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Sask. Party promising to change legislation on crime and safety
On the campaign trail on Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party promised to make changes to legislation giving police more power to deal with nuisances and loitering. In an online video, leader Scott Moe ta...
Oct 10, 2024 The Sask. Party is promising to change the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act to give police more power on nuisances, loitering and vandalism. (980 CJME file photo)
Pair of armed robbers may be on foot in Whitewood area: RCMP
A pair of armed robbers may be on foot in the Whitewood area, according to the RCMP. In a statement issued late on Wednesday evening, police said officers are searching for two suspects who are consid...
Oct 10, 2024 The RCMP say the two robbery suspects are considered armed and dangerous. (Town of Whitewood/Facebook)
A 17-year-old charged after shots fired at homes in late Sept.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with discharging a firearm in a reckless manner according to the Regina Police Service after three separate reports of shots being fired late last month. Police conf...
Oct 09, 2024 Christie Schuler points to a bullet hole in her home that has been patched over by police. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Regina man found to have weapons, body armour, drugs after rollover
A 31-year-old Regina man is facing a lengthy list of criminal charges after police allegedly found a gun, ammunition, body armour and drugs inside his vehicle after a crash. According to the RCMP, off...
Oct 09, 2024 Police said the driver is now facing 30 criminal charges, and picked up several traffic tickets to boot. (980 CJME file photo)
'Died waiting for treatment': Sask. cancer agency union sounds alarm
Switching from campaign promises to campaign attacks, the Sask. NDP released a briefing note on Tuesday detailing some of the struggles of workers at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency and the sometimes f...
Oct 08, 2024 An SGEU briefing note provided by the Sask. NDP on Oct. 8. 2024 shows concerns about overworked and burnt-out staff and the negative effect it’s having on patient care. (980 CJME file photo)
Man allegedly set fire to basement suite during standoff with Regina police
A 35-year-old Regina man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly set fire to a home during a lengthy standoff with police. According to the Regina Police Service, officers visited a home in the ...
Oct 08, 2024 The police SWAT team and crisis negotiators were called in to assist during the standoff. (Regina Police Service/Twitter)
Man charged with arson after threatening business owner: Police
A 42-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly lighting a picnic table on fire and vandalizing a car after threatening a Regina business owner. According to police, officers were called to a busi...
Oct 08, 2024 Police say the man threatened the business owner, then vandalized his car and lit a table on fire. (980 CJME file photo)
Folks in Sask. drink less, and if Bill C-293 passes might be eating less meat, too
Folks in Saskatchewan are drinking less alcohol, according to figures released by Statistics Canada on Oct. 2, a trend reflected across Canada. Evan Bray asked Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distributio...
Oct 05, 2024 (Jose Prada/pexels.com)
PHOTOS, VIDEO: Wild wind in Saskatchewan
An Alberta clipper steamrolled across Saskatchewan on Saturday, creating chaos with its winds gusting past 100 kilometres per hour and closing Highway 1 and Highway 10 in Balgonie. Doug Lapchuk, Balgo...
Oct 05, 2024 A semi rollover one mile north of Dewdney on Regina Bypass caused by the wind on Oct. 5, 2024. (Regina Fire/X)
Downtown library for Regina inches closer, REAL gets $4m from council
It took yet another special council meeting for Regina city council to inch forward to building a new downtown library. In a slim 6-4 vote at a special council meeting on Oct. 1, Mayor Sandra Masters,...
Oct 01, 2024 (ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com)
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