Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Sask. woman reflects on cancer journey before leading inaugural Multiple Myeloma March
For the past decade, Mona Neher has wanted to hold a Multiple Myeloma March in Regina but she knew she couldn't do it alone. This weekend, with help from others who have the same cancer, the Southey w...
Sep 22, 2019 Southey's Mona Neher is leading the inaugural Multiple Myeloma March in Regina on Sept. 22, 2019. (Mona Neher/Submitted)
Sask. health ministry looks to monitor vaping-related illnesses
Health professionals in Saskatchewan intensive care units are now required to report cases of severe respiratory illnesses possibly linked to vaping. "I am concerned with the recent incidents of vapin...
Sep 20, 2019
People and pups beat the September heat with ice cream
Regina didn't break its 111-year-old heat record on Monday, but the toasty temperatures still had people and their pups finding ways to stay cool. The record high temperature for Sept. 16 is 33.3 C, w...
Sep 16, 2019 Doug Wilson and his Australian Shepherd, Trek, make a stop at Milky Way in Regina for ice cream before heading to the dog park on Sept. 16, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Sask. farmers draw up wish list amid federal election campaign: APAS
Farmers across Saskatchewan are hoping the federal election candidates keep them in mind while on the campaign trail. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has drawn up a list ...
Sep 15, 2019
Round dance to temporarily block Trans-Canada at Sask.-Man. border
Drivers heading eastbound on the Trans-Canada Highway on Friday evening should expect delays at the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. According to the RCMP, the Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO), which ...
Sep 13, 2019 An Indigenous drummer performs at the Piney-Pine Creek Unity Dance 3 on Aug. 23, 2019. (Southern Chiefs’ Organization)
MADD virtual reality RV teaches elementary students about impaired driving
MADD Canada is taking its latest impaired driving initiative on the road. SmartWheels, an RV equipped with virtual reality technology that creates drunk and high driving simulations, first launched in...
Sep 12, 2019 Grade 6 students at St. Gabriel Elementary School in Regina try out MADD Canada's SmartWheels virtual reality impaired driving simulator on Sept. 12, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
'The end of an era': Punnichy grain elevator is demolished
About 30 locals gathered around the century-old grain elevator in Punnichy on Monday to watch as their memories fell into a pool of rubble and crop dust. Last month, it was announced the 107-year-old ...
Sep 09, 2019 Punnichy's 107-year-old grain elevator was demolished on Sept. 9, 2019. (Brenda Perkin/Submitted)
'Like taking Punnichy off the map': Grain elevator set to come down
The demolition of the 107-year-old grain elevator in the east-central Saskatchewan village of Punnichy is set to begin Tuesday. Lawrence Beyer, the mayor of Punnichy, said the elevator's leveling is j...
Sep 03, 2019 The century-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator in Punnichy stands in the village on Aug. 29, 2019. (Brenda Perkin/Submitted)
U of R 'Move in Day' welcomes hundreds of new students to residence
After a handshake welcome from University of Regina president Vianne Timmons, around 500 mostly first-year students moved into their Kiik Tower dorms on the U of R campus Friday. Timmons said the new ...
Aug 30, 2019 Longtime friends Hope Robertson (l to r), Makaila Mansfield and Briana De Roo pose for a photo in their new Kišik Tower residence on Aug. 30, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Council approves airport tax exemption, storage facility in old Sears outlet
A partial property tax exemption for the Regina Airport Authority could mean direct flights to the United States again. Regina city council unanimously passed the five-year exemption at its meeting Mo...
Aug 27, 2019
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