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Fraud, theft charges for health region electrician
The Regina Police Service has charged a Regina electrician with fraud and theft in connection with a lawsuit launched by the former Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR). In July 2017, Adrian Bechard...
Nov 16, 2018
RCMP looking for man after truck found in creek
Swift Current RCMP are searching for a 26-year-old man after a truck was found partially submerged in a creek. Shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, RCMP responded to a call from a passerby about the partially...
Nov 16, 2018 A truck was found partially submerged in a creek in Swift Current on Nov. 16, 2018. (Swift Current RCMP/Submitted)
Sask. Party's Dan D'Autremont announces retirement
The original guard of the Saskatchewan Party is shrinking again as long-time MLA Dan D'Autremont announced his retirement Thursday night. The Cannington representative was in his riding in Arcola Thur...
Nov 16, 2018 Dan D'Autremont was first elected as the MLA for Cannington in 1991. He announced on Nov. 15, 2018 that he would be leaving politics ahead of the 2020 provincial election. (Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan)
Province responds to unlicensed pot store on Muscowpetung
The province is not happy with the opening of an unlicensed cannabis store on the Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation. Mino Maskihki Cannabis Dispensary opened this week with no provincial license, wi...
Nov 16, 2018 Justice Minister Don Morgan at the Saskatoon cabinet office on Sept. 8, 2017 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Winter returns with snow, ice and cold weather
After a short reprieve from cold weather, winter has returned to southern Saskatchewan just in time for the weekend. In Regina, a layer of light snow is sticking to roads on top of a layer of ice from...
Nov 16, 2018
Capital Pointe court saga continues; developer still controls hole
The city is running out of legal options to force the developer behind Capital Pointe to fill the hole at Victoria Avenue and Albert Street, but it will get one more chance to argue over the options. ...
Nov 15, 2018 The Capital Pointe site on Nov. 15, 2018, before work began to backfill the hole. (980 CJME)
Prisoner recaptured after escaping Prince Albert penitentiary
A spokesperson with the Saskatchewan Penitentiary confirmed Thursday afternoon that Edward Daniel Ross has been recaptured and returned to custody. According to a media release issued by Correctional ...
Nov 15, 2018 Edward Ross is serving a near four year sentence for various crimes including forcible confinement and break and enter. (Correctional Services Canada)
Poll shows regional, political divide on carbon tax
While opposition remains strong in the Prairies, a new poll by Mainstreet Research shows more Canadians support the carbon tax than oppose it. Mainstreet Analytics surveyed a sample of 7,961 people ac...
Nov 15, 2018
RCMP investigating suspicious death of man
Police are looking into the death of a man after he was found in his home Tuesday on the Little Black Bear First Nation. File Hills First Nations Police Service has requested the assistance of RCMP Ma...
Nov 14, 2018
Liquor, groceries now under one roof in Regina
You can now buy booze and groceries under one roof in Regina. A liquor store has opened in the Real Canadian Superstore on the east side of the Queen City. It opened following a recent modernization o...
Nov 14, 2018 The liquor store inside the Real Canadian Superstore in east Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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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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