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Festival organizers looking for big turnout at Taste of Cathedral
The Cathedral Village Arts Festival needs a helping hand. The festival is struggling due to the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a lower number of sponsorships, the reduction of ...
Jan 26, 2024 Taste of Cathedral is hoping to raise $10,000 to help the Cathedral Village Arts Festival. (980 CJME file photo)
16-year-old charged in December slaying in North Central
A 16-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to a man's death on Retallack Street just before Christmas. Police were called on Dec. 21 to the 1300 block of Retallack Street...
Jan 26, 2024 Regina police aren't releasing the man's name. (Submitted)
Poultry producer hit with hefty fine after worker's foot caught in auger
A Lumsden-area poultry producer has been hit with a heavy fine after a worker was badly injured on the job. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, Pedigree Poultry Ltd. pleaded guilty to a viola...
Jan 16, 2024
City of Regina offers tips to avoid frozen pipes
After the cold snap burst a pipe at Regina's city hall, the city is offering tips to help residents avoid the same issue. "This can leave you with no water or cause your pipes and/or water meter to bu...
Jan 15, 2024 The city advised setting thermostats no lower than 12 C at night or when residents are away from home. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina fire chief encourages caution in extreme cold
Plummeting temperatures combined with an ice-cold wind chill have blanketed Saskatchewan in extreme cold this week. Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for the entire province, with te...
Jan 12, 2024 Fire Chief Layne Jackson said home heating, water heaters, and appliances all get extra use in the extreme cold. (980 CJME file photo)
Plan for new joint-use school in Harbour Landing takes next step
A new school for the ever-expanding Harbour Landing neighbourhood has passed another milestone. The Saskatchewan government announced Thursday it has signed a servicing agreement with the City of Regi...
Jan 11, 2024 Harbour Landing School in Regina has been overcrowded since it opened. (980 CJME file photo)
'Poor guy:' People drive past as man dies in Regina
After stumbling off a bus and falling to the ground, a man stayed in the same place for seven hours in Regina in sub-zero temperatures, to be found dead the next morning after dozens of passersby neit...
Jan 11, 2024 Surveillance video from a local business shows a man stumbling out of a city bus, then sitting and lying on the ground for seven hours overnight while passersby didn't stop. He was found dead early the next morning. (Photo provided)
'The need is great:' Carmichael Outreach excited for new warming space
After months of negotiations and years of planning, Regina's Carmichael Outreach will soon have a space for people to stay warm overnight. "Not only has Carmichael been talking about it but so has the...
Jan 09, 2024 Tyler Gelsinger, the executive director of Carmichael Outreach, says the facility has been planning for an overnight warming centre for a while. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province picks providers for emergency shelters in Regina, Saskatoon
YWCA Regina and The Mustard Seed have been selected by the Saskatchewan government to operate new permanent emergency shelters in Regina and Saskatoon, respectively. The plan to open the shelters was ...
Jan 09, 2024 Social Services Minister Gene Makowsky says the new shelters will "improve outcomes" for people experiencing homelessness. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. hits another possible record for overdose deaths
With the number available as of Monday, Saskatchewan may have hit another record for drug overdose deaths in 2023 -- potentially putting the tally at eight of the last nine years in which the province...
Jan 08, 2024 Saskatchewan may have hit another record for drug overdose deaths in 2023 -- 484 -- if all the suspected deaths are confirmed. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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