Regina Leader-Post
`A MOST DIFFICULT CASE'
The man convicted of murdering Misha Pavelick was not sentenced as an adult for the 2006 offence, despite the Crown's assertion that he should be. Instead, he was given a youth sentence of seven years, with four to be served in custody and three under...
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Sask. cities buck trend of lower rental costs in Canada
New data from Statistics Canada has revealed current average asking rents across the country's metropolitan areas and, in good news for renters, prices have decreased in the first quarter of 2026. Just not in Saskatchewan's two biggest cities. The...
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NEW-LOOK RIDERS WIN
The Saskatchewan Roughriders kicked off the 2026 CFL season in dramatic fashion with a comeback win over the B.C. Lions. And while the Green and White admittedly weren't perfect in the 31-27 victory on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium, there's lots to like...
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`We need to review the organization of the SPSA'
Saskatchewan's minister of community safety admits the agency responsible for fighting wildfires needs to improve in the future, after a report reviewing last summer's response was released. “We have to do better. We're acknowledging that,” said...
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`DISAPPOINTED AND DISENGAGED'
The Canadian Football League has approved many changes recently to attract new fans and broaden the appeal of the game. But will what some call the Americanization of the CFL alienate longtime fans? Riders season ticket-holder Ron Podbielski offers his...
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STORMY FORECAST
A government meteorologist says she's confident Saskatchewan will be in for more severe weather after hail, high winds and tornadoes battered parts of the province this week. “We're right in the heart of severe weather season,” said Environment and...
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`A billion-dollar problem': forum to address nursing turnover in province
Saskatchewan should be paying attention to the drain that constant turnover is having on the nursing sector and health-care system, says a Regina consultant. That's why Raelynn Douglas has helped organize the Saskatchewan Nursing Retention Forum,...
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The fastest growing market for Canada's canola is energy
Canadian oil refineries are quietly pivoting to an unlikely raw material for diesel. It's unnoticeable for anyone at the gas pumps, but some of what powers diesel engines nowadays is derived from canola. Seeds from the yellow flowering crop are...
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REGINA MAN TAKES A MODERN
Matthew Wesley distributes granola bars in the Heritage area recently. Wesley, a reformed drug addict who now works as a subcontractor, regularly distributes pantry items to the city's unhoused. Sometimes he posts his interactions to 50,000-plus...
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New exhibit shows the aftermath of a wildfire
In the heart of a new art exhibition on display at the Saskatchewan legislature is a pair of small, carved Inuit statues that are scuffed with burn marks. Jan Modler and Greg East aren't sure when they collected them. They do know that both were...
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New `floating wetland' installation just ducky for city's storm ponds
The City of Regina has started to place floating treatment wetlands in some of its retention ponds as part of a new clean-water environmental health initiative. “Projects like this help support healthier ecosystems and more sustainable neighbourhoods...
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Farmers take pulse of India trade deal
Saskatchewan farmers are waiting to see whether key agricultural exports to India will continue to face a 30 per cent tariff, or if the duties will disappear under an upcoming free trade deal between Canada and the South Asian economy. India's High...
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PICKLEBALL PACKS UP
Players enjoy one of the last games at the 16-court Queen City Pickleball Hub in the Canada Centre Building in the REAL District. The hub was due to close after hosting the provincials on the weekend. The owners hope to open a new, smaller facility in...
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MOURNING THE GROUNDING OF A HOMETOWN BEACON
Roger Blager, president of the Moose Jaw Flying Club, says the Snowbirds are “part of who we always have been.” Moose Jaw is mourning the grounding of the jet aerobatics team, which has been its heart and soul for decades.
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`We're not going to stop asking'
When Kerry Benjoe realized a Regina police officer had accessed internal police files about her, she reported it. Former Regina Police Service Sgt. Robert Semenchuck was charged with and convicted of breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer....
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BEATING THE HEAT
Children made good use of the outdoor spray pad at the Sandra Schmirler Leisure Centre as temperatures hit the low 30s C. The heat wave has triggered the city's extreme heat response, meaning cooling locations and water refill stations are open. See...
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WIEBE LEADS THE WAY
Roughriders receiver Daniel Wiebe greets fans after CFL pre-season action in Saskatoon on Saturday. It was a triumphant return for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies alumnus, as Wiebe caught the game-winning touchdown in a 31-27 victory over...
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Here's what an excise duty has to do with beer
The federal government recently announced it is extending some financial relief for Canadian brewers, winemakers and distillers by maintaining temporary measures that charge producers less duty. But what exactly is an excise duty and what does the...
