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Rider Nation will have plenty of opportunities to remember and celebrate the life of George Reed. The legendary Roughrider running back dies last weekend, just a day before his 84th birthday. On Friday afternoon, a “Celebration of Life” service for Reed will be held in the Viterra International Trade Centre in the REAL District. They […]

Sask Energy will be doing a planned natural gas flare today at two places in the city of Regina today. At 7 am Saskenergy’s Town Border Station on the south side of Dewdney Avenue along with the block valve station West of 9th avenue north will both begin flaring with the process lasting up to […]

Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student. Premier. Wab Kinew’s path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path tobecoming the first First Nations premier of a province. Kinew and the Manitoba NDP won a majority government Tuesday night, defeating the governing Progressive Conservatives and making […]

An apartment building has been evacuated, because it doesn’t meet fire code. According to the City of Moose Jaw the downtown building  at Stadacona Street and First Avenue was not meeting fire codes. The city noted there was a also a gas leak in the building at the time of the inspection Other safety risks noted […]

A dedicated team of firefighters in Regina, known as Hydrants and Hearts, is actively making a positive impact on the community. The COVID-19 pandemic and a drop in community involvement inspired a group usually looked at as heroic, to step up and bring change by working with charities across the city of Regina. Nearly 300 […]

Liberal member of Parliament Greg Fergus has been elected the House of Commons Speaker in a historic mid-session vote.  Fergus, 54, was first elected in the riding of Hull–Aylmer in 2015.  As is tradition, the new Speaker was “dragged” to the chair in the House of Commons by the prime minister and Opposition leader today […]

Manitobans are to make history today as they cast final ballots in an election that has followed four weeks of promises, debates and controversial advertisements. If Heather Stefanson leads the incumbent Progressive Conservatives to a third consecutive majority, she would become the first woman to be elected premier in a Manitoba general election. Stefanson took […]

The Regina Police Service says they have laid charges concerning a July 2021 death investigation. On Saturday, July 24th, 2021, police were dispatched to the east alley of the 800 block of Queen Street for a report of an injured male. EMS also attended to the location and pronounced 53-year-old Lionel Gary Schaeffer dead. After […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the Riders and CFL Legend George Reed has died. In a press release, the team said that Reed passed away Sunday, one day before his 84th birthday. Reed’s daughter, Georgette Reed, said it was her dad’s honour to be part of the Saskatchewan community and to call it home for […]

In the history of this storied Canadian Football League franchise, there have been two names that have stood above all of the other giants of the past. They are two names who will forever be intwined in Roughrider lore. One is Ron Lancaster. The other, George Reed. Just a day shy of his 84th birthday, […]