Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Saskatchewan adds residents once again
Saskatchewan's population is continuing its upward trend. According to numbers released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the number of people living in the province increased by 10,295 people in the pa...
Jun 19, 2019
Changes announced to help farmers with dry conditions
Agriculture ministers from the provincial and federal governments have announced a few measures to help Saskatchewan farmers deal with dry conditions. The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Program's deadlin...
Jun 19, 2019 (Wikimedia Commons)
Areas of southwestern Sask. under severe thunderstorm watches, warnings
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area around Swift Current. The warning also is in effect for areas around Herbert, Cabri, Kyle and Lucky Lake. Swift Current is stil...
Jun 19, 2019
Different kind of bees available at this year's Farm Progress Show
Visitors at this year's Farm Progress Show can buy some leafcutter bee larvae. These bees won't produce any honey but will give you a garden instead. "They're going to pollinate the flowers in your ba...
Jun 19, 2019 Leafcutter bee larvae, which can be purchased at this year's Farm Progress Show, come in decorative boxes that can be installed in a backyard. (Jed Williams)
Evraz fined in connection with workplace injury
Evraz Steel has been ordered to pay $126,000 in relation to a workplace injury at its Regina plant in September of 2016. Evraz pleaded guilty to one charge under Occupational Health and Safety regulat...
Jun 19, 2019
Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Swift Current
After months of dry conditions, Swift Current was hit with heavy rain Tuesday afternoon. "The skies just opened up, and it just, it came down fast and it came down heavy and it was raining for well ov...
Jun 18, 2019 Heavy rain on June 18, 2019 caused flash flooding in Swift Current. (Everett Hindley)
Regina's Globe Theatre artistic director taking on new role
Regina's Globe Theatre could have a different feel next season. After 21 years as the artistic director, Ruth Smillie is taking a step back. As of the end of June, Smillie is retiring from the role of...
Jun 18, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Lumsden's new wastewater treatment facility on track
Construction is well underway on a new wastewater treatment facility in Lumsden. On Tuesday, the town hosted a ceremony to mark the occasion. The federal and provincial governments each invested more ...
Jun 18, 2019 Lumsden Mayor Bryan Matheson speaks at a ceremony at the construction site of the town's new water treatment facility on June 18, 2019. (Town of Lumsden/Twitter)
Mom grateful for help after young daughter's crystal meth scare
It was supposed to be a nice wrap-up to her daughter's fourth birthday party, but it turned into a scary emergency that forced Chelsi Melle to rush her child to the hospital in Estevan. Melle and her ...
Jun 18, 2019 Chelsi Melle says her four-year-old daughter, Addison, is OK and was recovering in hospital after she mistakenly ate a small amount of Crystal Meth in a south Saskatchewan campground on June 16, 2019. (Chelsi Melle Facebook page)
Power restored after early-morning outage in northwest Regina
SaskPower is reporting that power has been restored to northwest Regina, after the Crown corporation said the power went out around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. The utility provider reported that the Westhill, ...
Jun 18, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
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