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MOOSE JAW — City administration will apply for national funding to create a climate risk assessment plan that it hopes will solidify its ability to secure federal money for projects like the Crescent View Lift Station. During its recent regular meeting, city council voted 6-1 to apply to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) green […]

REGINA – Growing up in Regina, Johnny Slastukin struggled to articulate what he was trying to tell people because of his stuttering. Instead of talking, Slastukin would write what he wanted to say and how he felt. He decided, in high school, he wouldn’t let stuttering conquer him. So, in secondary school, Slastukin got “into English and […]

With the Canada Post strike nearing four weeks, the postal service says it doesn’t see an end in sight. On Monday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers sent over its latest list of proposals, which include wage gains and job protections. But Canada Post said in a statement Monday that the proposals don’t bring the […]

Members of Parliament are set to vote on a government request for billions of dollars in funding as the clock ticks down on a deadline. Last month, the Liberals asked Parliament to approve $21.6 billion in spending through the supplementary estimates. The money will go to fund the First Nations child and family services program, […]

The Bolo Program has named 22-year-old Reshaun Norman Cote to its Top 25 Most Wanted list, drawing national attention to a Canada-wide warrant issued for his arrest. Cote is wanted for second-degree murder in the May 12, 2024, shooting of 22-year-old Everett Wolfe Roberts-Orr in Regina’s Sherwood Drive area. Two other suspects, 24-year-old Isaiah James […]

The Regina Legion Car Raffle is an important piece of fundraising for the Branch in 2025. It wraps up this week.

Crowds gathered in Syria’s Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government with chants, prayers and the occasional gunfire after opposition fighters entered the capital following a stunning advance. Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Syrian opposition war monitor, said Assad took a flight from Damascus and left […]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders. He claimed Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that Moscow and Kyiv have […]

REGINA — According to the latest labour force numbers released by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent, well below the national average of 6.8 per cent. The province also added 8,400 new jobs year-over-year in the month of November. Year-over-year, full-time employment increased by 5,900, an increase of 1.2 per […]

REGINA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he has appointed Bernadette McIntyre as the new Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. McIntyre has held executive roles at Saskatchewan Government Insurance and Wascana Centre Authority, and is a well-known volunteer especially in the sports community. Among the organizations she has helped over the years, according to the […]