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64-year-old woman sentenced to jail for defrauding Regina charity
Despite what was described as a difficult life, Arlene Irving, 64, was given a jail sentence Wednesday for her fraud against Mobile Crisis Services in Regina. "The facts here are so extreme and there ...
Feb 26, 2025 Arlene Irving was sentenced to two-years-less-a-day in provincial jail on Wednesday, for defrauding Mobile Crisis Services in Regina out of $139,000 (CJME file photo)
Sask. man's sentence doubled for sex assault of grandchild
The punishment for a Saskatchewan man in his 70s has been more than doubled for repeated sexual assault against his grandchild over the years. In the original case, the man, who is only referred to as...
Feb 25, 2025 The man was originally given a conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be served in the community. (CJME file photo)
Struggling REAL asking for $12.7 million from Regina city budget
Regina Exhibition Association Ltd (REAL) has put in its budget ask from the City of Regina for 2025 as it attempts to get its business back on right footing. The arms-length corporation that controls ...
Feb 24, 2025 REAL submitted its $12,715,224 request ahead of city council debating the budget in March. (CJME file photo)
Regina non-profit fills service gaps during cold snap
Through the extreme cold in Regina, The Hawk Principle has been trying to fill the gap and keep people warm who have nowhere else to go. Madi Massier, co-director and social co-ordinator for the non-p...
Feb 21, 2025 The Hawk Principle has been running a warming space in the former Trinity Lutheran Chruch to fill the gaps when other shelters in the city are closed during the afternoon and early mornings. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP: Shorter spring sitting leaves Sask. unprepared for tariffs
The provincial government has set March 19 as the date for MLAs to return to the legislative assembly -- coinciding with the provincial budget release. The spring sitting will also be about two weeks ...
Feb 19, 2025 Sask. NDP Leader Carla Beck says people in the province want to see their MLAs at work and ready to respond to any U.S. tariffs that do end up coming down. Feb. 19, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Spring sitting to start as Sask. spring budget released
The provincial government has set the date for MLAs to head back to the legislative assembly. The spring sitting will begin March 19, which will be the same day the spring budget is released. Usually,...
Feb 18, 2025 For only the second time in at least 15 budgets in Saskatchewan, the budget will be delivered the same day the spring sitting begins. (CJME file photo)
Sask. woman loses heat in the middle of extreme cold
As rolling fields around dropped into an even deeper freeze overnight into Tuesday, Morgan Ferraton's house started to do the same. Her fianc Lance and she woke up at their place near Assiniboia aroun...
Feb 18, 2025 Morgan Ferraton and her fiance woke up to the cold of eight degrees Celsius in their home Tuesday morning, while the temperature hit -39 C outside. (CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan to shell out nearly $30 million for more relocatable classrooms
Crowded classrooms have been a complaint for several years in Saskatchewan's schools, and this week the provincial government announced a chunk of cash to help deal with it. The government said it wil...
Feb 17, 2025 The Saskatchewan government said $29.5 million will go to 76 additional relocatable classrooms, also known as portables, for schools across the province. (CJME file photo)
Todd Lewis, former APAS president, named to Canadian Senate
The Canadian Senate will gain a new member this spring with a little soil on his boots. Todd Lewis was recently announced as one of three new appointments to the upper house. He's a well-known figure ...
Feb 13, 2025 Todd Lewis says he’ll be the only ones in the Senate with his kind of farming and agriculture background. (CJME file photo)
Water Security Agency sees improvement, runoff report still mixed
Southern Saskatchewan reservoirs appear to be in a good position, but the runoff forecast for this spring varies widely across the province in the Water Security Agency's preliminary report. The repor...
Feb 13, 2025 The preliminary report out on Thursday says winter precipitation has been variable across the province – better in some areas, worse in others. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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