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Council approves improvements around upcoming Halifax Street shelter
Regina City Council approved a number of recommendations around the planned permanent emergency shelter on Halifax Street on Wednesday. The measures include reallocating $200,000 fund meant for paving...
Jun 12, 2025 The building at 1600 Halifax Street which formerly housed the Eagles Club is the site of a new shelter in Regina, which is slated to open this summer. (980 CJME file photo)
RCMP investigating 'suspicious' death of 35-year-old Regina man
The Saskatchewan RCMP's major crimes unit is investigating a suspicious death. According to the Mounties, officers were notified of a deceased person in a rural area near Grand Coulee, just west of Re...
Jun 12, 2025 Police said Aron Lunan’s death was deemed suspicious, and anyone who saw or spoke with him between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning was asked to contact the RCMP. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Free concert series provides uplifting sendoff for evacuees
By Nigel Maxwell A free concert series event in Prince Albert on Wednesday helped provide support to those displaced by the wildfires and gave thanks to the hundreds of volunteers. "Stronger Together"...
Jun 12, 2025 LJ Tyson and his mother Sheryl Kimbley perform on stage. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
'People need better': Beck says Moe's evacuation relief plan lacks details
Premier Scott Moe announced relief in the form of $500 for wildfire evacuees on Wednesday, but NDP Leader Carla Beck said the plan is light on details and leaves lots of questions. Beck said financial...
Jun 12, 2025 NDP Leader Carla Beck suggested an e-transfer system for the payments announced by Premier Scott Moe. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Regina Public Schools weighs options on elementary band program as it faces deficit
Scores of people gathered outside the J.A. Burnett Education Centre, the headquarters of Regina Public Schools, on Tuesday evening. They arrived to show support for the elementary school band program,...
Jun 11, 2025 The Regina Public School Board heard from delegates speaking out against proposed cuts to the elementary band program. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Wildfires burn through 40 years of timber harvest in Saskatchewan
As wildfires continue to sweep across northern Saskatchewan, the toll is mounting. Not just in evacuations and lost homes, but long-term damage to the province's forest industry. Carl Neggers, CEO of ...
Jun 11, 2025 As wildfires tear through 900,00 hectares of northern Saskatchewan forest, industry experts say the long-term impacts on the province's forestry sector could be devastating. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
Province says 92% of surgeries in the last year met wait-time goal
Anyone waiting for a surgery in Saskatchewan likely won't need to look any further than the next eight months. That's based on data released by the provincial government, which found nearly 92 per cen...
Jun 11, 2025 The province says more than 100,000 surgeries were performed in Saskatchewan between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, with 92 per cent completed within eight months of waiting. A surgical unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. (650 CKOM file photo).
Air quality warnings linger, more rain coming for wildfire areas
Smokey skies are expected to linger throughout much of Saskatchewan on Wednesday. Environment Canada issued air quality warnings for almost the entire province from Prince Albert down to the U.S. bord...
Jun 11, 2025 The air quality index is expected to be around 10 plus for much of Saskatchewan on Wed., June 11, 2025. (Photo from La Ronge Regional Fire Department/Facebook)
Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving
By Derek Cornet An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who ha...
Jun 11, 2025 Brady Highway is a firefighter from Pelican Narrows. (Facebook/Brady Highway)
Saskatchewan Ombudsman to conduct investigation on wildfire response
Saskatchewan's top watchdog is speaking out against the provincial government's handling of wildfire evacuees. Saskatchewan Ombudsman, Sharon Pratchler, said the system responsible for providing servi...
Jun 10, 2025 Saskatchewan Ombudsman, Sharon Pratchler, said information for wildfire evacuees has been inconsistent or difficult to access under the current system on June 10, 2025. (Abby Zieverink, 980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: CUSMA negotiations are telling in what is not being said
Like most negotiations, Canada and the U.S. are laying their cards on the table publicly, but Sarah Mills says in Canada...
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