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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says big polluters shouldn’t be forced to pay for their pollution — they should just emit less. Moe appeared today at a House of Commons committee at the invitation of Conservative MPs to discuss his plea for Ottawa to kill off the carbon price. Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois MPs pushed […]

A pair of Regina teams are provincial basketball champions. Saskatchewan’s top high school basketball teams had a chance to close out their 2024 season this weekend at a one-day provincial basketball championship held in Moose Jaw. The one-day tournament was organized after the cancellation of Hoopla due to the ongoing contract impasse between the provincial […]

A fire in the 2500 block of Elliott Street has led to the Regina Fire and Saskatchewan Coroners Service launching an investigation after a body was recovered. Fire crews responded to the fire at around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, where they discovered a body as they searched the home. “Firefighters witnessed heavy smoke and fire […]

The Regina ended the 2023-24 regular season with an 11-1 loss to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday night. The Warriors would get out to a quick leader and never look back with Jagger Firkus (3G, 2A), Martin Rysavy (3G), Matthew Savoie (1G, 3A), Brayden Yager (5A), and Kalem Parker (3A) leading the way for […]

March is Fraud Prevention Month, so SGI highlighted some of the more memorable claims that its Special Investigation Unit examined. In 2023, SGI’s Special Investigation Unit investigated 481 claims. Of those, 263 were fraudulent, with an approximate total of $5.9 million. Here’s a look at four of SUI’s notable cases Decoy for a Vehicle Theft […]

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says it has bolstered its workforce by more than 156 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in Regina and Saskatoon. The positions come as the SHA is intensifying efforts to enhance patient outcomes and alleviate capacity strains in Saskatoon and Regina through the continued execution of the Saskatoon and Regina Capacity […]

The Regina Pats wrapped up their home schedule on Friday night with a 3-2 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings. The game was scoreless until midway through the second period when Brandon’s Nolan Flamand opened the scoring. The Wheat Kings lead would last long as Sam Oremba would tie the contest at one going into […]

A Saskatchewan company has been fined $70,000 after a worker was seriously injured on the job. Sunterra Horticulture Inc. pleaded guilty to one violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in Yorkton Provincial Court. The company was fined after an incident in September 2021 near Hyas, in which a worker was seriously injured while […]

The Government of Saskatchewan released its 2024/2025 budget, which includes $20.1 billion in spending. Of those investments, the City of Regina sees investments made towards it with new schools and expanding healthcare services, highlighting Regina’s investment. On the education front, the City sees numberous investments in new schools. The North Regina Joint-Use School will see […]

The Saskatchewan RCMP seized an estimated $3.3 million worth of unstamped cigarettes earlier this month. Members of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol (SHP) and the RCMP seized 6.6 million unstamped cigarettes on March 1st when an officer stopped a commercial vehicle on Highway #1, east of Indian Head. During the roadside check, the officer searched the […]