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• CTV News Regina: Here's what's making headlines this Saturday

  Here’s a look at what’s making headlines in Regina this Sunday, with CTV News Regina’s 6 p.m. newscast pre-empted for NFL Playoffs.

  

• Has Canada really passed the Omicron peak? Experts optimistic but urging caution

  Canada's top doctor has said the latest wave of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant may have reached its peak. But while the modelling appears encouraging, experts say the news should be interpreted with cautious optimism.

  

• Programming error limited Sask. COVID-19 death, recovery reporting in January

  A programming error limited Saskatchewan COVID-19 death and recovered case data reporting in January, according to the Government of Saskatchewan.

• Fundraiser for rally to protest vaccine mandate on truckers exceeds $1.6M

  A movement, called Freedom Convoy 2022, is only a week old but the Alberta organizer of a fundraising campaign to support the event has raised more than $1.6 million for the effort.

• Sask. could hit record high COVID-19 hospitalizations in February: government modelling

  Saskatchewan could more than double its record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in February, according to government modelling that was leaked online earlier this week.

• 2 Canadian citizens killed in Mexico: Global Affairs

  Global Affairs Canada confirmed Saturday it is aware of the deaths of two Canadian citizens in Mexico, a day after local officials in the country reported a shooting at a resort near Playa del Carmen that also injured a third individual.

• Frozen smoothies recalled over cyanide poisoning concerns, reports of illnesses

  Evive Nutrition Inc. is recalling three batches of its Immunity Super Functional Smoothie due to the presence of raw elderberries, which could cause cyanide poisoning.

• Addictions centre receives approval to relocate to Regina

  The Pine Lodge Addictions Treatment Centre has been approved to relocate to a new home in North Central Regina.

• 'They're not forgotten': Memorial smudge walk honours lives lost to drug overdose and addiction

  Despite the cold, dozens of people gathered in the North Central neighbourhood on Friday afternoon for a smudge walk honouring Saskatchewan lives lost to overdose, addiction and mental illness.

• Northern Sask. residents asked to restrict non-essential travel

  Northern residents are being advised to avoid all non-essential travel out of the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District until the end of February to slow the spread of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Manitoba border deaths may be part of larger human smuggling operation: documents

  U.S. agents have launched an investigation into a larger human smuggling operation after a family of four froze to death while attempting to cross into the United States from Canada near Emerson, Man. during a blizzard.

• Sask. government contingency plan could redeploy provincial employees to healthcare system

  The provincial government is working on a contingency plan to redeploy civil servants into the healthcare system, as Omicron continues to spread.