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Regina police use SWAT team to arrest 24-year-old
Regina police have charged a 24-year-old man after needing to use the SWAT team, crisis negotiators and a canine unit to arrest him Tuesday in the North Central area. At about 3 p.m., a heavy police p...
Apr 24, 2019 Police operation underway on the 1200 block of McTavish Street on April 23, 2019.
FSIN concerned over RCMP response to gun incident
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is raising concerns over the RCMP's failure to follow up on an incident where an evicted farmer had a gun while trespassing on the Ochapowace Firs...
Apr 24, 2019
Police searching for 2 people who attacked taxi driver
A Regina taxi driver was taken to hospital early Saturday after he allegedly was attacked by a woman and man in North Central. According to the Regina Police Service, the cab picked up the woman on th...
Apr 23, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Shooting leads to attempted murder charge in Regina
A 23-year-old woman is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after a shooting in Regina on Friday. Janaya Rachel Kinequon of Punnichy has been charged with 18 offences, including att...
Apr 23, 2019
Moe urges feds to help canola farmers 'immediately'
Premier Scott Moe is pushing the federal government to move quickly to help canola farmers who are facing an unsure market as the dispute with China continues. Moe tweeted photos of a letter Tuesday m...
Apr 23, 2019
SaskPower looking for location of utility-scale solar project
The province is looking for some bright ideas on a new utility-scale solar power project. SaskPower wants to build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar power project but has not decided on a location. SaskPower i...
Apr 23, 2019
Votes show unions differ on tentative agreement with SAHO
Three unions representing health-sector workers in the province have differing views of a tentative agreement reached in February with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO). In r...
Apr 23, 2019
New pool planned for Buffalo Pound Provincial Park by 2020
The provincial government is taking the plunge on a new pool for Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. On Monday, the government announced that the provincial budget included money to replace the park's popu...
Apr 22, 2019 A concept drawing of the new pool at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Murder charge laid in Regina's second homicide of 2019
A 19-year-old man made his first court appearance on a first-degree murder charge Monday in connection with Regina's second homicide of 2019. Jayshree Isiah Joel Apooch initially was charged with atte...
Apr 22, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Cleanup moves 12 tonnes of trash out of North Central
Imagine moving two elephants out of Regina's North Central neighbourhood. That's about the weight of the trash that was removed as a part of a community cleanup held over the Easter long weekend. Jack...
Apr 22, 2019 North Central Regina residents pick up garbage during a neighbourhood cleanup on April 19, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...