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Alberta man plans to pay off mortgage after winning $1,190,525 on Estevan VLT
An Alberta man says he plans to pay off his mortgage, improve his home and spend a lot more time with his family after winning nearly $1.2 million on a VTL jackpot in Estevan. According to the Western...
Oct 28, 2025 Cody Turcotte said he was left speechless when he saw the screen on the machine in Estevan, showing he’d won more than $1.1 million. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation/Submitted)
Murray Wood: The Grey Cup is coming to Saskatchewan... again!
It used to be that the CFL didn't believe Saskatchewan could pull off the big game, but Murray Wood says now it can't get enough of us, which may also say something about the state of the CFL in Easte...
Oct 28, 2025
Sarah Mills: A Grey Cup redo in Regina may be a good thing
Mosaic Stadium playing host to the Grey Cup for the second time in five years can only be a good thing for the province, and Sarah Mills says it also provides a chance to rectify things that didn't wo...
Oct 28, 2025
Green Zone Replay - Monday, Oct. 27
The Green Zone Replay - Oct. 27 2:35 - The Daily Blitz with Britton Gray Britton Gray recaps Saturday night's final Riders game of the season. Fans are still heated over the officials whistles and the...
Oct 27, 2025
Accounting firm MNP to conduct independent review of Saskatchewan's 2025 wildfires
Tax and accounting firm MNP will conduct an independent review of the devastating wildfires that displaced thousands of people in Saskatchewan this summer. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety ...
Oct 27, 2025 "We are committed to ensuring Saskatchewan communities are safe and secure by taking meaningful actions to learn from this unprecedented wildfire season," Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Tim McLeod said. (Buckland Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
Saskatoon police briefs: Officers bear sprayed while responding to robbery
Two people are facing charges after officers responding to an armed robbery call at a Saskatoon business were hit with bear spray on Sunday evening. According to police, officers were called to a busi...
Oct 27, 2025 According to police, the 52-year-old victim was inside his vehicle in the 400 block of Fairmont Drive at around 9 p.m. on Sunday, when a stranger approached him and tried to steal the vehicle. The man shot out the rear window after his attempt was unsuccessful, police said. (Saskatoon Police Service/Twitter)
Saskatchewan to host 114th Grey Cup in 2027
The biggest game in Canadian football will be back at Mosaic Stadium in 2027. Saskatchewan is set to host the 114th Grey Cup, CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston announced on Monday morning. The game wi...
Oct 27, 2025 Official plans for a filter centre, or one of the larger fallout shelters used to gather messages from the various smaller shelters and transfer them on to provincial and federal authorities. (Submitted photo/Andrew Burtch)
Murray Wood: Reflections on a weekend of sports, presidential tantrum and fall colours
Murray Wood says the Riders got robbed, while the Jays surprised the Dodgers and the experts. Meanwhile, he's not sure not even Donald Trump's tantrums could wreck a beautiful last weekend of October....
Oct 27, 2025
Sarah Mills: Reagan ad or no Reagan ad, Canada was always fighting a losing battle
Trade talk with the U.S. are off thanks to an Ontario government ad featuring a long-forgotten tariff speech by President Ronald Reagan, but Sarah Mills says Donald Trump was always playing games with...
Oct 27, 2025
U of S sets up new entrepreneurship centre after $5 million gift
A gift by two alumni will allow the University of Saskatchewan to establish a new entrepreneurship centre. According to the university, the Slogotski Hunt Centre for Entrepreneurship will support stud...
Oct 26, 2025 The university says the Slogotski Hunt Centre for Entrepreneurship will support students and faculty across all of the university’s colleges and schools through programming, education and mentorship. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
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