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A rainfall warning for most of southern Saskatchewan has ended.

Regina, Moose Jaw, Moosomin, Indian Head, Fort Qu'Appelle and Broadview had all been under the warning since Sunday night.

Mike McDonald with Environment Canada says southern Saskatchewan was hit the hardest.

"For the southeastern part of the province not quite as much, about 10 more millimeters for the Last Mountain, Regina, Moose Jaw areas today. But they've had so much rain in the past 12 hours, any additional rain on saturated ground can cause some problems."

 Official residence move-in weekend at the University of Regina is on.

Over the next couple days, 1,200 people are expected to transport their lives and belonging to their new homes on campus.

University President Vianne Timmons says there is only room for 10 per cent of the student body to live in residence. This year, that housing option is at capacity.

A trough of low pressure over southern Saskatchewan is bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region Sunday evening.

Regina police are releasing more information after a single bone and other items were found near the train tracks off Pinkie Road west of Regina Saturday afternoon.

"Our forensic identification members contacted two experts to get opinion on the origin of the bone and each of those experts returned the opinion that the bone is not human,"said Elizabeth Popowich, spokesperson for the Regina Police Service.

The University of Saskatchewan is getting some international recognition for running clinical trials of a solar-powered toothbrush.

Dental students J.H. Lee and K.Y.J. Li won third place for a poster presentation at an international dental expo in Hong Kong. The project involved testing of the Soladey-J3X toothbrush, which converts solar energy into electrons that help to break up plaque. It's also more effective than a regular brush at reducing bleeding associated with gingivitis.

CAA Saskatchewan wants to remind people that safe highway driving not only saves lives; it can also save you some cash.

They say slowing down, driving less aggressively and regularly checking your vehicle means spending less money at the gas pumps.

Lisa Wilson-Sturm, director of corporate communications for CAA Saskatchewan, says they want to reverse some unsafe trends.

"The most recent statistics from 2008, you know there were 475 collisions over the Labour Day weekend, and that's 50 more than the weekend average for that year."

There's a safe, free way to get to all the post-Labour Day Classic celebrations throughout Regina.

Several community groups have coordinated a free shuttle service for the long weekend. Samantha Routely with Regina Downtown says if you see a yellow bus, you're in the right place.

"There are stops all over the city, including the warehouse district downtown, south, north and east of the city. Our Facebook page is SGI Safe Ride and you can take a look there at all the destinations."

Two Mounties racing to a call for help in North Battleford didn't make it to the scene.

Their police cruiser crashed with a car at an intersection on the way there just after 6 p.m. Saturday.

RCMP say it was a fully-marked police car and its lights and siren were on at the time.

The two officers and the driver and passenger in the other car were all treated in hospital for minor injuries and released.

No one's been charged, but the crash is still being investigated.