Murray Wood: The public has a right to know details when someone is killed by police
Imagine living in a country where police shoot and kill someone, then don't tell the public who it was. Well, that's wha...
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Severe storms, heat, smoke forecast in Saskatchewan
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is again predicting a risk of severe thunderstorms in southeast Saskatchewan on Saturday afternoon. ECCC said that any storms that develop will likely beco...
Aug 24, 2024
Weekend rain dampening B.C. wildfire activity as active blazes numbers drop
VANCOUVER - Rain and cool weather in southern British Columbia is dousing wildfire activity in the province, but firefighters are urging vigilance despite the drop in the number of active blazes. The ...
Aug 24, 2024
Thunderstorms, hail and rain hit central and southern Sask.
The skies cooked up a powerful, late summer storm for people in central and southern Saskatchewan on Friday night and into early Saturday morning. Areas like Saskatoon, Assiniboia, Regina and Yorkton ...
Aug 24, 2024
Wildfire smoke leads to air quality advisory for Regina, Saskatoon
Much of Saskatchewan was placed under an air quality advisory from Environment Canada on Friday, including the province's two largest cities. "Wildfire smoke is causing or expected to cause very poor ...
Aug 23, 2024
Historic 120-year-old barn loses roof in 'crazy' wind storm near Pangman
Christine Calderbank feels like she is living out a scene from the 'The Wizard of Oz.' The roof of her historic barn was blown off in a wild wind storm on Wednesday evening at her farm 95 kilometres s...
Aug 23, 2024 Debris from the roof of the barn lies in a tangle of timbers in a farmyard 95 kilometres south of Regina. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Sask. harvest 15 per cent complete, with southwest furthest ahead
Despite scattered storms, harvest in Saskatchewan is 15 per cent complete, up from six per cent a week ago. According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week...
Aug 22, 2024
One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll sugg...
Aug 22, 2024
Largest study of 2023 wildfires finds extreme weather fuelled flames
The largest study of Canada's catastrophic 2023 wildfire season concludes it is "inescapable" that the record burn was caused by extreme heat and parching drought, while adding the amount of young for...
Aug 21, 2024
Early harvest a balancing act for Lumsden farmer and beekeeper
For Josef Buttigieg, running a mixed-operation farm is a balancing act. "We're trying to keep on top of all different sort of moving parts," Buttigieg said. "Now maybe I'm a little crazy in that sense...
Aug 20, 2024 Josef Buttigieg, owner of Fenek Farms, stands in front of his swather in his field 25 kilometres north of Regina. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Heavy rain hits Eastern Canada as remnants of tropical storm Debby move in
MONTREAL - Remnants of tropical storm Debby doused a large swath of Eastern Canada on Friday, with forecasters saying up to 120 millimetres of rain would fall in some parts of Quebec before it moved o...
Aug 09, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 12
Evan discusses the latest on the Sask. government's pronoun policy, local crime in Saskatoon with the Acting Chief of Po...