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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Charges laid in Regina's 8th homicide against Fort Qu'Appelle man
A 27-year-old man from Fort-Qu'Appelle has been charged with Regina's latest homicide. Jason Bird, 33, was found injured just after 5 a.m. on July 15, 2021, in the 800 block of Princess Street. Patrol...
Aug 06, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
'It's going to be unreal': Riders return to action for first time since 2019
It's been 628 days but now the Saskatchewan Roughriders are back. The CFL made it's triumphant return on Thursday after a cancelled 2020 season due to a COVID-19 pandemic. The rematch of the 2019 Grey...
Aug 06, 2021 Quarterback Cody Fajardo. (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Gov't to accept recommendations, take over management of Extendicare homes temporarily
There was little beating around the bush on Thursday for Saskatchewan's Minister for Seniors when it came to the Ombudsman's report into the COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare. "Today's report is ...
Aug 05, 2021 Everett Hindley is Saskatchewan's Minister for Mental Health and Addictions as well as Rural and Remote Health, and Seniors (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
How to get to and from the Riders game Friday
The first Riders game in almost two years kicks off tomorrow, and as always, fans can make the trek to Mosaic Stadium any number of ways. Walking and biking, as well as using Rider Transit, are encour...
Aug 05, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Down and dirty with backroad safety
Saskatchewan living requires the skill of rural road driving. From gravel grid roads to unpaved intersections, the province's rural areas can keep residents connected, but also pose a challenge and a ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Dave Parsons/Global News)
Latest COVID update Aug. 5: Sask. active COVID-19 cases rise above 500 first time since June
For the first time in more than a month, active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan number more than 500. Today, the province announced 56 new cases of the virus, bringing the number of active cases to ...
Aug 05, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. man facing voyeurism charge for photo found on device
A Battleford man has been charged with voyeurism after police discovered a photo in the course of another investigation. North Battleford RCMP said they received a complaint that a woman and a female ...
Aug 05, 2021
Crop report shows harvest well ahead of average, dry conditions posing fire risk
Harvest has begun in Saskatchewan, with this week’s crop report showing three per cent of the crop now combined. This is well ahead of the five-year average of one per cent harvested by this tim...
Aug 05, 2021
Damning report points to numerous problems in deadly Parkside COVID outbreak
Last winter, residents at Parkside Extendicare in Regina endured the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak a Saskatchewan care home has seen, where only four residents didn't catch the virus, and 39 died. A rep...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare in Regina. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME file photo)
Woman dead in lone vehicle rollover near La Loche
A woman is dead after a single-vehicle rollover near La Loche. La Loche RCMP was dispatched to the scene on Highway 155, around 2 kilometres south of the village — around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Th...
Aug 05, 2021
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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
8:30 - A mega-farm in Saskatchewan is raising major concerns about debt, rapid expansion and financial pressures facing ...