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NDP rejects SGI's proposed increases, advocates for cut rates for Sask. families at hearing
Saskatchewan NDP continued in their quest to cut driving insurance rates, rejecting SGI's proposed increases at the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel hearing Monday evening. Official opposition critic fo...
Aug 17, 2021 NDP MLA Aleana Young. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update July 30: 56 new cases, 22 recoveries, no new deaths
In its daily COVID-19 update on Friday, the province said there were 56 new cases in Saskatchewan. The new cases are located in the following zones: far northwest (eight), far north-central (one), far...
Jul 30, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Riders sell out first game back since 2019
A sea of green will wash over Mosaic Stadium next week. The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced their first game of the 2021 CFL season - a clash with the B.C. Lions on Aug. 6 - has officially been sol...
Jul 30, 2021 Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
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Kenosee Superslides closed for summer after permit denial
The owner of Kenosee Superslides thought everything was in order after his waterpark was inspected. "As the inspections were getting done, we were taking notes, we were talking to the inspectors. They...
Jul 29, 2021 Kenosee Superslides won't be opening this summer due to a denied permit application. (Kenosee Superslides/Facebook)
NDP leader cool to idea of third shots for travel
While the province has mused about giving third doses of COVID-19 vaccine to facilitate travel, NDP leader Ryan Meili says the government's priorities should be elsewhere. Speaking to reporters on Thu...
Jul 29, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Construction industry says speeding drivers common at work sites
The Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association (SHCA) says aggressive drivers are common within orange zones in the province. The industry association's president Shantel Lipp reacted to an incident ...
Jul 28, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Central Sask. to get some relief from wildfire smoke while heat warnings to expand
Some people living under a special air quality statement will be able to catch a breath of fresh air on Wednesday. Kayla Bilous, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says some wind will clear the ...
Jul 14, 2021 Wildfire near the community of Dillon in July of 2021. (Joe Chanalquay/Facebook)
Moe 'saddened' after church near Blaine Lake destroyed by fire
Premier Scott Moe said Friday he was "saddened and deeply concerned" by the destruction of a church in his constituency. A fire destroyed the Polish Roman Catholic Church near Redberry Lake on Thursda...
Jul 09, 2021 A historic former Roman Catholic church burned down east of the Battlefords on Thursday. (Lenore Swystun/Submitted)
A broken record: Sask. towns lose temperature honours to B.C. village
Yellow Grass and Midale once shared the record for the highest temperature in Canada, but now it's toast. The Saskatchewan towns set the mark July 5, 1937 with a temperature of 45 C, or 113 F. But aft...
Jun 28, 2021
95-year-old completes walk from Saskatoon to Regina
It wasn't always easy, but he did it. Frank Atchison celebrated turning 95 years old while completing his almost 300-kilometre walk from Saskatoon to Regina on Tuesday. Atchison had been walking from ...
Jun 15, 2021 Frank Atchison is walking from Saskatoon to Regina to raise money for the the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon and the Shriner’s Hospital in Montreal.
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