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A 36-year-old woman has been arrested and faces charges after waving a machete at passing vehicles in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. On Friday, at 10:00 p.m., police responded to the 2400 block of Legislative Drive and located the woman suspect, who was taken into custody without incident. Police located a machete concealed in […]

A cardiology clinic in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of medicare, has opted out of the publicly funded health-care system after it struggled to meet its costs under the province’s fee structure. Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson, who runs the South Saskatchewan Heart Clinic in Moose Jaw, said Friday in a statement that he believes it is the first […]

The Parents’ Bill of Rights has received its third reading and Royal Assent at the Legislative Building in Regina on Friday. The bill outlines several rights parents have to be involved in their children’s education. “That’s what this bill at its very core is about, is about providing parents the right, not the opportunity, to […]

Four more people have died due to COVID-19, according to the province’s latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance report for September 24th to October 7th. Over the two weeks, there were 499 positive lab tests for COVID-19, an increase from the 276 in the previous two-week reporting period. COVID-19 hospitalizations increased slightly from 127 for the […]

A pair of Regina schools were played in secure-the-building mode on Thursday afternoon due to a firearms incident. At 1:15 p.m., police were notified of a person with a firearm near Balfour. It is believed that the person revealed a firearm to a student and left. Later, the Glen Elm Community School was placed under […]

The City of Regina is preparing for another winter season with a bigger budget and a handful of new initiatives. Regina city administration is anticipating a $1.88 million increase in winter road maintenance in the 2024 budget, which comes after the previous two years have exceeded budgets by 12 million dollars. In 2022, the annual […]

A Saskatchewan school division says the education minister never asked about a school guideline that he cited as the “impetus” for the province’s proposed pronoun legislation. Regina Public Schools said Tuesday that the administrative procedure, announced in June 2022, includes a section that says students have a right to be addressed by a name and pronoun that […]

The Regina Food Bank, in partnership with the Mosaic Company, launched the Mosaic Million Meal Challenge earlier this week. The month-long, citywide campaign aims to collect food donations and raise funds. The campaign comes in a time of record food insecurity, as the Regina Food Bank has seen an average increase in requests for services […]

The Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police announced that police agencies in Saskatchewan will waive the fees associated with criminal record checks and fingerprints required for Indigenous people who wish to reclaim their Indigenous name. The decision comes “in recognition of not only the historical trauma but to acknowledge the living trauma of the […]

The City of Regina is inviting residents to help select the city’s official bird. Until October 22, residents are encouraged to nominate their choice for Regina’s official bird at Regina.ca/bird. Residents can participate in two ways during the selection process. The initial nomination process will gather bird suggestions. The Bird Friendly City Committee will then […]