After close to 28 years as part of the Regina Police Service, Chief Evan Bray will be handing in his gun and badge. Bray announced earlier this year that it “felt like a good time” to retire. With June 30th marking his retirement, 620 CKRM sat down with Bray to discuss his nearly three-decade-long career. […]
The Regina Police Service is reminding residents to lock their doors and secure their valuables as break and enters, as well as thefts, are on the rise throughout the city. Over the past two months, the RPS has seen 80 breaks and enters into residences, garages, and sheds and 117 thefts from auto. Fifty-five per […]
Federal Natural Resource Minister Jonathan Wilkinson remains hopeful that Saskatchewan will work with the federal government on shared energy priorities. Wilkinson, who spoke at a Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce event in Regina on Wednesday, reiterated that he believes both sides can reach a middle ground after Ottawa and the province clashed over differing net-zero plans. […]
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a $1.58 billion surplus at the year-end of 2022-23. The province plans to use $1.5 billion of the surplus to pay its provincial operating debt, saving $66 million per year in estimated future interest costs. Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said the province experienced strong revenue from […]
Serious injuries were sustained to a 42-year-old Regina man Tuesday who apparently tried to stab himself while a search warrant of a home was being done through the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit. Prior to being taken into custody, the man took a knife from his drawer and made several stab wounds to his chest. […]
A report presented to the Regina Board of Police Commissioners showed that Regina Police Service officers had multiple occurrences of inappropriate uses of force for the first time since 2018. The board was presented the Use of Force Year-End 2022 report, which showed four instances where officers were deemed to have used an inappropriate amount […]
Saskatchewan RCMP has charged a 34-year-old concerning the death of Misha Pavelick. Pavelick was fatally stabbed on May 21, 2006, when a fight broke out at a long weekend high school grad party near Regina Beach. Sgt. Major Darryl Milo, the officer in charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP’s historical case unit, said after 17 years, […]
The Government of Saskatchewan announced a new joint-use elementary school that will house four schools in North Regina. The new school will be built on the existing Imperial Community School site and consolidate and replace St. Peter and St. Michael, Imperial and McDermid elementary schools. The new facility will have two elementary schools, one operated […]
Since 2020 there have been 39 homicides in the Queen City. Of those, just two have seen no charges brought forward, with 64 people charged concerning the other 37 homicides. The most recent case dates back to February of this year when a 36-year-old man in the Washington Park neighbourhood was deemed the first homicide […]
Regina city council is looking to put any “drama” behind them as council voted not to reprimand Councillor Dan LeBlanc and Andrew Stevens for their role in a December 2022 lawsuit against City Manager Nikki Anderson. Council would instead vote 7 to 2 to reiterate their disappointment over the lawsuit’s negative impact on the council’s […]
