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Regina police help negotiate van passage during oil refinery lockout
As the cold weather deepens on Tuesday, the relationship between Unifor and management at Regina's Co-op oil refinery remains frosty. Members of the Regina Police Service had to play the role of negot...
Dec 10, 2019 Unifor picketers walk the line in front of the refinery as police negotiate for them to allow a van to pass that's filled with supplies and parts. Dec. 9, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Delegations the focus on first night of 2020 city budget talks
Regina city council used Monday night to focus on hearing from delegations on the first round of 2020 budget talks. A few dozen delegates spoke before councillors, sharing their thoughts on everything...
Dec 10, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Union, company dispute refinery's safety during lockout
Four days into the lockout at Regina's Co-op Refinery Complex, Unifor's national office claims the refinery is unsafe. On Monday, the union sent out a photo purported to show a tanker car from the ref...
Dec 09, 2019 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (980 CJME)
Regina city council to start 2020 budget deliberations Monday
City council is to begin deliberating the 2020 budget Monday evening. Nearly 40 delegates are set to speak before council throughout the deliberations, having their say on topics ranging from transit ...
Dec 09, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Arctic ridge brings frigid temperatures to Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is getting back into the deep freeze, and will be for the next few days. Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Russo said a frigid ridge of high pressure slid down from the arctic and has...
Dec 08, 2019
'This is people's lives': Co-op refinery workers rally over pensions
Unionized workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina held a rally Friday afternoon, marking the first day of being locked out of the plant. On Tuesday, the company issued 48-hour notice of a lock...
Dec 06, 2019 Unionized employees from the Co-op Refinery held a rally outside the complex during the first day of a labour disruption on Dec. 6, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Regina YWCA honours victims on 30th anniversary of Montreal shooting
Regina's YWCA marked a grim day in Canadian history on Friday -- the fatal shooting of 14 women at Montreal's cole Polytechnique in 1989. On Dec. 6 that year, a gunman entered a lecture hall at the sc...
Dec 06, 2019 The Regina YWCA handed out roses to women in the Cornwall Centre on Dec. 6, 2019, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique shooting. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
CartSmart program shows residents need recycling refinements
It would appear many Regina residents still don't know what should go into their blue recycling bins. On Friday, the City released the results of the CartSmart program it ran in the fall. According to...
Dec 06, 2019 A photo from the CartSmart inspectors shows items that shouldn't have been put into a blue recycling bin. (City of Regina/Submitted)
Province keeping a close eye on labour dispute at refinery
As workers are on the picket lines, and managers and replacement workers try to run Regina's Co-op refinery, the provincial government is keeping a close eye on all of it. "When you've got an employer...
Dec 06, 2019
Auditor calls for action to combat suicides in northwest Sask.
Saskatchewan's auditor has laid out a number of areas she believes the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has to improve to address the risk of suicide in northwest Saskatchewan. In her 2019 report, ...
Dec 05, 2019 Provincial auditor Judy Ferguson (centre) delivers her 2019 report on Dec. 5, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
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