Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Riders expect tough test from Redblacks
The Saskatchewan Roughriders believe the Ottawa Redblacks will be a group with extra motivation this week. Despite being 1-0 on the season after beating the Edmonton Elks 16-12, the CFL power rankings...
Aug 21, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Paul McRoberts to make CFL debut
Paul McRoberts is finally getting his shot. After spending all of 2019 and the first two games of 2021 CFL season on the Riders practice roster, McRoberts will be the team's starting slotback against ...
Aug 20, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Paul McRoberts during a drill at training camp on July 28, 2021. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Latest COVID update Aug. 20 -- 244 cases reported, highest daily case count since May 8
The Saskatchewan government reported 244 new cases of COVID-19 in the province Friday. It's the largest single-day increase of cases Saskatchewan has seen since 271 cases on May 8, 2021. Of the newly ...
Aug 20, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Elections Canada looking to hire 250,000 poll workers
Elections Canada has announced they’re hiring for the upcoming election. The non-partisan agency is looking for more than 250,000 workers to hire to run advance polls and election day polls. App...
Aug 20, 2021
Regina man charged after alleged suspicious playground behaviour
A Regina man has been charged in connection with several recent cases that involved suspicious behaviour by a man around children. The man, 28, was also charged in connection with a sexual assault all...
Aug 20, 2021
Man dead, woman injured in fatal crash at oil site
A man is dead and a woman has been taken to hospital after a collision at a Saskatchewan oil site. At around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, Carnduff RCMP and Oxbow EMS and Fire and Rescue responded to a crash in...
Aug 20, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Jonathan Woodard excited for new opportunity with Riders
Jonathan Woodard's long journey has lead him to the top of the CFL's 2021 sack leaderboard after two weeks. Woodard, who is playing his first season in Canada with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, had th...
Aug 19, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end Jonathan Woodard (99). (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Sask. health care workers account for 5 per cent of provincial cases: CIHI
Health care workers in Saskatchewan were sick from COVID-19 at a rate lower than the national average consistently through the pandemic. New statistics from the Canadian Institute for Health Informati...
Aug 19, 2021
Rider game with nine cases linked not being considered an 'outbreak:' SHA
An outbreak’s an outbreak - unless it isn’t. We’ve become accustomed to COVID outbreaks being two cases or more, but that simply wasn’t the case for the August 6 Saskatchewan R...
Aug 19, 2021
Dog dies after being shot by Regina police officer
A dog was fatally shot by a Regina police officer Wednesday night. Around 8:30 p.m., police were sent to the area of 4th Avenue and McIntyre Street after hearing about a woman who was "behaving strang...
Aug 19, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
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