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Youth injured after swimming accident in Wakamow Valley
Moose Jaw police, fire and paramedics responded to the Wakamow Valley area Friday after a youth disappeared under the water while swimming. A search by emergency responders helped locate the person in...
Jun 05, 2021 (Discover Moose Jaw)
SHA sets out schedule for Regina AstraZeneca drive-thru
Regina's drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic is to shift gears starting Sunday. As reported previously, the clinic at Evraz Place is going to be administering only the AstraZeneca vaccine as second...
Jun 04, 2021 The drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Regina's Evraz Place.
(Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
Calgary man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking in Regina
A 25-year-old Calgary man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation in Regina. Akol Paul Ture was sentenced after an appearance in Regina Provincial ...
Jun 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
91-year-old man dies after altercation in Yorkton nursing home
A 91-year-old man is dead after what the RCMP described as "an altercation" in a Yorkton nursing home. According to the RCMP, a staff member at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home heard an alleged a...
Jun 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Shahab hoping the undecided will choose to get vaccinated
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer continues to preach education about inoculation. In a conversation with Gormley on Friday, Dr. Saqib Shahab said he expects 10 per cent of Saskatchewan's po...
Jun 04, 2021 Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update June 4: 111 recoveries, 89 new cases, 0 deaths
For the second time in four days, Saskatchewan has reported fewer than 90 new COVID-19 cases. In Friday's update, the Ministry of Health said there were 89 new cases. There were 86 new cases reported ...
Jun 04, 2021 Signs for those waiting in the lot for 15 minutes after their COVID-19 vaccination at the Regina drive-thru.
Roughriders sign top draft pick Nelson Lokombo
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed their first pick in the 2021 CFL draft. The Roughriders announced Friday they had signed University of Saskatchewan Huskies defensive back Nelson Lokombo, whom...
Jun 04, 2021
Mosaic closing two potash mine shafts in Esterhazy, reopening Colonsay mine
Two potash mine shafts in Saskatchewan are being closed immediately and one mine is being reopened. The Mosaic Company announced Friday it was closing the K1 and K2 shafts at its Esterhazy facility. T...
Jun 04, 2021
Saskatchewan to increase minimum wage to $11.81 on Oct. 1
After all the salutes to frontline workers, the hearts on windows and the hailing of essential workers as heroes, Carla Beck says those words ring hollow without fair compensation. The NDP's labour cr...
Jun 04, 2021
Driver ticketed after man hit by vehicle in Regina
A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after getting hit by a vehicle in Regina on Thursday. Just before 9 a.m., police were called to 13th Avenue and Winnipeg Street after receiving a report of...
Jun 04, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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