The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is sending out letters to verify if those who received pandemic aid were eligible for help, and they are warning of a potential need for repayment. This marks the second time that the CRA is mailing Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) recipients as part of a process to verify the […]
As cases the Omicron variant continues, it is affecting the number of residents using the City of Regina’s leisure facilities. According to the City, participation levels at the leisure centres sit at about 60 percent of pre-COVID numbers. Laurie Shalley, the director of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services, said “After we implemented the proof of […]
A convoy of truckers protesting federally enforced vaccine mandates for cross border trucking is about to roll into Regina, as they make their trek onward to Ottawa. Branded a “freedom convoy” – the protest is meant to draw attention to a policy that many feel is unfair to truck drivers choosing to not get fully […]
We sit less than two weeks away from FROST Regina kicking off, but we also sit around two weeks away from a fifth of the pandemic in Saskatchewan possibly spiking. The Province’s Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, said earlier this week that he expects the province to hit its fifth wave peak in […]
eHealth Saskatchewan is warning residents about a recent text message scam relating to COVID-19 vaccine appointments. eHealth said that the message is an online vaccination scheduling website, contacting people about a third COVID-19 vaccine appointment, in a news release Friday. The text message includes a link that may ask you to download software that contains […]
After the revelation that the Premier of Saskatchewan had tested positive for COVID-19; well-wishes came from the desk of the official opposition. In a statement issued by the NDP, the official leader of the opposition Ryan Meili wished the Premier a speedy recovery. “Wishing the premier and everyone in Saskatchewan who has contracted COVID-19 a […]
On January 13th the province reported case total fell below 1000 for the first time in the last several days with 945 new cases reported. Of the new cases 294 are in the Saskatoon region and 283 are in the Regina area, 66 are in the central east region. There are 123 hospitalized patients with […]
With masks becoming a part of our daily lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a former Regina resident is developing a product that could aid those individuals who have developed difficulties with communication due to masks. Brian Kendall is currently developing VoiceViewer, a mask with a LED screen built-in, that uses speech to text via […]
As Saskatchewan now enters into the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says the next few weeks are critical in order to prevent a surge in Omicron. Shahab says that data is showing that Omicron is proving to be more transmissible but it is also showing to be […]
More than 20 schools in the city of Regina have been hit with covid 19 cases. The Regina Public School board issued a release late wednesday reporting Covid-19 infections at 16 schools. Earlier in the day the Catholic School division issued a letter to parents reporting infections at 9 schools. With the rise in cases […]
