From left to right: Joanne Starblanket, Councillor Renita Starr-Whitecap, Councillor Edgar Starr, Councillor Cathy Stonechild, Chief Michael Starr. Today marks a new beginning for homes on Star Blanket Cree Nation. Located west of Melville on Treaty Four land, a new project called “A Blanket of Warmth for Our Nations Homes” hopes to usher in proper […]
Regina-based Farm Credit Canada is providing $100,000 to school meal programs across the country as part of a Drive Away Hunger campaign. Manager of Community investment, Carla Warnyca, said each of the 100 FCC offices across Canada will provide $1,000 to a school lunch program in their community. She says each office will choose a […]
The two people killed on the weekend in a three-vehicle accident near Weyburn have been identified. Eric Calibaba and his father-in-law Dale Chessall were killed in the collision on Highway 13 Saturday afternoon. It is believed the car containing Calibaba and Chessall was waiting to turn when it was struck from behind by another vehicle […]
Regina police are investigating after a road-rage incident in the city’s east end where a firearm was discharged. Police say around 1:20 Tuesday afternoon, police were sent to Dewdney and Cavendish after three men in one vehicle noticed they were being followed by another vehicle. It is alleged the driver of the second vehicle, who […]
The mâmawêyatitân centre was the site of a flag raising ceremony in Regina late this morning. Both the Métis and Treaty Four flags were raised on their own post next to the Canadian and Saskatchewan flags outside of the centre. Enough of a wind was present on a sunny Tuesday morning to give life to the […]
Rural communities are not happy with the news that Conexus Credit Union will be closing nine branches across Saskatchewan this fall. Related Article: Conexus Credit Union closing nine branches this October Branches closing are Chamberlain, Cupar, Drake, Middle Lake, Mossbank, Spy Hill, Young and Regina’s Fifth Avenue and Wallace branches. Cupar Mayor Steve Boha says he and […]
We are now learing the identity of the other two people killed on the weekend in a plane crash near the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. 27-year-old Justin Filteau, a former member of the Saskatoon Hilltops and U of S Husky football team and someone who worked with Football Saskatchewan, had already been identified. The other two were […]
Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development minister Jeremy Harrison will showcase provincial agri-food products during a Canadian trade mission to Japan and South Korea. Harrison says Asian markets are importing more food every year, and it is crucial to promote Saskatchewan’s safe, reliable and high quality agri-food products. He says Japan and South Korea are […]
The recipients of the 2019 Saskatchewan Order of Merit will be acknowledged in the Queen City tonight. Six citizens, two of them from Regina, will be named to the Order of Merit by Chief Justice Robert Richards on behalf of Lieutenant Governor W. Thomas Molloy and receive a medal at a ceremony. This year’s recipients […]
University of Saskatchewan research projects span the globe, and one of those projects is in the province of Inhambane in Mozambique. It’s aim is to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates and to improve sexual and reproductive health. Principal investigator and USask epidemiologist, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine says the maternal mortality rate is about 380 deaths […]
