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Man carjacked, assaulted near Orr Centre: Regina police
Regina police are looking for suspects after they say a man was carjacked and assaulted near the Orr Centre Sunday morning. Officers were called the 4600 block of Fourth Avenue just before 4 a.m. Acco...
Jul 28, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
New greenhouse set to bring food, medicine to Sask. First Nations
A new greenhouse in Treaty 4 is in the works to bring food and medicine to Saskatchewan First Nations. On Friday, the File Hills Qu'Appelle (FHQ) tribal council and Farm Credit Canada agreed to constr...
Jul 27, 2019 Minister Ralph Goodale (top left), File Hills Qu’Appelle tribal chief Edmund Bellegarde (top right), Farm Credit Canada president Michael Hoffort and File Hills Qu’Appelle Developments president and CEO Thomas Benjoe announced a partnership agreement to build a greenhouse together on Treaty 4 territory on July 26, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Highway 1 memorial cross near Emerald Park goes missing
In 1974, 11-year-old Susan Lapchuk was struck and killed while riding her bicycle along Highway 1. Now, 45 years later, her family is forced to relive the tragedy after discovering her memorial cross ...
Jul 26, 2019 Don and Myrna Lapchuk pose for a photo beside their daughter's memorial cross on Highway 1 near Emerald Park. (Doug Lapchuk/Submitted)
Vehicle shot at during attempted robbery on Robinson Street
Regina police are searching for information and suspects after an attempted armed robbery Friday morning. According to a news release, the victim was pulled over on the 1300 block of Robinson Street, ...
Jul 26, 2019 Regina police are searching for information and suspects after an attempted armed robbery in the 1300 block of Robinson Street on July 26, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Regina police find, arrest man considered 'armed and dangerous'
The search is over for a man Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP have called "armed and dangerous." Regina police told 980 CJME Friday afternoon that city police officers found and arrested Jarrett Poitras around 2 ...
Jul 26, 2019 Jarrett Poitras, 25, is wanted in relation to two incidents on the Muscowpetung First Nation on July 23, 2019. (Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP)
Sask. police catch over 900 distracted drivers in June: SGI
Distracted driving continues to be an issue in Saskatchewan, according to numbers recently released by SGI. During last month's traffic safety spotlight, SGI says 919 people were caught driving distra...
Jul 25, 2019
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP search for 'armed and dangerous' man
Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP are searching for a 25-year-old man who they say is armed and dangerous. Jarrett Poitras is wanted in connection to two incidents on the Muscowpetung First Nation on Tuesday -- an...
Jul 25, 2019 Jarrett Poitras, 25, is wanted in relation to two incidents on the Muscowpetung First Nation on July 23, 2019. (Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP)
62-year-old man dead after motorcycle crash near Whitewood
A 62-year-old man is dead after a crash between a motorcycle and a Correctional Service Canada (CSC) vehicle near Whitewood on Wednesday. According to Broadview RCMP, it happened around 11:50 a.m. at ...
Jul 25, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Oil tanker train collides with semi hauling fuel: Yorkton RCMP
RCMP are at the scene of a crash between a CP rail train hauling oil tankers and a Co-op petroleum semi-truck hauling fuel in Yorkton. According to a news release, officers were called to the collisio...
Jul 25, 2019 Yorkton RCMP reported that an oil tanker train collided with a semi truck hauling fuel on the south side of city late Thursday morning on July 25, 2019. (Mobile Adivsors Twitter page)
Second man charged in May-long murder, crime sprees
Another 17 crimes are being added to the list of charges a Regina man is facing after two crime sprees and a murder in May. Derrick Ewen Pasap, 27, is now charged with first-degree murder in the death...
Jul 24, 2019
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