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New Regina-based app ‘Fix it up’ connects businesses to people

Jul 9, 2019 | 4:53pm

People in and around Regina are able to find businesses easier with a new app developed here in the Queen City. Fix it up allows customers to receive quotes from several companies for different services they request, allowing the customer to narrow their search to the one they want. President Brad Fekula said the app has over […]

RPS investigate a break, enter and theft of guns

Jul 9, 2019 | 12:32pm

Regina Police are looking for information that could solve a break, enter and theft ending with the loss of about 10 firearms. Police say the victim had locked a utility trailer, that had several personal items, at a compound on the 1400 block of Toronto Street over the weekend. Officers say it appears the suspect […]

Study shows half of Indigenous children live in poverty

Jul 9, 2019 | 12:03pm

Indigenous children face the highest rates of poverty in the country, with almost one in every two living in households with low incomes, says a new study that shows little improvement in the situation over the last decade. The study published by the Upstream Institute, written by researchers at the Assembly of First Nations and […]

Rainfall Warnings issued in southeast Saskatchewan

Jul 9, 2019 | 10:34am

Environment Canada has issued Rainfall Warnings in extreme southeastern Saskatchewan Tuesday morning. Places included in the warning are Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle and Oxbow, among others. Heavy rain, with total amounts around 50 mm are expected Tuesday in those areas. The Weather Office says the majority of the rain should fall by this evening. Regina is […]

‘Back to zero’: Canada’s premiers gather in Saskatoon, but none are women

Jul 9, 2019 | 10:05am

(Photo Supplied by the Canadian Press) SASKATOON — Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial leaders are in Saskatchewan this week, but for the first time in years, the annual gathering won’t have women at the table. “Symbolically, it’s very significant that there is no woman premier,” said Sylvia Bashevkin, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, […]

Province says SGI’s finances remain stable in latest annual report

Jul 9, 2019 | 10:00am

The Saskatchewan Government says stability is the main focus point when it comes to Saskatchewan’s Auto Fund through SGI and SGI CANADA’s financial and operational reports tabled in the Legislature Tuesday morning. “The Saskatchewan Auto Fund is the self-sustaining, compulsory auto insurance plan administered by SGI on behalf of the province. As part of its […]

Funnel cloud spotted near Parry south of Regina on Monday

Jul 9, 2019 | 8:00am

Monday saw another stormy afternoon in many parts of Saskatchewan, but nothing like Sunday. Justin Shaer at the Weather Office said while many areas just got rain, there was a funnel cloud near Parry, south of Regina. “Not that it actually touched down, but it was just kind of hanging out in the sky, that […]

Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders meeting in Saskatchewan this week

Jul 9, 2019 | 7:30am

Canada’s Premiers will be getting together in Saskatchewan over the next three days. The Council of the Federation will meet with indigenous leaders at the Big River First Nation near Prince Albert today before sitting around the table for what Premier Moe hopes are two days of productive talks in Saskatoon at the Delta Bessborough […]

RCMP search for men pretending to work for the Town of Lumsden

Jul 9, 2019 | 6:40am

Lumsden RCMP are looking for two suspicious men saying they work for the town. Police say on Monday afternoon, two men attended a house on James Street and said they worked for the town and they were there to inspect the sewer system. When asked for credentials, one of the men kept the homeowner from […]

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