Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Regina police investigating calls about 'grandparent scam'
The so-called "grandparent scam" has returned to Regina. In a release Thursday, the Regina Police Service said it had received "multiple" calls about the scams over the past three days. READ MORE: Wom...
Mar 21, 2024 Anyone who thinks they've been a victim of a scam should call the Regina police. (980 CJME file photo)
Victoria Park cenotaph vandalized for second time in two days
For the second time in as many days, workers will be scrubbing spray paint off the cenotaph in Regina's Victoria Park. Graffiti on the war memorial was found on Wednesday morning. Someone scrawled a v...
Mar 21, 2024 Graffiti was found on the cenotaph once again on Thursday morning. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan NDP gives provincial budget a failing grade
The Saskatchewan NDP isn't putting much faith in the provincial government's 2024-25 budget. With another deficit on record, the Official Opposition maintains the budget shows more examples of the gov...
Mar 20, 2024 NDP Leader Carla Beck (left) and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon react to the government's 2024-25 budget on Wednesday. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Out of time: SHSAA cancels Hoopla, unveils plan for one-day event
The clock has hit zeroes for Hoopla 2024. The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) announced Wednesday that its provincial basketball championships have been cancelled due to the ong...
Mar 20, 2024 The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association had given the teachers until Wednesday at 3 p.m. to lift their sanctions. (650 CKOM file photo)
WCB statistics say Sask. had lowest workplace injury rate ever in 2023
Saskatchewan's workplace injury rate for 2023 was the lowest in the province's recorded history. Statistics released by the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) show the total injury rate fo...
Mar 20, 2024 According to the WCB, 90 per cent of Saskatchewan workplaces reported no deaths or injuries in 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
New accessible washroom opens in downtown Regina
The City of Regina has opened a new accessible washroom in Victoria Park. "This initiative, directed by Council, is in response to community needs and underscores the City's commitment to providing es...
Mar 20, 2024 The new accessible washroom in Victoria Park. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Passenger in stolen truck that killed Sask. Mountie sentenced
The woman who was a passenger in the stolen truck that ran over and killed RCMP Const. Shelby Patton in Wolseley nearly three years ago has been sentenced. According to court documents, Marlene Pagee ...
Mar 19, 2024 Const. Shelby Patton was killed in the line of duty in June of 2021. The woman who was a passenger in the stolen vehicle that struck and killed Patton pleaded guilty to four charges. (RCMP/X)
Assault case against Moose Jaw MLA adjourned to April 15
Assault charges against the MLA for Moose Jaw Wakamow were in court for the first time Monday. According to documents from Moose Jaw Provincial Court, Greg Lawrence's case was adjourned to April 15 at...
Mar 18, 2024 Greg Lawrence. (Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly)
Woman dies of injuries suffered in crash on Trans-Canada at Moose Jaw
An 18-year-old woman has died as a result of the injuries she suffered in a crash Thursday on the Trans-Canada Highway at Moose Jaw. In an update, the Moose Jaw Police Service said the woman died Mond...
Mar 18, 2024 Police say the woman was hit by a work vehicle being driven at low speed by a co-worker. (Discover Moose Jaw file photo)
Feds providing Saskatchewan with $560M in health-care funding
Saskatchewan is getting $560 million in federal funding to improve health care in the province. On Monday in Regina, the federal and provincial governments announced they had signed two bilateral agre...
Mar 18, 2024 Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley talks about the improvements he hopes the province will be able to make in health-care programs with the $560 million from the federal government announced Monday. Federal Health Minister Mark Holland (left) also was on hand for the announcement Monday. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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