Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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“Today is for the ones that aren’t there”: D-Day remembered
Three distinctive stacks of chalk rise majestically about eight storeys high from the western edge of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. Known locally as The Needles, they would have b...
Jun 06, 2019
“A sight you couldn’t imagine”: Veteran remembers D-Day
The bloody 27-minute opening of the movie Saving Private Ryan is uncompromising and brutal. But it serves to reveal the horror of armed combat and perhaps allow a person who wasn't there to appreciate...
Jun 05, 2019
D-Day veteran remembered by great-nephew
If you were living in California in the decades after the Second World War, you might not have known anything was extraordinary about Evert Nordstrom. The Canadian veteran lived an unassuming, simple ...
Jun 04, 2019 Warrant Officer Peter Nordstrom with the memorabilia of his great-uncle, D-Day veteran Evert Nordstrom, on May 29, 2019 (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Air Transat to stop serving Regina, Saskatoon airports
Escaping winter just got a little harder in Saskatchewan. Air Transat will no longer fly out of Regina and Saskatoon. The airline notified the airports earlier in May. Air Transat is currently taking ...
May 14, 2018
Crown will not appeal Stanley verdict
Saskatchewan's public prosecutions office has decided not to appeal the Gerald Stanley verdict. While it cannot overturn the jury's not guilty decision, it can look at the instructions the jury receiv...
Mar 07, 2018 Gerald Stanley, 55, was committed for trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the August 2016 death of Colten Boushie on April 6, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Ryan Meili beats Trent Wotherspoon to lead the NDP
Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. With an 81 per cent voter turnout for party members, Meili beat Trent Wotherspoon with 55 per cent of the vote for a total of 5,973 votes compared...
Mar 03, 2018 Ryan Meili speaks at NDP leadership convention in Regina, March 3, 2018. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
No decision from Rider head coach after Carter's pot charge
Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones says he's disappointed by Duron Carter's legal problems. The star receiver was charged with possession of marijuana at the Winnipeg airport last Novembe...
Feb 14, 2018 Duron Carter practices with the Saskatchewan Roughriders during 2017 spring training camp at SMF Field in Saskatoon. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Regina lawyer launches lawsuit against West Wind Aviation
Survivors from a plane that went down last month near Fond-du-Lac are going to take the airline involved to court. The ATR 42 turboprop plane, operated by West Wind Aviation, crashed shortly after tak...
Jan 24, 2018 The wreckage of a plane crash near Fond du Lac, Sask. on Dec. 13, 2017. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada)
Province launches plan to improve rural cell, internet service
People in rural Saskatchewan can finally throw out those outdated modems. The government and SaskTel have launched a five-year plan to improve cell and internet service. Those living and working in ru...
Dec 05, 2017
Ovarian Cancer Canada seeks new treatments for patients
As if the battle against ovarian cancer wasn't hard enough, another fight is underway to fund the life-prolonging drug Lynparza. Judy Fielden has just finished chemotherapy for her second bout of the ...
Jun 27, 2017 Judy Fielden, 73, has just finished chemotheraphy for her second bout of ovarian cancer.
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Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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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...
