ratt (l to r) lost their niece and daughter to suicide and support the NDP's call for a committee to find solutions to the province's suicide problem. May 17, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan distillery wins international award
A Saskatchewan distillery is bringing in some international hardware for its vodka. Prince Albert-based Phantom Light Distillery won platinum for its vodka at the SIP Awards in California. "It's like ...
May 18, 2022 (Phantom Light Distillery)
'I just don't understand': Sask. residents express frustration at surgery wait times
Waiting for something you've been looking forward to can be a frustrating feeling. That feeling is amplified when you're in pain and the thing you're waiting for is surgery. "There's nothing you can d...
May 17, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
SAID recipients calling to keep their pensions
James MacLachlan has myotonic dystrophy and worked at SARCAN for 20 years, paying all his taxes and -- with the help of savings from his late mother -- paying for his care too. But MacLachlan got olde...
May 17, 2022 Barb Sambasivam speaks for her brother, James MacLachlan, who is a SAID recipient and who she said isn't getting enough to live on. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan needs at least 95,000 homes built to combat deficit
More than 140,000 homes will need to be built in Saskatchewan in the next eight years to keep pace with the number of people living in the province and avoid a housing shortage. It’s part of a h...
May 17, 2022
New look for Weyburn Police Service vehicle
By Steven Wilson It's something that has caught the eye of a few residents of Weyburn over the past few days -- a Weyburn Police Service vehicle with a completely new look. The newly decaled Tahoe ent...
May 17, 2022 (Weyburn Police Service/Submitted)
Alcohol ban in effect for May long weekend at provincial parks
Saskatchewan's provincial parks are set to open to campers Thursday, but patrons will have to leave their booze at home for the first first days. As has been the case in previous years, a ban on alcoh...
May 17, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Strike means ticking clock for Mosaic Stadium vendors
With the CFL strike now into its third day, vendors at Mosaic Stadium are growing concerned about if they'll be working a game on Victoria Day or not. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are set to host the ...
May 17, 2022 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Liquor legislation introduced in Sask., but likely won't pass
The Saskatchewan government is looking to give municipalities power over whether people can crack a beer in the park, while the Saskatchewan NDP is telling the government to pump the brakes. On Monday...
May 16, 2022 Minister Responsible for SLGA Jim Reiter on May 16, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Report to study viability of hydrogen hub in Regina-Moose Jaw region
Saskatchewan is going blue. The province announced Monday it will be dishing out $100,000 for a report to look at ramping up work on a potential hydrogen hub in the Regina-Moose Jaw region that would ...
May 16, 2022 Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...