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Refinery, Unifor discussing return to bargaining table
An announcement Thursday morning could mean movement in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery. Unifor has been saying that it wouldn't go back to the bargaining table until the refinery agreed to n...
Jan 23, 2020 Jerry Dias, Unifor's national president, announced the union would drop its pension pre-condition to get back to the bargaining table on Jan. 23, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina woman still hunting for truth around her mother's death
It's been more than five years since Shelly Riffel's mother died, more than five years since Riffel and her daughter found her mother's body and more than five years of wondering what exactly happened...
Jan 22, 2020 Sandra Hendricks died several hours after seeing a doctor in 2014 and her daughter, Shelly Riffel, still has questions about why. (Submitted by Shelly Riffel)
Unifor president arrested on picket line at Co-op refinery
Things got a lot more heated on the picket line at the Co-op refinery Monday night as police arrested several people, including Unifor national president Jerry Dias. On Monday morning, Unifor announce...
Jan 20, 2020 Unifor national president Jerry Dias was arrested by Regina police at the picket line in front of the Co-op refinery on Jan. 20, 2020. (980 CJME file photo)
Unifor completely blocks off refinery in dispute escalation
Nearly a dozen Co-op-branded semis lined up on Fleet Street illustrated the Unifor point Monday morning, when the national president stood in front of a crowd of picketers to announce they were blocki...
Jan 20, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Women's march pushes ahead in Regina despite extreme cold
Like anyone else braving the outdoors on Saturday, the crowd of people marching through downtown were bundled up with all sorts of winter gear, the difference is these mitts were grasping posters call...
Jan 18, 2020 About 150 people braved the cold and showed up for the Women's March in Regina. Jan. 18, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Parents not thrilled with decision to move French immersion out of Harbour Landing School
Parents at cole Harbour Landing School are neither thrilled nor frustrated with the decision to move the French immersion program out of the school. On Tuesday night, the Regina Public School Board vo...
Jan 16, 2020 More than 100 parents gathered in the gymnasium at Harbour Landing School to discuss its overcrowding issue with the Regina public school board on Sept. 30, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Walmart donates 36,000 pounds of food to Regina Food Bank after fire
The Walmart in north Regina is still closed, more than a month after a fire was lit in the paper products section, but it has managed to turn that frown upside down for some. At the end of December, t...
Jan 15, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
NDP calling for review into vendor-sponsored travel within health authority
Saskatchewan's NDP is calling for a full review of travel by workers within the Saskatchewan Health Authority paid for by vendors. About a year ago, a review of the practice was done after three peopl...
Jan 15, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili calls for a review into vendor-sponsored travel by employees within the Saskatchewan Health Authority on Jan. 15, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Health authority introduces Indigenous pathways program
People getting services from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will now be able to request traditional Indigenous services from the authority as well. On Tuesday afternoon, the traditional pathw...
Jan 14, 2020 Gabe Lafond (left), executive director of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's First Nations and Metis health, and Dr. Susan Shaw (right), chief medical officer with the health authority, at the Grey Wolf Lodge introduction on Jan. 14, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Conflict of interest commissioner investigating GTH lease deal
With questions swirling around the Global Transportation Hub once again, Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner has launched an investigation. Ron Barclay is looking into a lease deal for of...
Jan 14, 2020
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Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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