The Regina Urgent Care Centre will be operating on reduced hours this weekend due to physician availability.

According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), the centre will operate from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, returning to its regular hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday.

Those experiencing medical emergencies are advised to contact 911 or go to the ER at the Regina General Hospital or Pasqua Hospital.

Patients can either call HealthLine 811, visit a walk-in clinic, or connect with their pharmacy for non-emergency medical care, the SHA said.

It’s a medical milestone for Saskatchewan; this week, Saskatchewan completed its first ever robot-assisted epilepsy surgery.

On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Royal University Hospital (RUH) announced that the newly installed Robotic Stereotactic Assistance (ROSA) at RUH had successfully performed a stereotactic epilepsy surgery.

Prior to the installation of ROSA, patients needing this procedure needed to travel out of the province.

Dr. Amit Persad this will drastically improve the level of diagnostic care for patients.

“It feels great,” he told CTV on Friday.

“I would say that there isn’t such thing as a comprehensive epilepsy centre in the developed world that does this without having a robot. It’s sort of something that’s mandatory to be able to offer this service to patients.”

The ROSA unit is the culmination of a $1.2 million fundraising campaign, by the RUH Foundation. It received a donation of $700,000 from the Belsher family.

As a result, the ROSA unit was named Erin in honour of Merlis Belsher’s granddaughter.

“The introduction of the ROSA robotic system, Erin, is an exciting advancement that reflects what is possible when clinical expertise, innovation, and community support come together,” said SHA CEO Andrew Will in a news release.

“This technology advances epilepsy care in our province and strengthens our ability to provide comprehensive treatment close to home. We are deeply grateful to RUH Foundation and the many donors whose support made this possible.”

The SHA said epilepsy can place major limits on independence, employment, driving and daily life.

The announcement was made on Purple Day – a global day for epilepsy awareness. According to the SHA, 12,000 people in Saskatchewan are living with epilepsy.

The SHA said the ROSA system will make things easier for patients and neurosurgeons alike.

ROSA helps surgeons place between 16 and 22 depth electrodes within the brain in a three-hour session, compared to just three or five in about eight or nine hours. This aids surgeons in decision-making and understanding where the seizures begin in the brain.

“This neurosurgical robot will improve outcomes for patients living with epilepsy who can now access safer, shorter and more precise surgeries, with quicker recovery times, closer to home,” said Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill in a news release.

Heckling during debate has become a distraction for some in the Saskatchewan legislature.

Speaker Todd Goudy is expressing frustration. This week, he scolded MLAs on both sides of the aisle, and threatened to kick out those who continued this behaviour.

On Thursday, he specifically called out NDP MLA Meara Conway

“It needs a serious answer. Are you able to keep your comments to yourself?” he asked.

“I’ll do my best, Mr. Speaker. A lot of people talking in here today. I don’t know why you’re addressing me specifically,” Conway replied.

“Well from my seat I can hear all the voices in the place. There are a few that are outspoken,” Goudy said.

NDP MLA Aleana Young said it’s hard to be silent.

“We’re not allowed to stand up and say those guys are lying. I can say it out here and I will say it to the people in the province. They lie day after day after day to you. Are we frustrated with that? You bet. Will we continue to be frustrated? You bet,” she said.

In a written response, the government said, “The legislature should be a place of debate, not hate. Unfortunately, the NDP does not appear to agree.”

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe shared his thoughts on the matter.

“I think we should not hate the people that we disagree with. I think we should respect those differences, Mr. Speaker,” he said.

It’s a decades old battle between opposing parties in the legislature that is showing no signs of abating.

Regina residents against Canada’s largest purpose-built Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre took part in a letter writing campaign on Saturday, one of several in person events to push back against construction.

Concerned citizens feel as though there has been a lack of transparency from Bell Canada, the company which will own the centre. They’re also concerned about water and power safety, along with data safety.

“There are still many things that are unanswered regarding this,” said Jay-Jay Bigsky, a concerned citizen, and organizer of the letter distribution. “We’re speaking, we’re gathering. But it feels like we’re not being heard.”

Along with fellow citizens, Bigsky says they’ve been calling and writing emails to get the word out about the centre. The group also created a petition in mid-February, which has just under 1,900 signatures as of Saturday afternoon.

The 300-megawatt project will have phase one built in the rural municipality of Sherwood at the end of the year, near Regina. This phase will incorporate the first 200 megawatts.

The second phase of the project will be in late 2027, including the construction of the last 100 megawatts.

Though the construction of this project was revealed in mid-February, Bell CEO Mirko Bibic officially announced the plans for the centre on March 16 in Regina.

Saskatchewan’s Minister of Crown Investments Corporation Jeremy Harrison said that the province is ready for the challenge.

“We are really in a unique position to actually [be able to] allocate power for projects, whether it be uranium mines ... or whether it be a new potash mine, whether it be a copper mine, we are in that unique position to be able to partner with Bell on a project like this,” Harrison said at the official announcement.

Bigsky said a data centre in the province is going to be harmful, no matter where it is placed. With the rise of AI usage across the globe, Bigsky describes it as “the new tech craze”.

“We came and passed through NFTs and passed through bitcoins,” he said. “This is just the latest trend of a very grubby money making scheme that has put many communities at risk, many people at risk. It is not part of the community; it is not of the people. It is of the ruling minority, against the working majority.”

The provincial government says the new centre is expected to create more than 800 jobs during construction and at least 80 full-time on-site positions once completed.

The group is expected to protest on April 18 outside of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.

As the conflict in the Middle East reaches the one-month mark, a retired Canadian military expert says the United States underestimated Iran in this war.