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THE RUN OF HER LIFE
Megan Wotherspoon, a Saskatoon teacher and runner, plans to run approximately 1,500 kilometres across the province to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada as she turns 38 — that's the age her mother, Louise Tokaruk, was when she...
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BRING ON THE SEASON
Defensive lineman Devin Adams, centre, shows his enthusiasm during Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, where the Riders will play their second pre-season game Saturday against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Final year for Snowbirds in Tutors
This will be the final season for the iconic Tutor jets flown by the Canadian Snowbirds air demonstration team. Federal Defence Minister David Mcguinty made the announcement from the Snowbirds' home base at 15 Wing Moose Jaw on Tuesday morning. The...
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RIDERS DROP OPENER
The Stampeders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 20-15 in pre-season CFL action Monday at Mcmahon Stadium in Calgary. The defending Grey Cup champion Roughriders sat more than a dozen regular starters for the game.
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Handwritten messages on paper hearts honour victims of interpersonal violence
Paper hearts flutter on strings tied between trees as a warm breeze blows through Regina's Victoria Park. With names penned on them, they could be mistaken for Valentine's Day cards, but that occasion happened months ago. “Mom.” “Dad.” Bathed in...
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PRAIRIE HOMECOMING
Almost three decades after leaving Saskatchewan in search of a brighter future in eastern Canada, Rob O'flanagan moved back and found a new version of his beloved home province. This one had undergone an economic transformation and was stronger and...
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SHE'S GOT GAME
Hayley Gibson is the first player from Saskatchewan to land a spot on the Team Canada women's roster for the annual Slo-pitch Border Battle against Team U.S.A. “It's kind of cool that we can put Sask. on the map,” the Saskatchewan Raiders slugger tells...
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SUMMER OF SAFETY
Amphibious Response Support Unit rescue swimmer Wesley Pierce displays a drysuit on a rescue boat during an event outside the legislature promoting Safe Boating Awareness Week. Search and rescue teams are reminding local boaters to always put safety...
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DRILL, BABY, DRILL
Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Darrell Henderson Jr. leads a drill during training camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.
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What to know about summer construction, traffic delays
Regina's construction season is back in full swing, which means as temperatures rise, so do the number of streets with those familiar orange “road work ahead” warning signs. Deputy manager of city operations Kurtis Doney says motorists can expect the...
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`BRILLIANT ... DEVASTATING'
The Regina Urgent Care Centre is expected to be followed by five more like it across the province. Yet one union official says the UCC is a `brilliant' idea for the public but `devastating' for health-care workers. Darrell Davis takes an in-depth look.
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Ex-sask. NDP MLA says Beck reason for leaving
Saskatoon Centre MLA Betty Nippi-albright said she decided to leave the Saskatchewan NDP after the party's leader told her not to release a report on the province's Compassionate Intervention Act. Although Carla Beck opposed the law that supports...
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Henry's Law to `protect' children
Saskatchewan is strengthening regulations around carbon monoxide detection to ensure every suite in a multi-unit residential building is equipped with an alarm. Government Relations Minister Eric Schmalz announced the amendment to Saskatchewan's...
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COURTROOM COMEDY
Braiden Houle demonstrates a scene from the play Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer at the Globe Theatre. The play, which runs until May 17, uses irreverence to address land rights issues. Houle is playing the main character, Little Red Warrior.
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Annual downtown event marks Red Dress Day
kīwetīn-noodīn kā-nīpawit said a number of people were in his thoughts as he walked through downtown Regina during the Nēwo-yōtina Friendship Centre's MMIWG2S+ Gathering and Smudge Walk. Two years ago, he was with his relatives when they learned that...
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WHAT'S THE REAL DEAL?
Brandt Group CEO Shaun Semple speaks during a city council meeting regarding his $6.5-million offer to buy seven facilities operated by Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. Semple says his offer for the `bad assets' is like the city winning the lottery.
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Drug crisis affecting kids: advocate
Saskatchewan's Advocate for Children and Youth is warning about the impact of the toxic drug crisis on children's safety, and calling for improvements in case management compliance to serve the younger population. The concerns were outlined Wednesday...
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Sherwood municipal office spray-painted with anti-ai graffiti
Police are investigating after the Rural Municipality of Sherwood office in Regina was vandalized with anti-artificial intelligence graffiti over the weekend. CBC Saskatchewan reported that several phrases including “F-k AI let's riot” and “hear us”...
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Teen gets three-year max manslaughter sentence for his role in CTK killings
A teen from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation received the maximum allowable youth sentence in a Regina court Friday after pleading guilty to four counts of manslaughter. Still, the three-year sentence means he will spend fewer years behind bars than the...
