“We are grateful to Hospitals of Regina Foundation for this support. Their investment will benefit the people of Saskatchewan, including frontline healthcare providers, as we address potential new threats as Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research,” said VIDO director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts. This new funding will help expand VIDO’s infrastructure to develop new vaccines. With the addition of global scientific leaders and enhanced training, VIDO will be poised to lead Canada’s response to future pandemic threats. “We are pleased to be investing in this new vaccine centre in our province to support the research and development of a made-in Saskatchewan COVID-19 vaccine, as well as other vaccines that will positively impact the health of our southern Saskatchewan community and prepare our province for the next pandemic,” said HRF president and CEO Dino Sophocleous. “With what we’ve experienced over the past year and a half, this is a needed step in building our c
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Local filmmaker Lee Chambers is bringing his work home Filmmaker Lee Chambers is hosting a charity movie night on Thursday at the Moonlight Movies Drive-in theatre in Pilot Butte.
Author of the article: Greg Harder
Publishing date: Jun 22, 2021 • 3 days ago • 4 minute read • Filmmaker Lee Chambers stands on the grounds of the Moonlight Drive-in Theatre in Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan on June 16, 2021. Chambers has two films that will be showing Thursday night at the drive-in. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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By Alison Bradish
In 2013 the Santa Maria Foundation (SMF) was established to ensure seniors were not just getting the basics but a quality of life suited to their stage of life. Now they are on a mission to educate the greater community about why a foundation is necessary.
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home in Regina is a long-term facility that is part of Emmanuel Care, a group of Saskatchewan-based Catholic health organizations.
The care home was established in 1968 and was run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke. In 1986 ownership was transferred to the Archdiocese of Regina until 2012, when it became part of Emmanuel Care. The home has served seniors from all backgrounds, regardless of their faith.
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The final Z99 Radiothon hosted by CC (whose real name is Wayne Whitten) and Lorie Lindsay raked in $416,938 for Regina’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) this week.
The popular radio hosts took to the airwaves for 12 hours straight Thursday for the 34th annual fundraiser, held in studio this year instead of at the Cornwall Centre. The money raised will go to for Hospitals of Regina Foundation in support of the NICU, located in the Rawlco Centre for Mother Baby Care at the Regina General Hospital.
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