Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Regina
Regina teen charged after incidents with Taser
A 17-year-old Regina woman is facing eight charges after a pair of incidents involving a Taser. In a media release Wednesday, the Regina Police Service said officers were sent at about 10:25 p.m., to ...
Apr 15, 2020 A 22 year-old male is facing 11 charges related to possession of weapons and assaulting a police officer. (980 CJME file photo)
'Tough decisions coming': Regina mayor speaks to revenue shortfall
With many revenue streams shut off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Regina city council now has to figure out how to pay for essential services and balance the budget. "This is the issue that every city ...
Apr 09, 2020
SHA lays out plans for Regina's response to COVID-19
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is projecting Regina will be able to handle the surge of COVID-19 based on plans to increase capacity. In the models it released Wednesday, the SHA showed the Queen C...
Apr 09, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Easter expected to be colder than normal: Environment Canada
The weather won't provide people with a reason to go outside this Easter weekend for the most part. The normal high temperature for this time of year is around 10 C and while Good Friday will be near ...
Apr 09, 2020 (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Police pursuit in Regina leads to two arrests
Two spike belts were needed to end a police pursuit across Regina early Monday. The Regina Police Service said in a media release that officers were called at about 3:40 a.m., to the area of Montreal ...
Apr 07, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Regina designer donating cloth masks to seniors homes
At Dean Renwick Design Studios in downtown Regina, fashionable materials and patterns have been put aside in favour of bright quilter's cotton prints, elastic and a simple mask pattern. With lessons f...
Apr 07, 2020 Dean Renwick sews a cloth mask to donate to local seniors homes. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
Local bookstore still serves bookworms after opening cancelled by COVID-19
The opening of a new store can be all excitement and nervous energy -- until that opening is postponed indefinitely by the COVID-19 pandemic. Annabel Townsend was set to open her new independent books...
Apr 07, 2020 (The Penny University/Facebook)
'Help our health-care heroes': Regina company to make face shields
With the demand for personal protective equipment at an all-time high around the world, Sleek Signs is hoping to do what it can to protect health-care workers and the public. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Apr 06, 2020 A version of the face shield being manufactured by Regina's Sleek Signs. (Sleek Signs/Submitted)
Home-based daycares in financial limbo as families pull kids out
With more families keeping their kids home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many home-based daycare providers are falling through the cracks because they don't qualify for emergency benefits or wage supp...
Apr 06, 2020 Carla Myers runs a home-based daycare in Regina. (Carla Myers/Submitted)
Early-morning fire in Regina leads to arson charge
A 30-year-old man from Edmonton has been charged with arson after a fire in south Regina early Monday. According to the Regina Police Service, officers and Regina firefighters responded at about 1:20 ...
Apr 06, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...