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Brandt offers to help bail out REAL
The City of Regina is considering an offer to sell a portion of REAL District in a $6.5-million deal that would provide financial relief for its struggling operator. City administration announced at a news conference on Friday that it has negotiated a...
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SUNNY, SNOWY SPRING
From 0 C to 20 C and back again. Coming off last week's spring storm, Regina residents enjoyed sunny skies and warm weather on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. By Thursday, snow was falling on the city yet again — and Kayle Neis and Heywood Yu have the...
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Losco parents look to hold boiler maker accountable
Four months after 11-year-old Henry Losco died of carbon monoxide poisoning at his downtown Regina apartment, his parents hope to hold the manufacturer of the building's broken boiler responsible. On Dec. 19, Henry was one of two people left...
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Protesters shut out in Sherwood
Frustrated protesters were shut out of a public meeting where the Rural Municipality of Sherwood signed off on Bell Canada's proposed artificial intelligence data centre. More than 70 people amassed outside Sherwood's office — located on the edge of...
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PLAZA OF HONOUR
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have unveiled the latest class set to be inducted into the club's Plaza of Honour. Wide receiver Rob Bagg, offensive lineman Dan Clark and kicker Paul Mccallum are the three inductees set to be enshrined in October, as it...
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Solving the mystery of a soldier
Lynne Anderson loves a good mystery, especially when she has a hand in unravelling it. There was one worth pondering recently — a story, which ran in the Regina Leader-post and Saskatoon Starphoenix on Feb. 28, about a Great War soldier who posed for...
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A PERMANENT MEMORIAL
The sound of trains haunted Donuta (Donna) Lukomski for years. It reminded her of being deported from Poland during the Second World War. She was six years old when Soviet soldiers came to her family's door at 4 a.m. on Feb. 10, 1940. Her family was...
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Cabinet ministers get into SUMA'S bear pit session
Health care remains front of mind for a large number of municipal leaders who took the opportunity this week to press provincial ministers at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Regina. Premier Scott Moe and his...
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CALL TO THE HALL
Seven new inductees are set to be enshrined in the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as the Class of 2026. Making up this year's induction class in the athlete category is Humboldt's Brianne Theisen-eaton, Regina's Chris Getzlaf, Saskatoon's Cameron...
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Calls made for Sask. to rehire 126 PHR workers left jobless
One hundred and twenty-six employees no longer have jobs after last week's sudden closure of Prairie Harm Reduction, which operated a supervised consumption site, a drop-in centre and numerous support programs on Saskatoon's 20th Street West. Rachelle...
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FARMING FORECAST
A hay bale sits in a partially melted patch of ice in a farmer's field south of Saskatoon as the spring melt begins. According to a recent Statistics Canada survey, there could be less wheat, lentils, oats and dry peas planted this year but more canola...
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THE FINAL PHASE
A safety sign is posted near Cornwall Centre as the City of Regina begins the final phase of construction on its multi-year revitalization of 11th Avenue. The $10.1-million road revitalization plan was started in 2023. Larissa Kurz has the details.
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TELUS CUP BOUND
The Regina Pat Canadians are headed back to the Telus Cup. The defending Canadian champions clinched their latest berth in the national male under-18 AAA hockey championship on Sunday with a 5-1 decision over the Moose Jaw Winmar Warriors in the west...
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Helium company looking to liquefy
A private company that pulls helium gas from deep below the Earth's surface in Saskatchewan wants federal government financial support to build Canada's first liquefaction facility. Calgary-headquartered North American Helium, which started producing...
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DOOR-TO-DOOR'S LAST POST?
A Canada Post worker delivers mail along Lacon Street in Regina on Wednesday. Canada Post's plan to discontinue door-to-door delivery and close some rural offices could be the end of traditional mail service as we know it, says a vice-president of the...
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Emotions spill into sentencing hearing for the Misha Pavelick murder case
At trial, a jury heard about the depth of the wound that killed Misha Pavelick. On Tuesday, a Regina judge heard about the depth of the wounds that plague his family. A knife penetrated the 19-yearold's heart at an ill-fated campground party near...
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City hopes residents will be extra diligent in the battle against Dutch elm disease
The first warning that a tree may be infected with Dutch elm disease (DED) can start with one branch, says the City of Regina's manager of parks and technical services. “Leaves will start wilting, turning brown, and they'll hang on to the tree. They...
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Costly car repairs lead to proposed 7.6 per cent insurance hike, SGI says
Saskatchewan Government Insurance is attributing a proposed 7.6 per cent rate increase over the next two years to computerized car parts that have made vehicle repairs more expensive. “Inflation has driven up the cost of materials and labour required...
