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The City of Regina is prepared to spend nearly $7M to ensure the second Costco location remains within the city limits. ...
Author Archives: Lisa Schick
SARM joins calls for better RCMP communication
The lack of communication between the RCMP and communities east of Round Lake last week is a big concern for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb, the president of SARM...
Feb 15, 2023 SARM President Ray Orb. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Union president calls for federal money to go to public health care in Sask.
As the provincial government holds out its hands for the federal money just agreed to on Monday, the head of one of Saskatchewan's health-care unions believes that money should be kept in the public s...
Feb 14, 2023 SEIU-West President Barbara Cape.
Mental health 911: Nurses move in permanently at the RCMP comms centre
In and among the ringing phones, dispatching police and calm but firm voices in the RCMP operational communications centre is a desk now permanently reserved for a nurse. Crystal Tholl is one of the f...
Feb 10, 2023 Jocelyn James manages the Operational Communications Centre for the Saskatchewan RCMP. (980 CJME)
'Can't be saved:' Holy Rosary School to close permanently
Just a little over a year after the community rallied to keep the school open, the Regina Catholic School Division is telling families that Holy Rosary Community School will have to close soon. In 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (File photo/980 CJME)
'We're there to serve them': Service top of mind for Docherty as he exits legislature
Through the nearly 12 years of his tenure at the Legislative Building, Mark Docherty said serving the public was always his No. 1 priority. "For MLAs, the people are your boss, the people (are) who yo...
Feb 08, 2023 Mark Docherty. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina looking ahead to big infrastructure projects
The City of Regina is working ahead -- far ahead, in some cases -- to get its ducks in a row for several construction and infrastructure projects coming up in the next months and years. It has posted ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
SLGA auction takes steep climb hours after start
The auction for the first lot of SLGA liquor permits began slowly Monday morning but ramped up quickly by the end of the day. The permits up for grabs were for stores in Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albe...
Feb 06, 2023
NDP accuses Moe of failing Saskatchewan during five-year tenure
On Thursday, on the fifth anniversary of Scott Moe's swearing in as premier, the Saskatchewan NDP totted up the ways it feels Saskatchewan's economy is falling behind. "Scott Moe has shrunk the econom...
Feb 02, 2023 Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck on Feb. 2, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatoon pharmacy disciplined for overbilling Indigenous Services Canada
After the pharmacy manager blew the whistle, SRx Pharma Inc. -- which runs a pharmacy in Saskatoon -- has been found guilty of misconduct. According to the discipline documents from the Saskatchewan C...
Feb 01, 2023 Me / CC
Drug decriminalization not on the radar in Saskatchewan
While B.C. delves into allowing the possession of small amounts of hard drugs, Saskatchewan's government isn't interested in following suit. "We're focused as a government here on treatment and recove...
Jan 31, 2023 Mental Health and Addictions Minister Everett Hindley. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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