A late-night breakthrough could herald an end to British Columbia’s long-running port dispute, with the longshore workers’ union and the employers’ association announcing a new tentative agreement. Details of the deal haven’t been released, but both sides say in a joint statement issued Sunday night that they are recommending their members to ratify it. The […]
The Regina Police Service is investigating the city’s fourth homicide of 2023. Early Saturday morning, police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Broad Street for an injured man. The man was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after by EMS. The RPS’s Major Crime Unit and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating the homicide. […]
Regina police received a hostile welcome when they arrived Friday to tear down the tent encampment in front of City Hall. The decommissioning started at 1:30 p.m. with one police officer saying, “Anyone who is asked to leave and refuses will be arrested.” It follows Regina Fire Chief Layne Jackson’s decision on Thursday. “Regina Fire […]
After over 40 days of tents being set up in front of City Hall, Regina’s city council is set to hold a special council meeting about the encampment. The special meeting will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. with council set to provide “direction regarding how to address the encampment in the short-term,” given the […]
Moose Jaw police attended to a home on South Hill at 3:16 p.m. yesterday for a report of a disturbance. An adult male needed medical attention for head trauma, and he was transported to Moose Jaw’s Wigmore Hospital, and then to Regina General Hospital for further medical care. A 37-year-old male who was known to […]
Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its […]
An independent review is shedding light on the controversial rebranding of Tourism Regina to “Experience Regina.” The 144-page report, conducted by George B. Cuff & Associates Ltd., based in Spruce Grove, Alta., details what happened and how the “incident” happened. Cuff found that on the same day of the “Experience Regina” launch, a REAL staff […]
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates again on Wednesday and released new projections that suggest it will take longer to get inflation back to two per cent. The central bank hiked its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing it to five per cent. Forecasters were widely anticipating the central […]
A 54-year-old Macoun man has died after a collision near Fort Qu’Appelle yesterday. Yesterday at about 3 p.m., Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP received a report of a collision on Highway #10, about seven kilometres southwest of Fort Qu’Appelle. A pickup truck and a semi collided. The passenger of the pickup truck was the 54-year-old man, and […]
Esterhazy RCMP are investigating what they’re calling a suspicious death. Sunday, Esterhazy’s RCMP detachment were asked to conduct a wellness check on a man at a rural residence in the northeast part of their detachment area. Officers went to the residence and located a deceased man inside. The man’s death is being investigated as a […]