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RESEARCH FUNDING
Dr. Nathalie Reid, director of the U of R's Child Trauma Research Centre, announces a partnership with the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation. The centre will receive a $1.5-million grant for research into various areas linked to trauma.
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How city can fund library renewal
After breaking the news that the Regina Public Library's central branch renewal isn't likely to receive municipal funding any time soon, city administration has looked into other avenues to pay for it. Central Library's future fell into limbo last...
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FROM MENTOR TO MILAN
Cianna Murray is part of the Saskatoon Minor Hockey Association board mentoring female referees aged 14 to 30. She said her goal is now to help young female officials “grow in their careers” and one day have the experience — like she did in...
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Mom cries `happy tears' over fewer distracted driving tickets
Sandra Larose can't bring back her daughter after a fatal collision with a train in 2018, but she is trying to help save other parents from the same heartbreak. Larose, who's from Tyvan, has spent the past few years speaking to an estimated 50,000...
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Potash royalties expected to eclipse oil-sector earnings in the coming year
Saskatchewan's 2026-27 budget includes continued investment into critical mineral discovery while less revenue is anticipated from the oil sector. Royalty revenues from potash mining are expected to bring $940.9 million into provincial coffers in the...
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CHERISHING HIS TIME
Weeks after being released by the Roughriders, former longtime kicker Brett Lauther is still travelling around the province doing off-season community work in schools. “I think that would be probably one of the things I miss most, along with being in...
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Tariffs, volatility hit bottom line: Reiter
The Saskatchewan government is pointing to U.S. tariffs and market volatility as culprits after forecasting an $819-million deficit in its 2026-27 budget on Wednesday. Before delivering the budget, Finance Minister Jim Reiter spoke about the...
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Province forecasts $819.4M deficit
One year after presenting a barely balanced budget, the Saskatchewan government is projecting a deficit approaching $1 billion for 2026-27. The provincial budget tabled on Wednesday by Finance Minister Jim Reiter forecasts an $819.4-million deficit,...
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What can Saskatchewan residents expect in the 2026 provincial budget?
The main question around budget time — will there or won't there be a deficit? — has already been answered by Saskatchewan's premier and finance minister. What seemingly remains up in the air is what that number will be as Finance Minister Jim Reiter...
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HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY
Regina's Irish pubs and entertainers are gearing up for a St. Patrick's Day to remember. St. Paddy's festivities originated in Ireland with a feast to commemorate the country's patron saint, St. Patrick, according to the Irish government's website....
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HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT THE CITY
With Regina's taxpayers still reeling from a 10.9 per cent property tax increase that barely passed city council (6-5) three months ago, Mayor Chad Bachynski is inviting city residents to join him for casual coffee visits. They could talk about...
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A ROYAL WELCOME
King Charles III greets Sturgeon Lake First Nation Chief Christine Longjohn, who was among seven Saskatchewan chiefs at Buckingham Palace in London this week to meet the king and reaffirm the continued relationship with Treaty 6 First Nations.
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Double check your blue bin, city urges
The City of Regina is asking residents to double check what they're putting in their curbside recycling bins after the sorting process revealed a sharp rise in prohibited items. According to the city, 18 per cent of discarded material found in...
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Province touts health-care plan
The provincial government says its lengthy new healthcare plan will be a road map to put Saskatchewan patients first, though the Opposition NDP says it's virtually the same announcement as the Saskatchewan Party made more than a decade ago. “While we...
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Researchers trying to battle antibiotic-resistant diseases
Antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases are becoming one of the “most urgent health challenges of our time,” says a Regina researcher whose laboratory is at the national forefront of working toward a solution. Dr. Omar El-halfawy's lab at the...
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THE HOUSE IS NOW IN SESSION
After a three-month break, MLAS returned to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building this week. From the upcoming budget to important legislative motions, it promises to be a lively spring session. Nykole King has the details on what to expect.
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Saskatchewan extends post-secondary tuition support for Ukrainian students
Saskatchewan is extending its tuition support program for Ukrainian post-secondary students displaced by the war in their home country. “It honestly means a lot for me and the other students because we feel welcomed in this country, in this province,”...
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Pause to new band program urged
Regina Public Schools' new vision for its elementary band program is facing criticism from those who believe the change may actually reduce instruction instead of improving its delivery. The public school division recently announced that a revamped...
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Regina community rallies for grieving mom and dad
Few people in Regina knew the 11-year-old son of Marina Hills and Sergio Losco before he died of carbon monoxide poisoning less than a week before Christmas. The family had only lived in Regina for 17 days when a boiler failure in their Albert Street...
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