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Woman charged after threatening bus driver with knife: Police
A 20-year-old woman was arrested early on Tuesday morning after allegedly threatening a Saskatoon Transit bus driver with a knife. According to police, officers were called to First Avenue North and 4...
Mar 25, 2025 Police said the driver wasn't injured, and the woman was arrested without incident. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon property assessment appeal deadline is on Friday
Property owners in Saskatoon have until Friday to appeal their 2025 assessments, the City of Saskatoon said on Monday. In Saskatoon, residential property value has gone up by a 13-per-cent average, wh...
Mar 24, 2025 Property owners in Saskatoon have until March 28 to appeal their 2025 assessments. (650 CKOM files)
Sask. is keeping 54 U.S. alcohol brands made in Canada
The Saskatchewan government said on Monday that due to concerns about the announcement on Friday banning certain alcohol products, it had decided on a new approach - focusing on removing U.S.-produced...
Mar 24, 2025 The original list included popular brands like Twisted Tea and White Claw. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Garden Talk: Leave your leaves to help the ladybug population
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Here are some questions and answers from the March 23 show: https...
Mar 24, 2025 In 2025, ladybugs will not be available for purchase because of all the fires in Western Canada and California. Preserve the ones already in your garden by leaving the leaves on the ground until spring budding. (Taden1/Depositphotos.com)
RCMP: Regina teen charged with manslaughter
A Regina teen has been charged with manslaughter after a man from Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation died in hospital. The RCMP said in a news release that File Hills First Nations Police Service received...
Mar 24, 2025 The 31-year-old victim has been identified as Drew Jack from the Nakoda Nation. (File Hills First Nations Police Service/Facebook)
Canada Votes 2025: Carney pledges tax cut, Poilievre to tackle affordability
Prime Minister Mark Carney called Canada's 45th federal election on Sunday and Canadians will be headed to the polls on April 28. It's been just two weeks since Carney won the Liberal Leadership vote ...
Mar 23, 2025 From left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
Evan Bray Show: Kinesiologists can help with chronic health conditions
Two-thirds of Canadians live with chronic health conditions, which kinesiologists can help manage through personalized exercise programs, Austen Zentner, executive director of the Kinesiology Associat...
Mar 23, 2025 One of the biggest burdens to Canada's health care system is hypokinetic diseases — diseases that are caused by or made worse by a lack of movement. (Kinesiology Association of Saskatchewan website)
Snow brings highway warnings to central Saskatchewan
Periods of snow in the Saskatoon area have prompted travel warnings on highways in central Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Highway Hotline's 4 p.m. report said travel was not recommended on Highway 11 from...
Mar 22, 2025 Periods of snow in the Saskatoon area have prompted travel warnings on highways in central Saskatchewan. (SGI website)
Annual elm pruning ban takes effect on April 1 in Saskatchewan
The annual ban on elm tree pruning takes effect on April 1 across Saskatchewan. The ban, which runs until August 31, is a measure designed to curb the spread of Dutch elm disease, which is caused by a...
Mar 22, 2025 Workers in Regina remove trees infected with Dutch elm disease in 2024. (980 CJME files)
Sask. film crews are used to hearing 'Cuts' - Both on set and in the budget
When you walk onto a movie set, you'll most likely hear the word "cut." But, when it comes to Creative Saskatchewan's Feature Film and Television Production Grant, the real cut came from the provincia...
Mar 21, 2025 Creative Saskatchewan's Feature Film and Television Production Grant saw a $2 million cut bringing it down to $10 million in the 2025-26 provincial budget (Creative Saskatchewan)
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