Saskatchewan News
The long-awaited look at Michael Jordan's last championship season with the Chicago Bulls is finally set for release.
ESPN and Netflix announced on Tuesday that the 10-part documentary series called "The Last Dance" will run in the U.S. over five consecutive Sunday nights starting April 19 and... Read more
The long-awaited look at Michael Jordan's last championship season with the Chicago Bulls is finally set for release.
ESPN and Netflix announced on Tuesday that the 10-part documentary series called "The Last Dance" will run in the U.S. over five consecutive Sunday nights starting April 19 and... Read more
Road safety advocates, including parents of Humboldt Broncos crash victims, are questioning the Saskatchewan government’s decision to relax rules for truckers.
We haven’t been here before and the situation demands bold action. The COVID-19 pandemic is truly novel; adjectives like unprecedented, unpredictable and unforeseeable are barely adequate to describe it. We will be challenged to respond in ways we couldn’t have imagined a few months ago.... Read more
Unifor Local 594, which represents workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex, says it is unable to accept the latest offer from the company.
OTTAWA - Canadian businesses desperate for details about the federal government's promised wage subsidy program will have to wait a little longer for answers.
On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his finance minister would lay out the details of the program during a briefing on... Read more
Jason Mohns is proving to be a chip off the old block.
The 38-year-old son of former CFL official Greg Mohns is blazing his own path as the head coach at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. The program lost in the 2019 state final after six straight title wins.
Heady... Read more
Jason Mohns is proving to be a chip off the old block.
The 38-year-old son of former CFL official Greg Mohns is blazing his own path as the head coach at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. The program lost in the 2019 state final after six straight title wins.
Heady... Read more
St. Louis Blues captain Alex Pietrangelo says teammate Jay Bouwmeester is in good health some seven weeks after having a cardioverter defibrillator implanted in his chest.
Pietrangelo said he and his teammates have occasionally stopped in to see Bouwmeester while the NHL is on hiatus because of the... Read more
The Unifor Local 594 bargaining committee says it will recommend the latest offer from the Co-op Refinery be rejected by its members.
Construction crews are repairing a portion of a waterline located in the east side of Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the guidelines aren’t meant to be unpredictable or arbitrary and values are applied consistently to patients needing care.
OTTAWA - The national organization that represents Inuit in Canada is calling for air transportation to be designated an essential service in Canada's 51 Inuit communities for the duration of the COVID-19 response.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says flights are the sole transportation for food... Read more
Lawyers for Greg Fertuck will apply to have him released on bail while he awaits trial on a first-degree murder charge related to the suspected death of Sheree Fertuck.
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - The wife of a northern Alberta man who died this week of complications due to COVID-19 says he will be remembered as a loving father and someone who cared for youth in his community.
Shawn Auger, who was 34, died Monday morning in hospital after he was diagnosed with the... Read more
Saskatchewan's oldest race weekend has been cancelled due to mounting concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read more
It was a hard decision, but one Melissa Bartzen doesn't regret.
Close to half of Saskatchewan businesses closed because of COVID-19 surveyed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) are worried they may not reopen when the pandemic ends.
Preventative warranty work will begin on Mosaic Stadium on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed past 3,500 Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count, as the deepening crisis in New York hit close to home for the governor when he disclosed, teary-eyed, that his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, has become infected.
"But there's a... Read more
Millions of masks and thousands of ventilators have been ordered by the federal government to shore up the national stockpile of supplies needed to treat and fight COVID-19.
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday the equipment will be added to the Canadian store of... Read more
RCMP say no one was injured when two members of a family and some people who tried to help fell through the ice at Regina Beach on Monday.
LOS ANGELES - The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood. And for the entertainment industry's many one-gig-at-a-time staff and freelance workers - a quarter-million... Read more
The union representing workers at provincially owned liquor stores has outlined new measures to keep employee and customers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial distracted the federal government from paying attention to the novel coronavirus as it reached the United States in January.
McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt... Read more
The City of Regina has begun work to repair a sinkhole that happened on McCarthy Boulevard on Friday. It's expected to be complete by the end of the week.
According to media reports, China has lifted its ban on Canadian canola.
On March 1, 2019, China suspended the export permit of Richardson International Ltd., blocking the Winnipeg-based company from sending canola shipments to Chinese markets.
That move — which was followed by bans against... Read more
We are seeing numbers of COVID-19 rise all over but not in Saskatchewan. It is because we are not testing. People are sick. Told to stay in isolation but are not tested due to a shortage of tests and labs. What... Read more
Regina police have charged a man with attempted murder following a stabbing on Sunday evening.
OTTAWA -- Governments must be as transparent as possible with Canadians about response measures for COVID-19, says former Liberal public safety minister Ralph Goodale.... Read more
Here is the latest information on COVID-19 for Regina and area for Tuesday, March 31.
OTTAWA - Hundreds of ventilators are now in production as part of the federal government's efforts to shore up national stockpiles of crucial equipment needed to fight COVID-19.
Thornhill Medical, a Toronto-based company, says it's making 500 ventilators that will arrive at hospitals and health-... Read more
A father whose son was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's worried Saskatchewan's move to relax some trucking rules during the COVID-19 outbreak may mean drivers will be pushed past their limits.... Read more
Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down near Tehran on January 8, 2020.
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are doing what they’re told to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and would support harsher measures to punish those who aren’t, a new poll suggests.
Of the 1,590 adults surveyed between March 27 and 29, the vast majority said they were practising social distancing (... Read more
Here is the latest coronavirus news in Saskatchewan from Tuesday, March 31. Please send questions or comments to adavis@postmedia.com.... Read more
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan has announced nearly $3 million in emergency COVID-19 relief funding for its communities.... Read more
For members of the U.S. Army Field Band, it has never been merely about the music. Yes, they wanted to please the ear, but they played for the Army. For America.
So earlier this month, when concert dates evaporated with the spread of COVID-19 and the band was ordered back to Fort George G. Meade in... Read more
As airport authorities across the country struggle with the response to COVID-19, the federal government has announced some relief for the Regina International Airport.
Scott Thomas is disappointed Saskatchewan is allowing commercial trucks hauling goods needed during COVID-19 outbreak to stay on the road longer than the maximum regulated hours.