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Newo Yotina Friendship Centre approved as safe consumption site Only the second site in the province. The Newo Yotina Friendship Centre, located on the corner of Osler Street and 11th Avenue in Regina, has been given preliminary approval to become a new temporary safe consumption site within the province in the coming weeks. As it currently stands, Prairie Harm Reduction (formerly Aids Saskatoon) is the only site in Saskatchewan for safe consumption. The site comes during an overdose epidemic i...

The Cree nation north of Regina is using photo-billboards with short, seven-word phrases to remind its members to stay COVID-safe.

Fort QuAppelle council forms committee for art buildings future “They are going to discuss the issue at hand and hopefully amicably work towards a solution that’s agreeable to everyone.” Author of the article: Evan Radford Publishing date: Feb 26, 2021  •  February 26, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Fort QuAppelles QuAppelle Valley Centre for the Arts is a non-profit group that occupies and uses this building, which goes by the same name, in late February 2021. The buildin...

Article content Thanks to a recently passed multi-region ride-share bylaw, Uber can now take its foot off the brake and start doing pickups in rural areas and communities outside Regina. The app-based ride-share service announced on Friday last week it had obtained the necessary licence from the Rural Municipality of Edenwold, which had been spearheading the push for the collaborative-type bylaw last year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Uber ge...

Saskatchewan health officials made two changes to COVID-19 testing guidelines this week and both signal a concern for the potential threat variants pose to the province.

"Theres going to be a light at the end of tunnel, though, and I this is just the beginning of that," Kaleigh Aramenko said.

Article content WEYBURN — Slim and close-shaven with deep-set green eyes that reflect a struggle beyond his years, the middle-aged man describes the “sickness” that made him leave his home and head 90 minutes north to Regina. It was the day after Christmas. He went to the inner city, to find the fentanyl needed to get, in his words, “un-sick.” We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Overdose Spiral: Its a death sentence, says fentanyl user wor...

Article content WEYBURN — The first month of the new year didn’t leave Weyburn police members with much to celebrate; just a hard reminder of that city’s drug overdose issues. Three men overdosed on fentanyl in 36 hours. Two died. One was revived with a naloxone shot, but he didn’t want any other help. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Overdose Spiral: Not just a big city thing, say police as drug ODs on rise in Weyburn Back to video Chie...

In Part 1 of the three-part series, Overdose Spiral, a Swift Current mom shares her devastating story of loss in the provinces OD crisis.

As more cases of COVID-19 variants surface across Canada, Premier Scott Moe is urging Saskatchewan residents to avoid interprovincial travel and to get tested immediately after arriving home if they have to leave for essential reasons. “Our strong recommendation against out-of-province travel is due to the unnecessary risk that you put yourself in and your family in to exposure of COVID-19 variants in other areas of Canada,” Moe told reporters...