Regina Public School Board votes to keep police in schools following review | 1 person injured after fire at Regina encampment | Prince Albert, Sask., man desperate to bring wife and kids home from Gaza amidst ongoing war
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
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Regina Public School Board votes to keep police in schools following review; Regina public school board trustees voted six to one Tuesday night to continue with its 43-year-old school resource officer program\.

Regina Public School Board votes to keep police in schools following review

October 18 , 2023 • 01:36 PM CST

Regina Public School Board trustees voted 6-1 Tuesday night to continue with the 43-year-old school resource officer program, keeping police officers in schools across the city.

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1 person injured after fire at Regina encampment; The Regina Fire and Protective Services \(RFPS\) says it responded to reports of smoke and flames in the Heritage Neighbourhood at 12:39 Tuesday afternoon\.

1 person injured after fire at Regina encampment

October 18 , 2023 • 05:27 PM CST

A fire at an encampment east of downtown Regina early Tuesday afternoon left one individual seriously injured, the city's fire department says. The fire was the second in roughly a year at the same spot.

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Prince Albert, Sask., man desperate to bring wife and kids home from Gaza amidst ongoing war; Palestinians stand by the building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah in Gaza\.

Prince Albert, Sask., man desperate to bring wife and kids home from Gaza amidst ongoing war

October 18 , 2023 • 03:30 PM CST

Abdullah Suliman, a recent Canadian citizen living in Prince Albert, Sask., has struggled to sleep at night, worried about the safety of his wife and four kids locked in Palestinian territory during the Israeli-Palestinian war.

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Saskatoon residents mourn family of 4 killed in semi, SUV collision; Saskatoon residents are mourning Sashawna and Karl Miller, as well as their daughter Kalani and son Kaiden\. The family of four was killed in a two vehicle collision Sunday evening\.

Saskatoon residents mourn family of 4 killed in semi, SUV collision

October 17 , 2023 • 12:53 PM CST

Friends and co-workers of a Saskatoon family killed in a two-vehicle collision Sunday night say they will be missed.

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Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation declares state of emergency due to an increase of violence; Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has had an increase in violence within the community, after the death of a17 year old, the leaders decided to declare a state of emergency\.

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation declares state of emergency due to an increase of violence

October 18 , 2023 • 05:01 PM CST

Chief Karen Bird said the community decided to declare a state of emergency due to community concerns and to get support from the federal government.

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How discriminatory immigration policies led Chinese families to hold onto secrets; George Wong was one of thousands of Chinese immigrants who faced discriminatory policies when he came to Canada in the early 1900s\.  

October 18 , 2023 • 02:00 AM CST

How discriminatory immigration policies led Chinese families to hold onto secrets

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Sask. says parents should know when children transition. One family says their story proves this wrong; Renn Roberts opened up about their transition to a teacher before their parents\. On Tuesday they walked out of their classes at Balfour Collegiate in Regina to protest a legislation that would enshrine a policy that would stop that from happening for other youth in the province\.  

October 17 , 2023 • 05:40 PM CST

Sask. says parents should know when children transition. One family says their story proves this wrong

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Sask. experts urge public to get flu, COVID shots despite vaccine fatigue; A nurse provides a COVID-19 vaccination to a child in Vancouver, British Columbia in fall 2022\.  

October 18 , 2023 • 05:00 AM CST

Sask. experts urge public to get flu, COVID shots despite vaccine fatigue

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Sask. asks court to penalize Anishinabe man over published jail videos experts say show torture; Matthew Michel is shown at the Saskatoon home he grew up in on June 5, 2023, the day he was released from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre\. Michel says his early interactions with the juvenile corrections system, including his time spent in a restraining device known as the Wrap, had a traumatic, lasting impact on him\.  

October 18 , 2023 • 02:00 AM CST

Sask. asks court to penalize Anishinabe man over published jail videos experts say show torture

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Israel says it will let food, water and medicine into southern Gaza via Egypt; FILE PHOTO: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians, wait for the reopening of the Rafah crossing at the Egyptian side, to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 17, 2023\.   

October 18 , 2023 • 05:43 PM CST

Israel says it will let food, water and medicine into southern Gaza via Egypt

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October 18 , 2023 • 03:11 PM CST

Federal government isn't saying who it thinks was behind Gaza hospital blast

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October 17 , 2023 • 10:13 AM CST

Sask. government to require elementary and high schools across the province to fly provincial flag

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October 16 , 2023 • 04:35 PM CST

Sask. teachers' union declares bargaining impasse, says gov't refuses to address 'pressing issues'

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October 14 , 2023 • 01:00 AM CST

Richmound, Sask., begins weekend-long protest to urge QAnon cult to leave village

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October 16 , 2023 • 02:00 AM CST

Corn, coconut, cucumbers: 'There's no end to what you can do in beer'

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