Murray Wood: Fish, biscuits and scenery drawing Americans to Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says Saskatchewan's north is a big draw to American anglers, for some obvious reasons.
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Gov’t upgrading roads into some provincial parks
Campers are going to find it easier to get to some of Saskatchewan’s provincial parks in 2021. The Saskatchewan government announced Thursday it’s planning to pave more than 100 kilometres...
Sep 17, 2020
Man charged with arson after house doused in gasoline
A 31-year-old man is facing charges after police say he attempted to light a house on fire with gasoline Wednesday evening. Police were called around 6 p.m. to the 100 block of Shaftsbury Place in Mea...
Sep 17, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Meili, NDP commit to increasing geothermal energy presence in Sask.
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP want to make geothermal energy a focal point in the province’s future. In an emailed new release, Meili and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said an NDP gover...
Sep 17, 2020
Canadian Olympic team doctor says plan for Tokyo Games without vaccine
Canada's Olympic team doctor believes the Tokyo Games can happen in 2021 without a COVID-19 vaccine, but feels the event will require major modifications. While he calls the global effort to...
Sep 17, 2020
Sask. farmers making 'significant' progress on 2020 harvest
Farmers harvesting crops across the province made big gains thanks to warm and dry weather. The provincial crop report said 62 per cent of crops in Saskatchewan have been combined, up from 43 per cent...
Sep 17, 2020
Ottawa to fund 164 school projects in Sask. with carbon tax money
The federal government has said where it will spend the first $12 million of carbon tax money meant for universities, schools, municipalities and hospitals in Saskatchewan. In a news release Wednesday...
Sep 17, 2020
Police searching for suspects after bear spray incident at Mayfair area motel
Police are searching for a man and a woman after a bear spray incident at a motel in the Mayfair area. Saskatoon police say, in a release, at just before 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, a man and a woman unla...
Sep 17, 2020 (650 CKOM)
‘Taken too soon, too violently’: Woman whose husband, kids were shot dead speaks at funeral
OSHAWA, Ont. - A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont., this month says getting from one day to the next sometimes feels like an “impossible t...
Sep 17, 2020
Edmonton to host 2021 world junior hockey championship with no fans
Edmonton, currently hosting the Stanley Cup playoffs without fans in a COVID-19-free bubble zone, will now do the same for the upcoming world junior hockey championship. The International Ice Hockey F...
Sep 17, 2020
Online class sizes grow for Regina Catholic School Division
The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to some new innovations from the Regina Catholic School Division. While online learning isn’t a new option for high schools — it has been offered for 12 ye...
Sep 17, 2020
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