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Warm weather and drier conditions helping Sask. producers - and their crops - catch up
Warm weather over the past week has helped Saskatchewan farmers get back into the fields in many parts of the province and helped speed up crop development, but the high humidity has also created favo...
Jul 23, 2026 Over the weeks ahead, the ministry said farmers will be busy spraying fungicides, haying and preparing equipment for harvest. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police briefs: Assault suspects and teen wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested
Saskatoon police made several arrests this month, including a teen suspect wanted in another province and two suspects in local assaults. A 16 year old wanted on a Canada-wide warrant by police in Que...
Jul 23, 2026 Saskatoon police were able to arrest a 16-year-old boy wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in relation to a case in Montreal. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. RCMP call centre received 422,274 calls for service in 2025, a 15 per cent jump over 2024
RCMP officers in Saskatchewan had a busy year in 2025, fielding 15 per cent more calls than they did in 2024. The Saskatchewan RCMP call centre received 422,274 calls for service last year, the federa...
Jul 23, 2026 The Saskatchewan RCMP said it fielded 422,274 calls for service in 2025. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyone is waiting to see how the team balances the difficult aspects of the weekend's...
Jul 23, 2026
Sarah Mills: History revealed in Ireland could teach Canada a lesson
Infant bodies have been excavated from a mother-and-baby institution near Galway. Sarah Mills says it shows a difficult history can be uncovered with respect, care and compassion. The Mills Minute is ...
Jul 23, 2026
Sask. RCMP briefs: Woman killed in ATV rollover, man injured in armed robbery
An 18-year-old woman is dead after an ATV rollover on Canoe Lake Cree First Nation - 130 kilometres north of Meadow Lake - on July 21. According to Beauval RCMP, the woman, from Canoe Lake Cree First ...
Jul 22, 2026 The woman was a passenger on an ATV that was involved in a rollover on Canoe Lake Cree First Nation. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. beekeepers warn 50 per cent U.S. tariffs could shut down key export market
For Saskatchewan beekeepers, the hum of the hive is only one part of the season's work. Behind every jar of honey is a global market that determines whether producers can cover their costs, maintain t...
Jul 22, 2026 Simon Lalonde, president of Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission, said a 50 per cent U.S. tariff on Canadian honey could force producers to find new markets or face declining prices. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Saskatoon cops seize meth, fentanyl, weapons and Corvette during drug investigation
Police in Saskatoon seized drugs, weapons and a sports car during an investigation last week. According to police, a drug trafficking investigation wrapped up on Friday with the arrests of a 46-year-o...
Jul 22, 2026 Police said officers seized a 1972 Corvette, a “high-value bottle of Scotch,” methamhetamine, fentanyl, a fake gun, a conducted-energy weapon, a butterfly knife, brass knuckles and a “blunt weapon.” (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 people
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to new official data, a grim toll in what has already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history,...
Jul 22, 2026 A health worker stands at an ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Congo, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)
Two dead in fatal crash last week: Sask. RCMP
A Saskatoon motorcyclist and a senior from Outlook are dead after a crash on Highway 219 that happened last week. Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release on July 20 that the crash happened on July 16...
Jul 22, 2026 Saskatchewan RCMP responded to a crash involving a car and a motorcycle last week that claimed two lives. (650 CKOM file photo)
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