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Businesses in the Queen City invest to attract more business
Private businesses are coming together in Regina in the hopes of attracting new businesses and growing the city long-term. Ten companies, plus the city itself, are investing a total of $750,000 over t...
Oct 06, 2017 Members of Economic Development Regina pose with a group of business leaders on Oct. 6, 2017, who are investing $750,000 over three years to help grow the city. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Quiet train tracks in Regina's northwest back in use
After sitting mainly vacant for years, a set of train tracks in Regina's northwest is springing back to life. Lately, various Mobil Grain cars have been spotted on the rail line, which runs across Roc...
Oct 06, 2017 This rail line that crosses Rochdale Boulevard is back in regular use as of October 2017. (Sam Maciag/980 CJME)
City of Regina still open for input on transit route changes
Whether it's new bus routes or expanded ones, the City of Regina wants your input on proposed transit changes coming in 2018. The public has another week to provide feedback on five potential route ch...
Oct 06, 2017 (980 CJME file photo)
SaskPower 'very confident' in smart meter program re-launch
Failures in the past aside, SaskPower has moved forward and feels confident its re-launched smart meter program will be successful this time around. The crown has announced it has begun testing the me...
Oct 05, 2017 SaskPower's manager of Metering Services Dean Schill demonstrates the extreme temperatures smart meters have been tested in during the re-launch of the program on Oct. 5, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Vegas shooting victim linked to Regina
One of the Canadian victims that died in Las Vegas at the hands of a shooter has a close family connection to Regina. On Tuesday 34-year-old Tara Roe from Okotoks, Alberta was confirmed as the fourth ...
Oct 03, 2017 A GoFund Me account has been set up for Zach Roe and his two sons, after wife and mother Tara Roe Smith of Okotoks, Alberta was killed by a shooter in Las Vegas. (GoFund Me)
Regina airport new boarding area for Greyhound passengers
Passengers of Greyhound will have a new place to board the bus in Regina as of Saturday morning. The Regina International Airport will be the new loading and unloading zone for passengers after the fo...
Sep 29, 2017 Starting Sept. 30, 2017, Greyhound will pick up and drop off passengers at the Regina International Airport. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
New industrial area could create 'thousands' of future jobs
It appears the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) has competition. It could come in the form of a newly approved concept plan that would see development on a 152-hectare, or 375-acre, chunk of land after...
Sep 28, 2017 The future site of the Chuka Creek Business Park on Sept. 28, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Drivers using cellphones a ‘problem:’ Regina police chief
Drivers using their cellphones at the wheel still appears to be a common occurrence, despite laws in place to deter it. The latest stats from Regina police seem to back that assertion up. Stats from A...
Sep 27, 2017
Sask. NDP leadership hopeful wants universal childcare
One of the Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidates has proposed the idea of making childcare accessible to every family in the province. Trent Wotherspoon has announced a commitment to build a universa...
Sep 26, 2017 Saskatchewan NDP leadership candidate and Regina Rosemont MLA Trent Wotherspoon announces a proposal of a universal $15 a day childcare system on Sept. 26, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Sudden surge in Regina Food Bank clients
There's an unusual, sudden jump in the number of recent users of the Regina Food Bank. "We are seeing our numbers increase," said CEO Steve Compton, who said last week they saw 40 new clients. That av...
Sep 23, 2017
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