Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Getting back to work: Unemployment rate in Sask. falls again
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate hit a seven-year low in February. According to data released by Statistics Canada on Friday, the province's unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent last month - the lowest ...
Mar 11, 2022
Warmup on the way for Saskatchewan
One more day. Environment Canada had extreme cold warnings in place for areas of Saskatchewan early Friday, with a wind chill of -41 C in Regina in the morning and a wind chill of -44 C in Saskatoon i...
Mar 11, 2022
Battle of Saskatchewan: Flasch, Dunstone to meet in Brier tiebreaker
One Saskatchewan team will eliminate another from the Tim Hortons Brier on Friday. Colton Flasch and his Saskatchewan champions out of the Saskatoon Nutana beat Matt Dunstone's team out of the Regina ...
Mar 10, 2022
Saskatchewan reports 1,013 new COVID cases, 13 deaths
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 over the past week in Saskatchewan fell by more than 70 per cent from the previous week. The weekly epidemiological data issued by the Ministry of Health on Thursd...
Mar 10, 2022
Some areas of Saskatchewan facing below-normal runoffs
Saskatchewan has had a lot of snow this winter, but some areas of the province are still facing below-normal runoffs this spring. The Water Security Agency (WSA) issued its spring runoff forecast for ...
Mar 10, 2022
RCMP offers drivers some keys to avoiding vehicle thefts
Leaving the keys inside led to nearly a third of the vehicle thefts reported to the Saskatchewan RCMP last year. The Mounties on Thursday said the 1,519 vehicle theft files they opened in 2021 include...
Mar 10, 2022
SGI announces rebate of $100 per registered vehicle
Gas, food and everything else continues to get more expensive, but people in Saskatchewan are getting a bit of relief. SGI announced a rebate Thursday. The Crown corporation is to pay $100 to customer...
Mar 10, 2022
'If you don't have to go, don't:' Nasty weather closes highways across Sask.
It's another day of poor driving conditions on Saskatchewan highways. Around 4 p.m., the Highway Hotline said the Trans-Canada Highway was closed from Regina to Belle Plaine due to drifting snow, redu...
Mar 10, 2022 Traffic at a standstill on the Trans-Canada Highway south of Regina on March 10, 2022. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Estevan to host 2023 Viterra Scotties, SaskTel Tankard
Estevan's curling community has scored a deuce. CurlSask announced Wednesday that both the 2023 Viterra Scotties provincial women's curling championship and SaskTel Tankard men's tournament are to be ...
Mar 09, 2022
Semi driver in Broncos bus crash loses first bid to stay in Canada
The truck driver involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash nearly four years ago has lost one of his bids to stay in Canada after his sentence ends. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's lawyer sent an application ...
Mar 09, 2022
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
