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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the air for Gaza […]

Ten people, including eight girls of a First Nations junior volleyball team, have been injured in a collision involving a truck and a multi-passenger van on Highway 1 east of Regina. RCMP say the crash happened near Sintaluta, Sask., at about 4 p.m. on Thursday. Megaen Reader, director of education at Chief Kahkewistahaw Community School, […]

A Saskatchewan-made whiskey will no longer be produced. Last Mountain Distillery announced on their Facebook Page this year “will be our last Cherry Whisky Season as we say goodbye to a classic, and one of our forever favourites.” Co-owner and General Manager of Last Mountain Distillery Braeden Raiwet says it was a tough decision. “We have […]

A 19-year-old has been charged in connection to a fatal collision last year. Almost a year ago, on November 2, 2022, at 1:18 a.m., police were dispatched to Ring Road, between Wascana Parkway and Albert Street, for a collision report. When police arrived, they found citizens attending to a female lying on the ground. She […]

Two separate accidents in Saskatchewan have left a pair of motorists dead. On October 12, at 6:00 a.m., the Indian Head RCMP responded to a single-vehicle collision on the 800 block of Grand Avenue in Indian Head. The woman driver and vehicle’s sole occupant were declared deceased at the scene. She was identified as a […]

A traffic stop near Maidstone led to police seizing 155 kilograms of illicit drugs. As part of an ongoing investigation by the Alberta RCMP Serious and Organized Crime Unit, the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit conducted a traffic stop on Highway #16 near Maidstone on June 1. Police seized four large bags containing 90 kilograms […]

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled on portions of the federal government’s environmental policies, in this case the “Impact Assessment Act”. Five out of seven judges found most of it to be unconstitutional because it ultimately seeks to regulate activities within provincial jurisdiction. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the majority, said the law […]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the federal government’s impact assessment law on Friday, with five out of seven judges finding most of it to be unconstitutional because it ultimately seeks to regulate activities within provincial jurisdiction. Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the majority, said the law as written is aimed at regulating […]

Regina will be in the path of a partial solar eclipse this weekend. The annular solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, October 14th, starting at 9:20 a.m. and reaching its maximum at 10:34 a.m., with just over 50 per cent of the sun’s disk covered by the moon. Richard Covey, an amateur astronomer and published […]

The Saskatchewan government has tabled legislation and the notwithstanding clause to prevent children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. A judge granted an injunction at the end of September pausing the Saskatchewan Party government’s pronoun policy, which is now known as Bill 137. Premier Scott Moe pledged the same day to […]