Drew Postey

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Drew Postey

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency plans to test the province’s emergency alert system Wednesday afternoon. The test is scheduled to take place at 1:55 p.m. and will appear on televisions, radios and compatible cell phones. Residents with compatible cell phones should expect to hear an alert noise when the test is conducted. Officials say testing the alert system is part of standard procedure each year to ensure immediate warnings can be communicated to the public.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Drew Postey

Regina police have charged two men and are looking for a third after approximately $30,000 worth of trading cards and memorabilia were stolen from a home in the city’s southeast. Officers were called to a residence on the 0 block of Michener Drive around 7:45 p.m. on April 6 for the report of a break and enter and were told that two individuals broke into the home and stole the collection, a Regina police news release said.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Drew Postey

Saskatchewan RCMP says officers are on the scene of a serious collision at the intersection of Highways 35 and 56 on the outskirts of Fort Qu’Appelle on Tuesday afternoon. RCMP said the area will be closed to traffic for an undetermined amount of time, adding that detours are in place and drivers in the area should expect delays. “As this investigation is in preliminary stages, we do not have additional details to share at this time,” RCMP said in a news release.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Drew Postey

The province says it is expanding its infant RSV immunization program to include all babies born one month before and during RSV season, which typically runs from Oct. 1 to March 31. The province said under its new plan, every baby born in Saskatchewan during that time will be able to get the publicly funded immunization at the time of their birth with parental consent.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Drew Postey

The Saskatchewan RCMP says its detachment phone lines are experiencing issues and not working Tuesday. RCMP say 911 services are not impacted by the outage. When a person calls an RCMP detachment phone number they may hear a busy signal, a news release said. RCMP said for emergencies call 911 and for a nonemergency call 310-RCMP. “For all administrative-related calls, please refrain from calling 911 or 310-RCMP if your matter is noturgent in nature, the release said.