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Months behind schedule: recovery centre in Lumsden still not open
While the Saskatchewan government celebrates the opening of more addiction treatment beds this week, the facility touted as the largest in the province has yet to open. In January, the province announ...
Aug 16, 2024 The Willowview Recovery Centre is expected to be the largest treatment centre in the province with 60 beds. (Government of Saskatchewan/submitted)
'It's a big part of our lives': Fight over ice time at Brandt Centre continues
A private youth hockey league is trying to fight back after concerns were raised over ice time at the Brandt Centre in Regina. Mike Reich and his Young Guns Hockey Academy have started a petition to "...
Aug 16, 2024 Some senior league hockey players are worried they're going to left off the ice after a private minor hockey academy was given control of ice at the Brandt Centre. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina Urgent Care Centre adjusting through first weeks
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the new Regina Urgent Care Centre is helping reduce pressure on both of Regina's emergency rooms, though it's still too early to quantify. Thomas Stewart, the he...
Aug 15, 2024 The new urgent care centre has seen more than 4,400 patients in its first six weeks of operation. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Northern communities frustrated during wildfire evacuations
As hundreds of people leave their homes in Sandy Bay just ahead of an approaching wildfire, local leaders are frustrated over the need for it. "It's really frustrating -- frustrating again that we're ...
Aug 14, 2024 Prince Albert Grand Council Chief Brian Hardlotte says the province needs to be attacking wildfires while they’re still small instead of monitoring them and letting them burn. (Zoom)
'Justice denied': Another Sask. sex assault case stayed due to delay
Sexual assault is believed to be one of the most underreported crimes in Canada, and there are worries that recent procedural additions making court cases take longer could see more charges stayed and...
Aug 14, 2024 Saskatoon law professor, Colton Fehr, says a judicial stay isn’t the only way a judge can remedy a too-long court process, and other ways might be preferable in sexual assault cases. (9890 CJME file photo)
Woman sent to jail for Regina taxi robbery, named long-term offender
The robbery of a taxi in Regina was the last straw for a woman who has now been deemed a long-term offender by the courts. According to provincial court documents, the robbery happened in June 2022 wh...
Aug 12, 2024 The judge wrote that Wasacase had a lengthy criminal history that started when she was 12 years old. (980 CJME file photo)
Record dry July for Estevan, with minimal rain for most of Sask.
July was an incredibly dry month in Saskatchewan, getting to the point of setting records in some areas. According to Environment Canada, Estevan had the driest July in 112 years of records. The city ...
Aug 01, 2024 Almost no rain came down for most areas in Saskatchewan according to the provincial crop report for May 27 to June 2, 2025. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Sask. health-care workers missing pay with new software rollout
In a smaller echo of the last time the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) tried to roll out its Administrative Information Management System (AIMS) software, hundreds of health-care workers have miss...
Jul 30, 2024 The health authority says the error rate in the last pay period was less than one per cent, and is calling the roll out a success. (CJME file photo)
Eleven intervenors approved in Sask. pronoun law appeal case
Eleven parties have been approved to intervene in the provincial government's appeal of a Court of King's Bench decision on its controversial pronoun law. In February, a judge allowed the case against...
Jul 30, 2024 Only one group's application, a parents' organization, was rejected because the appeals court said the application didn’t address the constitutional issues at foot. (980 CJME file photo)
Montreal electronic traffic signs hacked to display pro-Palestinian political slogans
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating after electronic message boards at two road construction sites in Montreal displayed pro-Palestinian political slogans Wednesday morning instead of usual t...
Jul 24, 2024 (Canadian Press)
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