Farmers say Regina area crops are improving following recent rainfall. APAS president Todd Lewis says his farm southeast of Regina received over an inch or about 30 millimeters during the past 5 days. He says crops have been set-back by extremely dry weather this spring but the moisture will help. Lewis says his durum […]
An independent review is being done to find ways to improve the building permit process for the city of Regina. The city says this comes after several developers and people have approached council with concerns about how long it takes to get a permit approved. Mayor Michael Fougere said there’s a short construction season, so […]
The Canadian Cancer Society continues to lobby the Saskatchewan government to institute measures which will reduce smoking in the province. A recent survey shows 20 per cent of people in Saskatchewan are smoking which tops the numbers when compared to other provinces. The national average is 16 per cent. While that number is better than […]
The province’s lieutenant-governor has died. W. Thomas Molloy passed away early Tuesday morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 78. Molloy had been installed as the province’s 22nd lieutenant-governor in March of 2018. Flags on all government of Saskatchewan buildings will fly at half-mast and will continue to do so until […]
A truck got stuck in a sink hole in Regina Monday afternoon. Regina Police say officers were called to the intersection of Avonhurst Drive and Elphinstone Street at about 2:50pm. Police say a vehicle was hung up on a sink hole and towed to safety without any injury to the driver. Large sink hole at […]
Those in the southwest part of Saskatchewan should brace themselves for the possibility of extreme severe weather on Canada Day. Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for the Shaunavon-Maple Creek-Val Marie-Cypress Hills region. There are also severe thunderstorm warnings out for southwest and west-central Saskatchewan and severe thunderstorm watches out for the central part […]
Earlier this week, it was announced that the Supreme Court will hear Saskatchewan’s case against the federally-imposed carbon tax on December 5, 2019. Regina-Wascana MP Ralph Goodale has responded to the news, saying the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s 3-2 decision back in May was a strong one. It was a decision the provincial government announced […]
Canada Day is filled with lots of activities prompting the Regina Police Service to implement some traffic restrictions in different parts of the city. RPS say with the Saskatchewan Roughriders home opener against the Toronto Argonauts at 5:00 p.m. from Mosaic Stadium, there will be some road closures around that area. Beginning at 1:00 p.m. there […]
Police in Regina are searching for a male who attempted a robbery yesterday afternoon in the North Central area. The incident happened at 3:40 p.m. near the Dewdney Pool where a teenage male used a knife in an attempt to take a bike from a victim. It proved to be unsuccessful and the suspect fled […]
Results from a study by Economic Development Regina found that small businesses are a big part of the economy in the Queen City and surrounding area. The study revealed that $10.4 billion goes towards Regina’s GDP and that small businesses account for 69.4 per cent of the regional GDP. The over 6,000 small businesses in […]
