Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't pic...
Tag Archives: COVID-19
Carmichael Outreach scaling back on donations
A Regina charity that assists the homeless is cutting back on accepting donations as a response to a recent bump in COVID-19 cases in the area. Carmichael Outreach runs programs focused on housing sup...
Aug 13, 2020 (Carmichael Outreach/Facebook)
Fougere, councillors asking Regina residents to wear masks
Regina's mayor and city councillors are encouraging residents of the Queen City to wear face masks inside public places or public vehicles. During a media conference Thursday at the Cornwall Centre, M...
Aug 13, 2020 Mayor Michael Fougere (centre) and other city officials donned their masks during a media conference at the Cornwall Centre on Aug. 13, 2020. The City of Regina is encouraging residents to wear masks when indoors in public places or in public vehicles. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
School districts navigate back-to-school guidelines
The provincial government is leaving the bulk of back-to-school planning to the 27 individual school divisions. As of Tuesday, there are two levels of guidelines for divisions to work within. The Chin...
Aug 12, 2020
Saskatchewan Hockey Association releases guidelines, but no date set for season
The Saskatchewan Hockey Association has put out guidelines for hockey to return, but there's still one major detail missing: A date. The SHA said the province and health officials are not prepared to ...
Aug 12, 2020 (Discover Weyburn file photo).
U of S professor floats the idea of ‘pool testing’ for back-to-school plan
A microbiologist at the University of Saskatchewan believes the province needs a different approach to COVID-19 testing in schools. Kyle Anderson, an assistant professor of biochemistry, microbiology ...
Aug 12, 2020
Luther College High School to implement mask policy, provide remote learning
Staff members at Luther College High School are preparing for a new normal ahead of the school's reopening in September. As a part of COVID-19 restrictions, like many other schools this fall, Luther w...
Aug 12, 2020
Sask. reports five new COVID-19 cases, 20 more recoveries
The Regina area had four of the five new COVID-19 cases reported by the Government of Saskatchewan on Wednesday. The total number of cases in the area is now 129, with 29 of those recorded over the pa...
Aug 12, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Jamie Nye: Concerned parent
OK, it's time to remove the sports hat and put on the parent hat for this commentary. What in the actually you know what is going on with the provincial plan to send our kids back to school? It feels ...
Aug 12, 2020
Regina public, Catholic school divisions opt to make masks mandatory
Regina's two largest school divisions are making masks mandatory for all students in grades 4 through 12 when schools open in September. In a statement released Tuesday after the provincial government...
Aug 11, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centres experience surge in demand
Sun West School Division’s superintendent of technology knew he’d see an increase in demand for student online learning options this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What he didnR...
Aug 11, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A staged photo op in Team Canada jerseys can't hide the political cracks
As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hi...
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