Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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No injuries after house fire on Diefenbaker Drive
A house fire on Diefenbaker Drive was extinguished Thursday evening without any injuries reported. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, firefighters were called to the home just after 8:30 p.m....
Jun 28, 2024 No injuries to firefighters or civilians were reported after firefighters extinguished a house fire on Diefenbaker Drive. (650 CKOM)
Mounties seize two kilos of meth during traffic stop near Meadow Lake
RCMP officers uncovered a huge stash of illegal drugs during a traffic stop near Meadow Lake last weekend. According to the RCMP, officers from the Green Lake detachment stopped a vehicle on Highway 5...
Jun 28, 2024 Cpl. Paul Loder with the Green Lake RCMP said the “significant drug seizure” removed as many as 20,000 doses of methamphetamine from the black market in the area. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Heavy rain to continue Friday in Saskatoon, central Sask.
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue through the day on Friday in Saskatoon and much of central Saskatchewan. Rainfall warnings from Environment Canada, which began on Thursday, remained in effect o...
Jun 28, 2024
First Nations Power Authority, SaskPower sign solar power agreement
SaskPower and the First Nations Power Authority are working together on a 100-megawatt solar project in south-central Saskatchewan. The groups are looking for a proponent with at least 30 per cent Fir...
Jun 27, 2024 The collaboration intends to see a 100-megawatt solar facility built in south-central Saskatchewan, and SaskPower will buy the power it generates. (650 CKOM file photo)
Farmers weather stormy week, cool temps slow crop development
It was a mixed bag of weather around Saskatchewan this week as farmers dealt with storms, hail, and cool temperatures that slowed down crop development. According to the weekly crop report from the Sa...
Jun 27, 2024 The weekly crop report indicated that warmer temperatures will be needed in order to speed up crop development in Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)
Third woman facing murder charge in death of Christopher Joseyounen
A third woman is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of 42-year-old Christopher Joseyounen on the Hatchet Lake First Nation. The Mounties said officers were called to the First Nation ...
Jun 27, 2024 Mounties say Joseyounen died of injuries he sustained in an altercation at a Hatchet Lake home on Saturday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan reports falling emissions from upstream oil and gas sector
The provincial government is reporting a fourth consecutive year of falling emissions from the upstream oil and gas sector. According to the province's annual report on oil and gas emissions, the sect...
Jun 27, 2024 Saskatchewan’s target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the upstream oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 per cent by 2025 when compared to 2015 levels. (980 CJME file photo)
Charges laid in high-speed crash that killed a Saskatoon student
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a fatal collision that killed a Saskatoon high school student. Sixteen-year-old Sheryaar Amir, a Grade 10 student at Evan Hardy Collegiate, was th...
Jun 27, 2024 Driver impairment is not believed to be a factor in the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old on April 14, 2024. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Two women charged with murder after death on Hatchet Lake First Nation
Two women are facing murder charges in connection with the death of 42-year-old Christopher Joseyounen on the Hatchet Lake First Nation. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the First Nation...
Jun 26, 2024 Police say two women were arrested, one at the scene and the other the following day. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Sask. Gov't says it won't comply with Ottawa's Clean Electricity Regulations
The Government of Saskatchewan says it won't comply with the federal government's coming clean energy regulations because doing so would cost the provincial economy more than $7.1 billion. Ottawa's re...
Jun 25, 2024 Bronwyn Eyre, Saskatchewan’s justice minister and attorney general, said the provincial government 'cannot participate in federal economic harm to our province.' (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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