Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
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Highway closures way up this winter, more people relying on Highway Hotline
It has been a bad year for Saskatchewan drivers. There have been many brutal winter storms, which have made for rough driving conditions. And, as a result, highway closures went way up. From Nov. 1 to...
Apr 20, 2022 Traffic at a standstill on the Trans-Canada Highway south of Regina on March 10, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Ryan Meili reveals positive COVID test result
NDP Leader Ryan Meili has tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet Wednesday, the outgoing party leader revealed he was the last member of his family to test positive for the virus, and noted he has t...
Apr 20, 2022 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
RCMP reports death of second person involved in crash near Martensville
A second person has died in the wake of a fatal crash near Martensville. The RCMP confirmed the teenage driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was involved in the two-vehicle crash has died in hospital....
Apr 20, 2022
Saskatchewan offers look at design of Treaty boundary signs
Saskatchewan has unveiled the design of highway signs that will be erected to mark Treaty boundaries -- the first signs of their kind in Canada. Signs at the boundary between Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 ter...
Apr 20, 2022 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
House prices in Sask. expected to keep rising: Royal LePage survey
Homes in Saskatchewan's two biggest cities have been getting more expensive and prices are only going to go higher, according to a Royal LePage house price survey. The aggregate price of a home in Reg...
Apr 20, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Hits on Highway Hotline reach all-time high
The ongoing winter of 2021-22 has helped the Highway Hotline set a record in Saskatchewan. Over the past year, the Hotline recorded nearly 13 million hits -- more than double the number it usually get...
Apr 20, 2022 An image from the Highway Hotline's camera on the Trans-Canada Highway at Moose Jaw on March 29, 2021. (Highway Hotline)
Saskatchewan farmers host auction, raise $24,000 for Ukraine
With roughly 13 per cent of Saskatchewan's population claiming ties to Ukraine, it's no wonder people continue to find ways to help the country torn apart by war. The latest effort comes from a group ...
Apr 20, 2022
Conditions improving on Saskatchewan highways
Most of the advisories on Saskatchewan highways were removed Wednesday afternoon. The Highway Hotline said travel wasn't recommended on just two stretches of highway: Highway 349 Naicam to the junctio...
Apr 20, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
'We sat there dumbfounded:' Regina man claims province's biggest lottery jackpot
It's no joke to suggest that April Fool's Day will forever hold special meaning for Regina's Dale McEwen. On April 1, McEwen and his family were heading west on a ski trip in B.C. They stopped at a Co...
Apr 19, 2022 Dale McEwen is Saskatchewan's latest multimillionaire. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation/Submitted)
Rosemont-area house fire sends one person to hospital
An early-morning fire in Regina's Rosemont-Mount Royal neighbourhood on Tuesday resulted in one person ending up in the hospital. Fire crews arrived at a home on Grey Street not long after 6 a.m. Upon...
Apr 19, 2022 (Regina Fire/Twitter)
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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 - Wednesday, April 29
8:30 - The spring fiscal update released yesterday includes new measures such as a major skilled trades training program...