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Jitters, excitement for students on the first day of school
Several hundred students across Saskatchewan enjoyed the first day of a school in a brand-new building. There were eighteen new schools that opened Tuesday, which came with its own set of challenges. ...
Sep 05, 2017 Students and teachers pose outside St. Kateri Tekakwitha in Regina on the first day of school on Sept. 5, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Hannah Leflar's killer to go to adult jail
Skylar Prockner is heading to adult jail. The teen killer of Hannah Leflar wanted to remain at the Paul Dojack Youth Centre until he turned 20 in April 2018. Justice Jennifer Pritchard determined Proc...
Sep 01, 2017 Skylar Prockner was sentenced as an adult in the murder of Hannah Leflar on July 5, 2017. (Global Regina)
September could see more water main breaks in Regina
The ongoing issue of water main breaks in Regina will likely get worse. In August, the city dealt with a record-breaking 112 breaks. The average for the month is 20, with the previous record set at 72...
Sep 01, 2017 A water main break on the 2800 block Assiniboine Avenue in Regina on Aug. 31, 2017. (Alex Docking/980 CJME)
Premier backtracks on Crown privatization talks
The Saskatchewan government is backtracking on its plans for the Crown corporations. In the spring, it passed Bill 40, which defined what privatization meant and would allow for the sale of up to 49 p...
Aug 30, 2017
Province's top civil servant seeks Sask. Party leadership
Another name has entered the Sask. Party leadership race, but this one isn't as familiar. Alanna Koch was the province's top civil servant until she decided to run to replace Brad Wall. At a farm sout...
Aug 28, 2017 Alanna Koch announces a run for Sask. Party leadership at a farm south of Regina Aug. 28, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
SaskPower replacing 426 meters after 8th Regina fire
SaskPower is moving to replace over 400 meter boxes in Regina after the city's eighth meter fire, this time at a home already inspected by crews. Neighbours in the Normanview neighbourhood spotted the...
Aug 18, 2017 A SaskPower meter caught fire at a home on Usher Street in Regina on July 16, 2017. (Karen Lazich)
Regina man gets power of sight back through a computer
Since the age of 13, Dave Burdeniuk knew he would one day lose his sight. Now at 52, his world is rapidly turning black. Burdeniuk, director of media relations at SaskEnergy, has retinitis pigmentosa,...
Aug 18, 2017 Dave Burdeniuk wears his e-Sight glasses at his office on Aug. 16, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
NDP questions Sask. Party MLA's private trip to China
One day after he announced his retirement from politics, Bill Boyd's name is being connected with what the NDP says is a questionable trip to China. Boyd said he was there earlier in the year as a pri...
Aug 16, 2017 Bill Boyd, a longtime MLA in the Kindersley constituency, helped form the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. (Saskatchewan Party/Twitter)
Familiar names considering race to replace Premier
While Tina Beaudry-Mellor is the first official candidate so far in the race to replace Brad Wall, there are likely many who will join her. On Tuesday, two more stepped forward to confirm they're givi...
Aug 16, 2017 Premier Brad Wall announces his retirement at the Saskatchewan legislature on Aug. 10, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Dry weather to thank for lack of mosquitoes in Regina
Some farmers in Saskatchewan may not have appreciated it but there is one good thing from the lack of rain. Russell Eirich, the City of Regina's manager of forestry, pest control and horticulture, sai...
Aug 15, 2017 Russell Eirich, the City of Regina's manager of forestry, pest control and horticulture, shows what a typical mosquito trap looks like on June 13, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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