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SaskPower continues work on outages caused by wind, fires
A few pockets of the province remained without power Thursday following winds and wildfires earlier this week. Speaking on The Brent Loucks Show, SaskPower spokesperson Jonathan Tremblay said around 4...
Oct 19, 2017 Widlfire smoke seen from the town of Burstall, Sask., on Oct. 17, 2017. (Tegan Bodnarchuk/Submitted)
Giants tower over Blades
The Vancouver Giants doubled the Saskatoon Blades 6-3 at Sask Tel Centre on Wednesday night. Blades forward Cameron Hebig tied the game at 1-1 with his sixth goal of the season late in first period. T...
Oct 19, 2017
High school in La Ronge evacuated due to threat: RCMP
A high school in La Ronge was evacuated over a reported threat Wednesday afternoon. La Ronge RCMP said information about the threat to Churchill Community High School came in around 12:50 p.m. Officer...
Oct 18, 2017
Temporary mental health unit at RUH to open early 2018
After months of delays, a timeline is in place to open a temporary mental health unit in the emergency room at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital (RUH). A Saskatoon Health Region media release said...
Oct 18, 2017
Bridge repair to delay traffic on Idylwyld Drive
Saskatoon commuters will need to adjust their routes amid repair work on the Sid Buckwold Bridge. Two northbound lanes on the bridge will be closed for up to three days between Oct. 18 and Oct. 20 to ...
Oct 18, 2017 A traffic jam seen in the northbound lanes of Idylwyld Drive on the morning of Oct. 18, 2017. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Sask. wildfire evacuees sent to Kindersley for safety
Wildfire officials have issued an emergency evacuation order for the town of Burstall, Sask., the Rural Municipality of Deerforks and the town of Leader, Sask. due to a fire burning in the province's ...
Oct 17, 2017 Smoke blotted out the sun as residents of Burstall, Sask. were forced to evacuate the town on Oct. 17, 2017. (Jackie Penny/Facebook)
Warman RCMP find missing teen
A 14-year-old girl who had been missing since Oct. 15 has been found. In a news release Wednesday, Warman RCMP said they located Breanne Moose and she is back at her residence. RCMP thank the public f...
Oct 17, 2017
Free tickets distributed for Remai Modern opening weekend
All tickets to the KPMG & Rawlco Radio Free Admission at Remai Modern opening weekend have been distributed. A total of 7,000 free tickets, slated for specific times throughout Saturday and Sunday...
Oct 16, 2017
2 men injured in rollover east of Saskatoon
Two men are recovering in hospital after their vehicle rolled over east of Saskatoon Sunday evening. Saskatoon RCMP and city police responded to the single-vehicle rollover near the junction of Highwa...
Oct 16, 2017
Natural gas leak caused by city grader
Five homes were evacuated after a city grader contacted a natural gas line in Saskatoon Monday morning. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, the grader was performing shallow blading in a lanew...
Oct 16, 2017 SaskEnergy workers and Saskatoon firefighters respond to a natural gas leak in an alleyway off 20th Street, between avenues U and T, on Oct. 16, 2017. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