“The U.S. did not expect this,” Maj.-Gen. (Ret’d) David Fraser, who led NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2006, told CTV News Channel on Saturday.

“The fact that they’re talking about adding Marines (and) there’s 10,000 more ground troops getting ready to go over there — this is not part of the original plan. I think the U.S. underestimated Iran.”

Fraser says the U.S. did not anticipate the impact this war would have on the Strait of Hormuz — one of the most important oil check-points in the world that has closed as a result of the war, impacting global oil prices.

Over 3,000 people have been killed in the war in the Middle East.

On Saturday, around 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the Middle East in addition to two aircraft carriers, numerous warships and nearly 50,000 troops that are already in the region.

The same day, Yemen’s Houthis claimed a missile launch on Israel.

Fraser says this is a significant development in the Middle East conflict.

“That’s more air defence that the U.S. and Israel have to defend against, including regional countries,” he said.

“It’s yet another complexity of this war that just seems to be getting messier and messier by the day.”

Although the attack targeted Israel, Fraser says the missiles could have gone to any neighbouring countries, which could add pressure to the U.S. military, who have already seen over 300 U.S. service members wounded since the start of the war.

“The (U.S.) is going to divert assets down into Yemen to go find the Houthis missiles and start striking them, and that takes away from what the (U.S.) is doing in Iran and elsewhere,” Fraser said.

“It’s another stretching of the American resources, and they’re pulling in still more patriot batteries from elsewhere to try to bolster up the air defence.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday at an investment forum in Miami that he was disappointed with NATO’s lack of support in the war, calling it a “tremendous mistake.”

Trump stated that the U.S. has spent billions of dollars protecting NATO countries, and that due to their lack of support for the U.S. in the war, the U.S. may not protect NATO countries moving forward.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are talks that some NATO members could be part of a joint effort to ensure movement through the Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire, following earlier remarks that Canada will not participate in the war.

However, Fraser says Trump refused to collaborate with NATO countries before the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on Feb 28.

“NATO was never informed or asked to participate,” Fraser said. “When they were asked, it was a demand, it was a threat and the (U.S.) president continues to threaten NATO.”

“This is a very angry, demanding president. It doesn’t matter what we do, it’s never enough and we should expect that he’s always going to cast aspersions on us and use his office to try to haul an organization so he can split us and create more power for himself.”

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has launched a National Board of Investigation after a man serving time for manslaughter escaped from Saskatchewan Penitentiary by allegedly impersonating another inmate.

In an update Thursday, CSC said preliminary findings from an internal review point to “possible procedural errors” in how the incident was handled.

Keiston Custer, 30, escaped custody on Feb. 20 while being transported by correctional officers from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.

Custer was serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter, use of a firearm, rioting, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

CSC says he may have impersonated another offender with the same last name who was scheduled for release that day.

Custer was arrested without incident by Prince Albert police on March 4. He now faces additional charges related to the escape and has been placed under heightened security.

The employees who were involved in the incident are currently on administrative leave pending the results of a disciplinary investigation.

CSC says it has already implemented changes to its inmate release verification procedures.

The Board of Investigation (BOI) will include three members reviewing both the escape and the response, with one member coming from outside the agency.

Not to be outdone, provincial correctional officials in Prince Albert disclosed a similar erroneous release on the very day that Custer was apprehended.

Dagan McKenzie was released in error from the Prince Albert Correctional Centre on March 4 and remains at large.

Five people are facing drug trafficking charges after the Weyburn Police Service (WPS) intercepted a vehicle entering the city early Wednesday morning.

A traffic stop conducted by the WPS Drug Enforcement Unit with support from the service’s Patrol Division around 1:30 a.m. on March 25, led to the arrest of all five people inside the vehicle for possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Officers seized 13.6 grams of fentanyl, six cellphones, a pair of brass knuckles, $105 in cash, and drug paraphernalia.

A subsequent search of the vehicle and a residence in Weyburn uncovered additional drugs, weapons, and equipment used in trafficking. From the vehicle, police recovered a paint can with a false bottom, 14 grams of fentanyl, 27.4 grams of cocaine, 27.7 grams of methamphetamine, knives, a collapsible baton, a taser, digital scales, and drug paraphernalia.

The search of the home yielded a machete, collapsible baton, imitation revolver, digital scales, four cellphones, drug paraphernalia, score sheets, and three high-value tools believed to be stolen from a CP Rail truck.

Altogether, police say the seizures included 27.6 grams of fentanyl with a street value of $11,000, 27.4 grams of cocaine valued at $4,500, and 27.7 grams of methamphetamine worth $1,600.

As a result of the investigation, multiple individuals from Weyburn, aged 22 to 52, have been charged with various drug and weapons offences, including possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

Several were also charged with possession of weapons, possession of property obtained by crime, and failing to comply with court conditions.

Later the same day, police responded to a possible break-in at a related residence and arrested two more individuals, aged 32 and 44, who now face break-and-enter charges.

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Enforcement Response Team (SERT), with assistance from White Butte RCMP, have arrested a man following the seizure of drugs and a prohibited firearm at a Regina home.

Officers executed a search warrant at a property on Gordon Road on March 9th to search the home and a vehicle which led to the seizure of 182 grams of cocaine, 520 grams of fentanyl, 748 grams of methamphetamine, a prohibited firearm and magazine, ammunition, cash, and drug-trafficking paraphernalia.

A 21-year-old Regina man was arrested and charged with multiple counts including trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, and several firearm-related offences.

He appeared in Regina Provincial Court on March 23, 2026.

Saskatchewan RCMP says its SERT team continues to investigate.

EVO Radio Network – Scheduled Maintenance Notice

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