Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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RCMP detachment phones working again in Sask.
After some technical difficulties on Tuesday morning, the Saskatchewan RCMP's phone lines are back up and running. In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the RCMP said detachments in Saskatchewan are ...
May 06, 2025 The RCMP reported phone issues at detachments in Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning, but noted that 911 is still working for emergency situations. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon crime briefs: Large amount of drugs, cash found in police searches
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) seized a large quantity of drugs and cash after a drug trafficking investigation in the city last week. SPS said in news release on May 5 that officers from its Crime Re...
May 05, 2025 Saskatoon Police Service officers seized items including $428,795 in cash, 4200 tablets of the strong opioid hydromorphone and about 7.8 kg of powdered cocaine in raids on several homes and businesses on May 2. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
VIDEO: Bear spray incident outside of Saskatoon's Hudsons bar
Saskatoon police have confirmed an 18-year-old man from Mosquito First Nation is facing several weapons charges after allegedly bear-spraying a person during an altercation outside Hudsons bar on 21st...
May 05, 2025 Police said a victim was bear sprayed during an altercation outside a bar on 21st Street East on Saturday, and the suspect was arrested on Sunday. (Victoria Drouin/Facebook)
A 128-year-old heat record was broken in Saskatchewan on Saturday
It was a hot weekend in Saskatchewan, with weather records falling like dominoes around the province. According to Stephen Berg, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, 14 communit...
May 05, 2025 A number of Saskatchewan communities set heat records over the weekend as a low-pressure system brought a rush of warm air into the province. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Mounties investigate suspicious death on Sask. First Nation
RCMP officers are investigating a suspicious death on a Saskatchewan First Nation. According a statement issued on Monday by the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers from the Loon Lake detachment received a re...
May 05, 2025
Red Dress Day offers opportunities for reflection and learning across Saskatchewan
Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people (MMIWG+) will be raised on May 5, which is known in Saskatchewan and across Canada as Red Dress Day. A total of 1324 mi...
May 05, 2025 A lone red dress symbolizing the cause of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hangs from a tree on the Skye River Trail on National Indigenous Peoples Day in We'koqma'q First Nation, N.S. on Friday, June 21, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese)
Sarah Mills: Western separatists should consider forming their own party
Western separation is coming up once again in the wake of Mark Carney's election win, but Sarah Mills says those in favour of separation should consider following Quebec's model. https://iono.fm/e/155...
May 05, 2025
Murray Wood: Liberation of the Netherlands was important day in Canada's history
Murray Wood takes a look back 80 years to discuss the historical significance of the liberation of the Netherlands by Canadian troops during the Second World War. https://iono.fm/e/1552256 Murr...
May 05, 2025
The Vassy Kapelos Show: Canada 'not in a position of weakness' in Trump negotiations
Frank McKenna, former Canadian ambassador to the United States and former premier of New Brunswick joined Vassy Kapelos to talk about how Prime Minister Mark Carney can approach his first meeting with...
May 04, 2025 President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Garden Talk: What is the best way to deal with ant hills in my yard?
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 May 4 show: These qu...
May 04, 2025 Applying nematodes will eradicate ants in your yard if they are watered in with a special sprayer. (koshin / Depositphotos.com)
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