Murray Wood: Paying for junk pretentiously passed off as public art
As people debate Saskatoon spending $300,000 on plastic rocks, Murray Wood notes that the great unwashed aren't really s...
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Regina police bus ad aims to drive down rising distracted driving numbers
Phones down, eyes up. That's the message the Regina Police Service (RPS) is sending to drivers in its latest campaign against distracted driving. As of Thursday, three city buses will be driving aroun...
Nov 28, 2019 The City of Regina, SGI and the Regina Police Service launched the Operation Bus Cop program on Nov. 28, 2019, to combat distracted driving. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Police issue record number of distracted driving tickets in October
Police across Saskatchewan issued more distracted driving tickets in October than in any previous month. The number of tickets issued hit an all-time high of 1,290. The overwhelming majority of those,...
Nov 25, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
Saskatchewan toughens penalties for distracted driving
Those who use their phones behind the wheel in Saskatchewan should prepare for their wallets to get a lot lighter -- the provincial government is beefing up its distracted driving laws. On Tuesday, th...
Nov 19, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan handout)
Police, SGI turn attention to suspended drivers and unregistered vehicles this month
Police and SGI are cracking down on suspended drivers and unregistered vehicles this month. The penalty for driving an unregistered vehicle is a $580 fine and repeat offenders have their vehicles impo...
Nov 18, 2019
Plows, ice covered windows and speed: winter driving is back
Following the recent snowfalls in Saskatchewan, drivers are readjusting to winter conditions. "Road conditions are going to be different in winter months," SGI's Tyler McMurchy said. "A number of peop...
Oct 30, 2019
SGI shines spotlight on school zone speeders
Some drivers in Saskatchewan learned their lesson the hard way when it came to school zone speed limits. According to SGI, police officers around the province handed out 1,424 tickets for speeding in ...
Oct 24, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Changes in the works for distracted driving fines
It seems many drivers in Saskatchewan aren't getting the message when it comes to distracted driving and staying off their cellphones in their vehicles. According to SGI, distracted driving is the No....
Oct 09, 2019
SGI distracts drivers to show the dangers
Distracted driving is one of the biggest problems on Saskatchewan's roads, and on Tuesday four local celebrities learned what being distracted behind the wheel can do, on the RCMP driving course. The ...
Oct 02, 2019 Pylons stuck under the vehicle after Tenille Lafontaine’s second run of a distracted driving course. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Leading cause of fatal crashes in Sask. remains prevalent: SGI
Police across the province reported 341 cases of impaired driving in August, according to numbers from Saskatchewan Government Insurance. That's an average of 11 cases per day. On Wednesday, SGI relea...
Sep 25, 2019
MADD virtual reality RV teaches elementary students about impaired driving
MADD Canada is taking its latest impaired driving initiative on the road. SmartWheels, an RV equipped with virtual reality technology that creates drunk and high driving simulations, first launched in...
Sep 12, 2019 Grade 6 students at St. Gabriel Elementary School in Regina try out MADD Canada's SmartWheels virtual reality impaired driving simulator on Sept. 12, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Online reviews aren't always helpful
Sarah Mills says giving a business a chance to rectify something a client or customer is upset or disappointed by is a f...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 4
8:30 - Less than 24 hours after the WestJet flight attendants went on strike, the union representing them reached a tent...