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'We need to act fast': Regina city council removes barriers for lead pipe removal
The City of Regina is lifting barriers to its Lead Service Connection Management Program (LSCMP). Regina city council unanimously voted to finalize changes to the program that could expand its reach a...
Sep 25, 2025 “Lead contamination is especially bad for growing children (and) for their brains. It's linked to reduced cognition and behavioural problems, and these are things that will stay with children their whole lives and be real deficits. So we need to act fast,” said Trish Elliott of Get the Lead Out. (980 CJME file photo)
Canada Post workers walk off job in protest of sweeping changes
This afternoon, Canada Post workers in Saskatoon and Regina walked off the job in protest of sweeping changes in an effort to make the Crown corporation financially viable, which Public Works and Proc...
Sep 25, 2025 Canada Post employees walk off the job in Regina to protest proposed changes to end door-to-door mail
delivery. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
City of Regina opts into Saskatchewan's Safe Public Spaces Act
Regina City Council voted to opt into the Safe Public Spaces Act on Wednesday. The act was introduced in August by the Government of Saskatchewan in a move aiming to regulate the possession, transport...
Sep 25, 2025 Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski said seizing insulin or medicine is not the intent of the act. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
URSU dissolution meeting adjourned without a vote
A special general meeting of the University of Regina Students' Union (URSU) ended Wednesday afternoon after two hours, without a vote on the only resolution on the agenda - the dissolution of the uni...
Sep 24, 2025 On Wednesday, the students’ union at the University of Regina held a special meeting to vote on its dissolution after months of questions over its interactions with other student groups, its finances, and the university itself cutting ties. (CJME file photo)
Sask. RCMP dispatchers offer inside look at exciting, challenging career
For the unseen voices on the other end of a 911 call, staying calm in the chaos and guiding people through the worst moments of their lives is not just a job. It's a calling. Dispatchers and call take...
Sep 24, 2025 Lee Rosin (left) and Dione Matt have been working in the Saskatchewan RCMP Operational Communications centre for around two decades. They said the job is frequently exciting, but that doesn't mean it's easy. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
City administration projects shortfall in capital cost estimates for 2026-27
Regina City Council got an early look at the city's projected capital costs for 2026-27, and administration is expecting a shortfall. The early look at the numbers came as part of a series of special ...
Sep 24, 2025 “We have a funding shortfall because the desires, expectations and demands of the public on through to the members of council keep growing," said acting city manager Jim Nicol. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
'Huge step': RPL board approves motion to find central library developers
There are still many unknowns about the development of the new Regina Central Library, but a few questions will be answered with a motion approved at Tuesday's board meeting. The Regina Public Library...
Sep 24, 2025 The Regina Public Library said a developer should be chosen by mid 2026. (980 CJME file photo)
URSU dissolution vote switched to online-only event
When University of Regina students vote Wednesday afternoon on whether to dissolve its students' union, URSU, they will only be able to do so online. The special general meeting was set to be held in ...
Sep 24, 2025 The students’ union at the University of Regina has been in the middle of controversy for months over it interactions with other student groups on campus, its finances, and the university itself cutting ties. (CJME file photo)
Regina police board recommends city opt into Safe Public Spaces Act
With a recommendation from the Regina Board of Police Commissioners, city council will discuss the Safe Public Spaces Act at its meeting on Wednesday. The act was modified earlier this year and came i...
Sep 24, 2025 Interim Regina Police Chief Lorilee Davies says the powers in the new provincial law will help officers improve downtown safety. Sept. 23, 2025 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Man arrested after firearms incident spat on officer: Police
A 20-year-old man appeared in Regina Provincial Court Monday morning for charges of assault, resisting arrest and uttering threats in the North Central neighbourhood. Early Monday morning, police resp...
Sep 23, 2025 (CJME files)
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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