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Damaged pedestrian bridge in Gabriel Dumont Park won't reopen until June
A popular pedestrian bridge that connects Saskatchewan Crescent West to Gabriel Dumont Park won't reopen until at least early June. On April 11, the Saskatoon Fire Department was called to the area af...
May 10, 2024 According to the fire department, there were signs of an encampment in the area where the fire broke out. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
Moose Jaw police find red Civic in connection with armed robbery
Police in Moose Jaw are say they've located a car connected to an armed robbery, but the suspect wasn't inside. On Friday, police asked the public to keep an eye out for a red, 2020 four-door Honda Ci...
May 10, 2024 Police in Moose Jaw are looking for a red, 2020 four-door Civic. (Moose Jaw Police Service/Submitted)
WATCH: Saskatoon zoo welcomes baby ring-tailed lemur
Lucy, a ring-trailed lemur at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo, will celebrate her first Mother's Day on Sunday. Jeff Mitchell, the zoo's operations manager, said Lucy gave birth on Monday m...
May 10, 2024 The new baby lemur bonds with its mother at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Sask. added 12,300 new jobs in April, as labour force reaches all-time high
The Government of Saskatchewan is celebrating strong employment numbers from April. The province added 12,300 new jobs in last month on a year-over-year basis, while the provincial labour force of tho...
May 10, 2024 According to the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training, Saskatoon’s employment was up by 8,200 jobs when compared to April of 2023, while Regina’s employment was up by 6,900. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. teachers reject contract offer with 90% of votes opposed
Saskatchewan teachers rejected an offer by the provincial government seeking to end a lengthy labour dispute on Thursday. The three-year offer included salary increases of three per cent for the first...
May 09, 2024 The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation office in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Police respond to domestic dispute after a woman found on roof
On Thursday afternoon Saskatoon Police responded to a report of domestic disturbance on the 700 block of Weldon Avenue. Police were called to the residence shortly before 2:00 p.m., for a report of a ...
May 09, 2024 Saskatoon Police outside of a home in the 700 Block of Weldon Avenue in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650CKOM)
Drug treatment court expanding to North Battleford
Saskatchewan is expanding its drug treatment court to North Battleford in an effort to help drug users recover from their addictions. The expansion is being funded using $240,000 of the $574 million e...
May 09, 2024 Drug treatment courts are currently only offered in Regina and Moose Jaw, but will soon expand to North Battleford. (980 CJME file photo)
Government of Sask. touts $51.2-million investment in health career training
Funding from the Government of Saskatchewan will add 66 new training seats for health-care careers this year, and add four new domestic training programs to the province. According to the Ministry of ...
May 09, 2024 '"Expanding education opportunities is a key deliverable of our Health Human Resources Action Plan,' Premier Scott Moe said. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
Maidstone Mounties using drones in search for missing man
RCMP officers in Maidstone are using drones as part of the search for a missing 28-year-old man. According to police, Serayne Kematch was last seen on foot in the RM of Britannia near the intersection...
May 09, 2024 Mounties say drones are being used in the search for 28-year-old Serayne Kematch. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Province, feds provide $25M boost to agriculture researchers in Sask.
Agricultural researchers in Saskatchewan got a big boost on Wednesday. The federal and provincial governments announced a joint investment of $25 million, which will support 15 strategic research chai...
May 08, 2024 The $25 million in funding announced on Wednesday will be used to support 15 strategic research chairs at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources. (650 CKOM file photo)
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