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Regina doctor urges people to get AstraZeneca vaccine if eligibility changes
As Saskatchewan ponders lowering the minimum age for the AstraZeneca vaccine, one Regina doctor is asking people to not wait to vaccinate. Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario already have decided to lower t...
Apr 19, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Regina police gearing up to go after speeders, street racers
The Regina Police Service has a need for SPEED. On Monday, the police said its annual spring traffic initiative, Project SPEED (Spring Public Education and Enforcement Drive), is set to kick off. From...
Apr 19, 2021 (Regina Police Service)
Gov't regulations aim to reduce vaping among young people in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is looking to reduce vaping among younger people in the province. On Monday, the government introduced new regulations which will restrict the sale of flavoured vapour prod...
Apr 19, 2021
People at small rally dance for inmates at COVID-stricken Regina jail
Wearing her specially made dress with hundreds of small metal cones, Julia Paul led a protest and danced for healing in front of the legislative building Monday. Her son is an inmate at the Regina Cor...
Apr 19, 2021 Julie Paul (middle) and others dance a round dance at a rally in the wake of another large COVID-19 outbreak at the Regina Correctional Centre on April 19, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals extend COVID-19 aid with election top of mind
OTTAWA - The first federal budget in more than two years extends Ottawa's COVID-19 "lifeline" for those still struggling after a difficult year - including aid for laid-off workers - another few month...
Apr 19, 2021
Latest COVID update April 19: 357 recoveries, 243 new cases, no new deaths
Saskatchewan has reported its highest daily total of recoveries from COVID-19 in nearly three months. In its daily update Monday, the Ministry of Health said there were 357 recoveries -- the largest-s...
Apr 19, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. considering lowering age limit for AstraZeneca vaccine
Premier Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan government is "actively reviewing" the age restrictions for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. In a tweet Monday, Moe said the government was looking at lowering...
Apr 19, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Former Sask. teacher gets jail sentence for sexual assaults
A man who used to teach in Wynyard and Foam Lake has been sentenced to 609 days in jail for sexually assaulting three students in the 1990s. Gerard Loehr, 58, was sentenced Friday in Yorkton Provincia...
Apr 19, 2021 Markus Dodge was scheduled to appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on June 23, 2026 to face charges including attempted murder and aggravated assault (980 CJME file photo)
Below-normal water level expected for Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake's water level is expected to be lower than normal this summer. In a media release Monday, the Water Security Agency said dry conditions dating back to 2019 and below-normal snowmelt...
Apr 19, 2021 (Google Maps)
Alberta joins Ontario in lowering minimum age for AstraZeneca vaccine
Two provinces will offer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged 40 and over starting Tuesday, officials announced Sunday following days of mounting pressure to lower the minimum age. Alberta and...
Apr 19, 2021
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Sarah Mills: Not every travel horror story is the airline's fault
Sarah Mills says a pregnant Winnipeg woman is disappointed in her WestJet experience after she made the choice to seek h...
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