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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The strike came just days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel had attacked, and the Israeli military did not […]

At around 7 p.m., emergency crews rushed to the scene of a house fire in the 900 Block of Garnet Street in Regina. Upon arrival, firefighters were met with heavy smoke and flames engulfing the main floor, with the fire spreading to the roof. The cause of the fire remains under investigation as authorities work […]

The hours are ticking down to midnight, the deadline to get your hands on tickets for the Hospitals of Regina Foundation Home Lottery. The lottery is 95 percent sold. This year’s grand prize show home is a 4,000 square foot home in “The Creeks” in Regina, work 1.4 million dollars. The winner of the home, […]

There still seems to be considerable uncertainty about whether a tentative collective agreement between the province and Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation will be finally ratified by a vote of its members. In fact STF leadership was not even willing to use the language “tentative agreement” to describe what had happened, despite the government using that language […]

49 E-R Nurses at St Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon have written a letter to the Minister of Health Everett Hindley to talk about several issues, but the big concern is “agency nurses”. These are qualified nurses who are brought in on an as needed basis. They get higher wages, and accommodation is paid for by […]

A 36-year-old inmate was found dead earlier this week at the Regina Correctional Centre. The inmate was found unresponsive in a living unit at RCC at 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday. Corrections staff initiated life-saving measures and called EMS. EMS attended, and he was declared deceased at approximately 10:00 a.m. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and […]

The three-time world champion hoop dancer in Dallas Arcand performed at two schools in the city April 16 and 17. Arcand is currently on the road in the province until the 25th as part of an OSAC (Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils) tour and will return to the province mid-May for several more performances. For […]

The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) signed two agreements with France and a company based in Vietnam to improve the province’s energy and mining sectors, as well as increase production at the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) Rare Earth Processing Facility. A Letter of Intent was signed Monday between the provincial government and […]

Hospitals of Regina Foundation has launched a new cardiac care fundraising campaign and are getting a boost in the process from Municipal Hail Insurance. The Cardiac Care Campaign is set to raise $2.5 million to upgrade the technology in the Regina General Hospital’s second Catheterization Lab, located in the Mosaic Heart Centre. Municipal Hail Insurance […]

The inflation rate ticked up from 2.8 per cent in February to 2.9 per cent last month as we paid more for gasoline. Statistics Canada reports gas prices rose 4.5 per cent from a year ago, partly due to an increase in global oil prices. Shelter prices rose up 6.5 per cent, mortgage interest costs jumped 25.4 […]