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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RCMP arrest three after business robbed in Wynyard
RCMP have arrested two men and a woman after a business in Wynyard was robbed on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the suspects had already been in the business for about two hours before the in...
Nov 07, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Provincial government to strike committee to solve class size, composition problem
The provincial government is hoping a committee of teachers, parents and education experts will come up with ways to fix Saskatchewan's classrooms. The government sent out letters on Wednesday to the ...
Nov 06, 2019 Justice Minister Gord Wyant. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. remembrance service marks 80 years since start of Second World War
A service of remembrance was held at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday, with this year marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. Premier Scott Moe acknowl...
Nov 06, 2019 Premier Scott Moe delivers a speech at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building as part of a Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 6, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Sask. legislature approves plan to address vaping
It took just one day for Saskatchewan's plan to regulate vaping to earn legislative approval. Amendments to The Tobacco Control Act that were introduced in the legislature on Tuesday were passed unani...
Nov 06, 2019
'She needed the help now': Mothers call for provincial suicide prevention strategy
Linda Roberts spoke to reporters at the legislature while holding a school photo of her smiling daughter. It was taken the morning of her suicide. Jadene Anna Irving was 14. "There's no sign of mental...
Nov 06, 2019 Linda Roberts holds a photo of her daughter Jadene, 14, at the legislature on Nov. 5, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Cold weather won't be around long: Meteorologist
Regina is in the grips of The Blob. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Wednesday that the cold weather currently enveloping the Queen City is because the jet stream is south of ...
Nov 06, 2019
Solar companies still concerned about new rooftop solar program
Saskatchewan's solar industry isn't feeling much sun these days since the new rooftop solar program was announced. Brenden Owens is a co-owner of Prairie Sun Solar in Regina. He said his company hasn'...
Nov 05, 2019
Sask. homeowners have highest unpaid mortgage rate in Canada, report shows
When it comes to making mortgage payments on time, Saskatchewan homeowners are the worst in the country, according to a report from the Canadian Bankers Association. The report shows that as of June 3...
Nov 05, 2019 It's a buyers' market in Regina for home sales, as of early January, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Provincial Green Party leader ‘not taken by surprise’ by May’s departure
Saskatchewan's Green Party leader isn't shocked to see the resignation of Elizabeth May. Shawn Setyo has been the leader since 2016, and he also ran federally for the Green Party in the 2019 federal e...
Nov 04, 2019
New Senate group forms to push regional interests in a fractured Parliament
OTTAWA - Canada's Senate took another step Monday in its evolution toward a less partisan chamber of sober second thought as 11 senators banded together to form a new independent caucus aimed at ensur...
Nov 04, 2019
OPINION
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 ...