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The Hospitals of Regina Foundation (HRF) has announced the launch of its 2024 Spring Home Lottery, offering participants the chance to win exciting prizes while supporting healthcare initiatives in Regina’s three hospitals. The top prize featured in this year’s lottery is a $1.4 million Grand Prize Showhome in The Creeks, accompanied by $50,000 cash. The […]

It’s shaping up to be a difficult off-season for the Toronto Argonauts. On Tuesday, Argos running back A.J. Ouellette, special-teams dynamo Javon Leake, cornerback Jamal Peters and defensive lineman Brandon Barlow all agreed in principle to contracts with other CFL teams. This sets up a scenario where all four will be free to sign their […]

Brady Oliveira is sticking with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The 2023 CFL rushing leader agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension with the Blue Bombers on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Winnipeg native was eligible to become a free agent next week. Financial details weren’t divulged but according to TSN, Oliveira will earn $230,000 this season […]

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is putting nearly $200 million in new money toward supporting low-income renters and shelters. Ottawa is pouring an additional $99 million into the Canada Housing Benefit, which offers financial support for low-income renters in partnership with provinces and territories. Freeland says another $100 million will go toward […]

Dalhousie University food researcher Sylvain Charlebois told MPs that there is no substantiated evidence of profiteering within the food retail industry in Canada. The government should be more concerned with price co-ordination within the industry, said Charlebois, noting a recent example where Loblaw reduced the level of discounting on last-day sale items, citing alignment with […]

A 71-year-old male is facing charges following an investigation by the Regina Children’s Justice Centre into allegations of sexual assault on a minor. The investigation commenced on February 5, 2024, after the Regina Children’s Justice Centre received a report alleging that a private music instructor had sexually assaulted a nine-year-old youth. Seventy-one-year-old Claro Recto Belen, […]

The Regina Humane Society is officially home. After decades of waiting and close to $30 million, RHS is opening its new building in Harbour Landing on Tuesday. Lisa Koch, the executive director of the Regina Humane Society, said the facility has been a long time coming. “A lifetime of effort for myself, but for our […]

Creative Saskatchewan lost $331,568.80 last year. That is according to the most recent quarterly reports on losses of public money within government ministries and Crown corporations for the period from October 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. In August of 2023, Creative Saskatchewan’s banking information was fraudulently changed by someone impersonating a client. As a […]

This Thursday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation announced a one-day, provincewide withdrawal of noon-hour supervision. The withdrawal of noon-hour supervision means teachers will not be available to supervise students eating lunch at school or participating in noon-hour activities. Teachers will leave the building during each school’s designated lunch break period. School divisions will inform parents and […]

Regina City Council concluded its inaugural meeting of the year by dismissing a proposal to allow backyard hens. Ward 8 Coun. Shanon Zachidniak had initially suggested a two-year pilot project, later amending it to request a report on associated costs and potential forms of the initiative. However, the motion faced a deadlock as the council […]