Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Saskatchewan gov't to cover cost of new cystic fibrosis drug
Saskatchewan residents living with cystic fibrosis got some help from the provincial government Friday. In a media release, the government said it would start providing coverage on Oct. 1 for Trikafta...
Sep 24, 2021 The provincial government is preparing to start moving a controversial policy around student's names and pronoun in schools into law on Tuesday (File photo)
Alleged graffiti artist collared by Regina police
What the Regina police called "a specific stylized instance of graffiti" has led to 33 charges of mischief against a 25-year-old Regina man. In a media release Friday, the Regina Police Service said i...
Sep 24, 2021 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP investigating after woman found dead in Choiceland
The Saskatchewan RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit South is investigating the suspicious death of a 37-year-old woman in Choiceland. The Mounties say they got a call Friday at about 1:45 a.m., about a pe...
Sep 24, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 24: 528 new cases, 276 in hospital, 5 deaths
Numbers continued to rise across the COVID-19 board in Saskatchewan on Friday. The totals of hospitalizations and ICU patients again set records, the number of new cases was the second-highest ever re...
Sep 24, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/980 CJME file photo)
Detained Huawei exec reaches deal with U.S. justice officials
Canada's diplomatic dispute with China over Meng Wanzhou may be nearing its conclusion. The Huawei chief financial officer has been under house arrest in Vancouver since December of 2018 while awaitin...
Sep 24, 2021 Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Darryl Dyck)
RCMP vehicle hit by gunshot on Mosquito First Nation
Police are looking for witnesses after an RCMP vehicle was hit by gunfire on the Mosquito First Nation, 30 kilometres south of Battleford. In a media release Friday, the Mounties said officers from th...
Sep 24, 2021
Saskatchewan reaches 80% mark for first doses of COVID vaccines
Saskatchewan has reached a milestone in its response to COVID-19. In a media release Friday, the provincial government said 80 per cent of all residents who are eligible to get their first dose of a C...
Sep 24, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina teen facing multiple charges after almost hitting an officer
A 16-year-old Regina boy is facing more than half a dozen charges in what police are calling an "unpredictable" situation. On Wednesday at around 12:30 a.m., a constable in the Canine Unit was driving...
Sep 24, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
SJHL hit with a COVID-19 case on the eve of new season
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) is not getting the smooth start to the season it had hoped for. The league announced on Thursday all Melville Millionaires games are suspended until furthe...
Sep 24, 2021
SEIU-West president unsure about NDP call for military help
The head of a union representing thousands of health-care workers across the province isn't sure calling the military is the help the industry needs. However, SEIU-West president Barbara Cape knows so...
Sep 24, 2021 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (File photo by Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...