Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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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)
Business nearly grounded at Regina airport due to COVID-19
The Regina International Airport is at a near standstill due to COVID-19. Before the pandemic, about 3,300 people per day would go through the airport. That number would be even higher during the wint...
Apr 04, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Thieves targeting Ford pickup trucks in Regina
Owners of older-model Ford pickup trucks beware -- someone may be looking to steal your ride. According to the Regina Police Service, Ford Super Duty F-250 and F-350 trucks have been the most popular ...
Apr 03, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
COVID-19 restrictions throwing a wrench into social assistance supports
Many people are lamenting not being able to go to a theatre or to a bar these days, but for some, what they're losing through the public health restrictions is a lot more serious. On a normal day, Jen...
Apr 03, 2020 Jenna Hamilton (left) and Raylynn Pritchard work at Thomas Circle of Care, a social assistance organization, and say they're worried about their clients who can't get their programming amid COVID-19 restrictions. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina man builds ventilator prototype from spare parts
With more spare time to tinker in his garage after a day of working at home, one Regina man has come up with a prototype for a simple ventilator system. Harry Onagi worked as a respiratory therapist t...
Apr 03, 2020 Harry Onagi is a former respiratory therapist in Regina who built a simple working prototype model of a ventilator in his garage. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...