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Investigation to be released into COVID outbreak at Parkside Extendicare
Some questions could be answered Thursday morning around the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak at a Saskatchewan care home. An outbreak was declared last fall at Parkside Extendicare in Regina and it raged ...
Aug 05, 2021 Parkside Extendicare long-term care home in Regina. Feb. 2, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Interim benefit increased to aid farmers facing drought losses
Producers in the province will be seeing a 50 per cent increase in their AgriStability interim benefit payment this year. To help support farmers who have been impacted by drought conditions in Saskat...
Aug 04, 2021
Regina recreational centre closing for annual maintenance, upgrades
Annual maintenance work and a few upgrades will be closing the Lawson Aquatic Centre as of Monday. The public will be unable to use the centre while it undergoes its yearly upkeep and work is complete...
Aug 04, 2021 The Lawson Aquatic Centre. (City of Regina/Twitter)
RCMP searching for male suspect in attempted sexual assault near provincial park
Saskatchewan RCMP are trying to locate a man suspected of attempted sexual assault The attempted assault occurred near Meadow Lake Provincial Park, at Highway 224 and Highway 950 in northwest Saskatch...
Aug 04, 2021
Latest COVID update Aug. 4: 60 new cases, 1 new death reported
Saskatchewan posted 60 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the total active cases in the province to 483. One new death was reported due to the virus, in the northwest zone -- the first death re...
Aug 04, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Regina police investigating death of a man hit by train
Regina police are assisting with an investigation into the death of a 56-year-old Regina man who was hit by a train Sunday. According to a release, the Regina Police Service (RPS) received a report fr...
Aug 04, 2021
Plastic bottles needed for environmental art piece by Sask. artist at new Waste Management Centre
A Saskatchewan artist who studied at the University of Regina is inviting the public to be part of his latest artistic project through donations of plastic bottles and workshops. A custom-designed pie...
Aug 03, 2021
Woman charged in connection with suspicious death in 2020
A woman has been charged in connection with a suspicious death last year. Richard Netmaker, 36, of Big River First Nation, was reportedly abducted from his home on Jan. 6, 2020, and assaulted. Police ...
Aug 03, 2021
Latest COVID update Aug. 3: 24 new cases after heavy long weekend numbers
Twenty-four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan Tuesday after a total of 151 cases were reported over the long weekend. Saskatchewan also surpassed 50,000 COVID-19 cases over the weeke...
Aug 03, 2021
Masters to lip sync after Saskatoon claims victory in vaccine rechallenge
Saskatoon will be requited after a vaccine re-challenge named the city victorious over Regina for most total shots administered. Earlier this month, Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark performed a lip sync ...
Aug 03, 2021
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