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'Poor guy:' People drive past as man dies in Regina
After stumbling off a bus and falling to the ground, a man stayed in the same place for seven hours in Regina in sub-zero temperatures, to be found dead the next morning after dozens of passersby neit...
Jan 11, 2024 Surveillance video from a local business shows a man stumbling out of a city bus, then sitting and lying on the ground for seven hours overnight while passersby didn't stop. He was found dead early the next morning. (Photo provided)
Sask. taxpayers may still foot the bill for home heating carbon tax
For about two months, Saskatchewan has been hearing that most people in the province would no longer be paying the carbon tax on home heating as of the new year. But the realities around that have tur...
Jan 10, 2024 If the provincial government ends up choosing to continuing remitting the carbon tax to the federal government, SaskEnergy customers won’t bear the direct cost, but Crowns Minister Dustin Duncan says the province will have to find somewhere else to get the money from. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Regina YWCA happy to win support from province for new emergency shelter
As winter moved into the Queen City to stay on Tuesday, the provincial government announced the two organizations that will be supported to open emergency shelters in Saskatoon and Regina. The Mustard...
Jan 09, 2024 Melissa Coomber-Bendtsen, CEO of the Regina YWCA, says there’s a huge need for more shelter beds in Regina. Her charity along with Mustard Seed in Saskatoon have been chosen for provincial support to open new emergency shelters. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Cutting carbon tax from home heating likely to impact carbon tax rebate
As of Jan. 1, SaskEnergy bills and some SaskPower bills across the province have gone down because the carbon tax is no longer being collected. However, that could pull down the amount paid out in car...
Jan 09, 2024 If the Government of Saskatchewan decides not to remit the carbon tax to the federal government, that will likely affect the amount of the carbon tax rebate sent to people in Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
'The need is great:' Carmichael Outreach excited for new warming space
After months of negotiations and years of planning, Regina's Carmichael Outreach will soon have a space for people to stay warm overnight. "Not only has Carmichael been talking about it but so has the...
Jan 09, 2024 Tyler Gelsinger, the executive director of Carmichael Outreach, says the facility has been planning for an overnight warming centre for a while. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. hits another possible record for overdose deaths
With the number available as of Monday, Saskatchewan may have hit another record for drug overdose deaths in 2023 -- potentially putting the tally at eight of the last nine years in which the province...
Jan 08, 2024 Saskatchewan may have hit another record for drug overdose deaths in 2023 -- 484 -- if all the suspected deaths are confirmed. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
From Experience Regina to revitalization: Regina's mayor looks back and ahead
The first days of the year are often a time for looking back at what 2023 brought, and looking ahead to the coming 12 months. For Regina Mayor Sandra Masters, 2023 held a long list of highlights. She ...
Jan 05, 2024 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says 2023 had its share of highs and lows. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Council passes 2024 Regina budget in abrupt ending to deliberations
Several hours into the fourth day of budget deliberations, and well past suppertime, talks abruptly ended on Monday with a call for a vote and a narrow passage of Regina's 2024 capital and operating b...
Dec 18, 2023 Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says 'it is what it is' when asked about whether the 2024 operating and capital budget should have passed, seemingly, because people wanted to go home. Dec. 18, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Lower utility rate increase passed, Regina budget talks continue
Things moved slowly Monday at Regina City Hall during the fourth day of 2024 budget deliberations, but councillors were able to make a few decisions. The utilities budget passed, including an amendmen...
Dec 18, 2023 City councillors in Regina approved the city's utility budget for 2024, including a smaller three per cent increase to the base water rate. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina city council to resume budget talks Monday for a fourth day
For a heretofore unconsidered fourth day on Monday, Regina's city councillors will come together at City Hall to debate the 2024 city budget. On Friday afternoon, the capital and operations budget and...
Dec 18, 2023 Mayor Sandra Masters says the utilities budget likely will be passed Monday, but deliberations on the capital and operations budget may not be completed. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME file photo)
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