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Regina Police reminding residents to lock vehicle doors with more thefts occurring

Jun 11, 2019 | 10:13am

Regina Police are reminding the public to practice more proactive crime prevention strategies. This comes after 50 reports of mischief related to vehicles, many of involved windows being damaged to gain access to valuables left visible inside the vehicle. Police also received 34 reports of thefts from automobiles, in 30 percent of these cases doors […]

Denise Batters raises eyebrows with Trudeau comment regarding Regina power outage

Jun 11, 2019 | 10:00am

A Conservative senator from Saskatchewan has raised some eyebrows by suggesting a power outage in Regina was a “preview of Canada’s future” if Justin Trudeau is re-elected. The comment was made Saturday in a post on the Twitter account of Denise Batters. The post also references the carbon tax and proposed legislation to overhaul assessments […]

RCMP investigating Sedley vehicle theft

Jun 11, 2019 | 8:57am

Fillmore RCMP are investigating a vehicle theft that occurred early Tuesday morning in Sedley. The vehicle is a 1998 green Ford Escort with the Saskatchewan license plate 154 LFK. RCMP believe the persons responsible were also involved in several other thefts from vehicles that took place in Sedley and Francis early Tuesday morning. Police are […]

Restaurants Canada reacts to potential plastics ban

Jun 11, 2019 | 8:00am

Restaurants across Canada may need to prepare finding alternatives for items such as packaging or cutlery if the ban on single-use plastics comes into effect. On Monday morning, the Trudeau government announced its goal of placing the ban as early as 2021. Their plan surrounds banning items such as plastic straws, cutlery and packaging, items that are used by many Canadian […]

Record winnings up for grabs in Tuesday’s Lotto Max draw

Jun 11, 2019 | 7:00am

A record $65-million is up for grabs Tuesday in the Lotto Max draw. It is the first time ever since the game debuted a decade ago that it has hit that figure. When the lottery went to twice a week last month, it allowed for the jackpot to get as high as $70-million. Prior to […]

Jupiter set to be one of the brightest objects in the night sky this week

Jun 11, 2019 | 6:10am

If you look up at the night sky this week, you may notice what seems like a bright star shining in the distance. But that bright dot happens to be the largest planet in our solar system. This week, Jupiter will be at its closest point to Earth throughout the entire calendar year. It will […]

Canadian Cattlemen’s spokesman worried about cattle sell-off

Jun 11, 2019 | 5:30am

The vice president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is worried about the sell-off of cattle this spring due to drought. Bob Lowe says the cattle market has taken a significant price drop in the past month because of rising feed costs due to drought. He says cattle prices have dropped 20 dollars per hundredweight and […]

Raptors fans fill seats at Mosaic Stadium watch party for game 5

Jun 10, 2019 | 11:25pm

Mosaic Stadium was filled with an unusual amount of red Monday night, as Game 5 between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors was played on the big screen. While the Raptors lost 106-105, fans were in on the action all night long, with an estimated over 13,000 fans in attendance. Raptor fan Salmaan Moola […]

RCMP upgrade missing persons case to a homicide investigation

Jun 10, 2019 | 4:32pm

The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit North is changing a missing person’s case to a homicide investigation. Police say 25 year old Tiki Laverdiere was in the North Battleford and Thunderchild First Nation areas on April 27th for a funeral. Afterwards she expressed interest in going back to Edmonton. Laverdiere was last seen on May 1st […]

Canada’s treatment of Indigenous women not a ‘genocide’, Scheer says

Jun 10, 2019 | 2:18pm

OTTAWA — “Genocide” isn’t the right word to describe what’s been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls released its final report. The report included a lengthy argument for why Canada’s “series of actions […]

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