public safety

Police have made an arrest and have laid charges in connection to a bizarre incident at a yard sale in Regina. On June 20th, police were called out to 4100 Block of 17th Avenue in Regina before noon. Three people had been assaulted, two were attacked with a knife. When police arrived the attacker was […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water before sitting around a table to […]

SASKATOON ­– Saskatoon Fire Department’s hazmat team was called out to a chemical leak at City Hospital today, and have now wrapped up, returning the scene to the hospital staff’s jurisdiction. According to the fire department, at 10:27 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a 911 call reporting a chemical leak […]

REGINA – The third homicide of 2024 is being investigated by Regina police. The Regina Police Service, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, has confirmed the June 29 death of an adult male on the 1900 block of McIntyre Street is deemed a homicide. Police and EMS were dispatched to a call for service for […]

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a “Severe Thunderstorm Watch” that not only includes Regina, it covers a good chunk of Saskatchewan. The weather alert stretches from Battlefords south east towards Estevan and Weyburn. Moose Jaw, Regina Swift Current and many more communities could see severe thunderstorms this evening. In Regina, the thunderstorms could […]

ESTEVAN – The provincial government says the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS) is making significant progress towards becoming operational by the end of 2026, and it has its new deputy chief marshal – Estevan Police Chief Richard Lowen. Lowen officially started as Estevan’s police chief in September 2021. He began his career with the Winnipeg Police Service […]

SASKATCHEWAN — Summer storm season has arrived, evidenced by several weather incidents across the province in June, including tornado warnings in southeastern Saskatchewan June 12. Being proactive rather than reactive is important to helping your family in case of a severe weather occurrence and resulting emergency situations. One way to stay in the know is […]

Three people are facing charges, after what police are calling an attempted “home invasion” This happened Saturday night in the 800 block of Robinson Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Regina. Witnesses saw several people trying to force their way into a home, and some of the people appeared to have weapons. The assailants […]

A man’s routine drive to Saskatchewan from Ontario took an unexpected turn after his GPS took him on a “shortcut” through the US, resulting in him being charged with drug offences when border officers found drugs. The 57-year-old wasn’t familiar with Sault St. Marie and found himself on the international bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, […]

Three people fled from police and took officers on a pursuit that resulted in their vehicle being slowed down with a tire deflation device, only for the suspects to continue driving on its rims until it stopped in a grassy field and the suspects fleeing on foot down a heavily-brushed hill toward a slough. Officers […]