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The Regina Police Service responded to a cluster of drug overdoses in the city that have resulted in the deaths of several people, according to officials. Over a 36-hour period starting just after midnight on Canada Day, police say they responded to seven overdoses. Six of the people died. “It’s at epidemic proportions at this time,” said Dean Rae, deputy…

One of the first things Charysse Cashmen noticed was her mother’s feet.  In the 53 days since Catherine Bourgeois arrived at the Outlook and District Health Centre, her feet had swollen and a fungal infection had begun on one foot. Cashmen would later learn the 95-year-old had only been bathed twice since she arrived. Cashmen and her daughter Jocelan Ireland say…

Clare's Law comes into effect Monday in Saskatchewan — the first jurisdiction in Canada to implement it. With the new legislation, police can warn people about a partner's violent past, though the RCMP has declined to participate for now, citing federal privacy laws and saying they are still trying to figure out how they can implement it. In the meantime, people in rural…

Tania Klyne is trained to administer Narcan — a life saving drug that can reverse an opioid overdose — and though she says she never expected to use that knowledge, she did so last Monday. Klyne is a volunteer with Queen City Patrol, a group that bills itself as a clean-up crew that removes drug paraphernalia and donates clothing, soup and coffee to people on…

Sandra Barker-Schmidt and her husband, Dean Schmidt, are grappling with a difficult question this fall: Should they send their daughter ​​Kidist to the same school where her older brother endured seemingly endless racist taunts before he died? It's where most of Kidist's friends will go, and switching schools would mean about a 45-minute commute to Regina every day.…