Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Second suspect arrested in Jason Bird murder
A second person has been charged in the murder of Jason Bird. Bird, 33, was found injured in a Princess Street home in Regina by Regina Police Service (RPS) officers on July 15, 2021. He was given fir...
Aug 18, 2021 (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Regina's Mitch Picton catches first career touchdown pass
Mitch Picton caught two touchdowns in the first ever game at Mosaic Stadium as a member of the University of Regina Rams. On Saturday, Picton caught his first career CFL touchdown pass in that same st...
Aug 18, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Mitch Picton. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Hopeful news for Lanigan residents and business owners as Jansen Mine project moves ahead
When Tara Ross moved to Lanigan from Calgary 15-years ago, she says found a place where she wanted to set down roots- and that's exactly what she did. Just before the first announcement of the Jansen ...
Aug 18, 2021 The town of Lanigan's welcome sign. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
STF calls for mandatory vaccinations for education sector, including students 12 and up
Moving into the 2021 school year, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) wants every eligible person involved with the education sector to be vaccinated. That was their call to the governme...
Aug 17, 2021
Province to release more "guidance" on COVID
Early next week, Premier Scott Moe is expected to release "guidance" on COVID-19. Moe mentioned it at a news conference on Tuesday. "Some additional guidance on how we are going to live with COVID in ...
Aug 17, 2021 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. Government 'thrilled' with mine announcement
Premier Scott Moe is calling the BHP mine announcement a "huge vote of confidence" in Saskatchewan and its people. On Tuesday, the mining giant announced it would go ahead with the proposed potash min...
Aug 17, 2021 Premier Scott Moe announced his government's excitement at BHP giving its Jansen potash mine the go-ahead. LtoR: Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre, Premier Scott Moe, Minister of Trade and Export Development Jeremy Harrison. Aug. 17, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
9 COVID cases linked to Aug. 6 Rider game: SHA
Saskatchewan saw a sell-out crowd during the first week of the CFL season, but COVID didn't have to buy a ticket - even though it was in the stands. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, nin...
Aug 17, 2021 (Don Black/Submitted)
Regina man dead after rollover
A Regina man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 8. Around 7 p.m. Thursday, Kamsack RCMP responded to a complaint about the incident, which occurred about three kilometres south of Pell...
Aug 17, 2021 The RCMP is investigating a fatal crash south of Swift Current. (980 CJME file photo)
'It's heartbreaking': Afghans living in Sask. reflect on conditions in Afghanistan
Afghans living in Saskatchewan can only watch from afar as the Taliban takes over Afghanistan. Susan Siasang and her sisters Qafia and Crystal moved to Saskatchewan in 2001 while most of their extende...
Aug 17, 2021 Crystial Siasang (left), Susan Siasang (middle) and Qafia Siasang (right). (Submitted/Susan Siasang)
NDP rejects SGI’s proposed increases, advocates for cut rates for Sask. families at hearing
Saskatchewan NDP continued in their quest to cut driving insurance rates, rejecting SGI’s proposed increases at the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel hearing Monday evening. Official opposition cri...
Aug 17, 2021
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...