Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Sask. cracks down on fentanyl traffickers with $1M fine
The provincial government announced a suite of new measures on Tuesday aiming to curb the production, transportation, sale and use of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Saskatchewan. According to the Gov...
Feb 25, 2025 Saskatoon Police Chief Cam McBride said it will take time to see if these new measures announced by the government will work. (Regina Police Service)
Sask. man's sentence doubled for sex assault of grandchild
The punishment for a Saskatchewan man in his 70s has been more than doubled for repeated sexual assault against his grandchild over the years. In the original case, the man, who is only referred to as...
Feb 25, 2025
Sask. health minister plans to review SHA management, recruitment
The complaint about too many managers and not enough front-line staff in health care in Saskatchewan isn't uncommon, even Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said Tuesday he's often heard it. Cockrill was...
Feb 25, 2025
Police briefs: Two men arrested for theft, house shot in Meadowgreen
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) arrested two men after an incident involving a knife in Brevoort Park on Saturday. Police said in a news release on Monday they arrested the pair after receiving a repor...
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Alberta government to spend $180M for involuntary addiction treatment centres
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to spend $180 million to build two involuntary drug addiction treatment centres. Smith says the new facilities coincide with her gove...
Feb 24, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
UPDATE: Two U of R Rams among five arrested in $1.5M drug bust
Two Regina Rams football players have been arrested in relation to a four-month drug trafficking investigation. On Thursday and Friday, the Regina Police Service executed eight search warrants and cha...
Feb 24, 2025 Defensive lineman Tarick Polius and defensive back Michael Jourdan were arrested in relation to a drug trafficking seizure of roughly $1.5 million, according to Regina Police. (University of Regina)
Three arrested after liquor store robbery on Eighth Street: Police
Three people are facing charges after an alleged liquor store robbery in Saskatoon. According to police, officers were called to the store on Eight Street East at around 3 p.m. on Saturday. Police sai...
Feb 24, 2025 Three people are now facing charges after the alleged robbery on Saturday afternoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ronald McDonald House in Regina to break ground in March 2025
For the first time in Ronald McDonald House Charities Saskatchewan's history, it is receiving money from the Government of Saskatchewan. The province announced Monday it would be giving $6.5 million t...
Feb 24, 2025
Moe returning to D.C. with business group to push back on tariff threat
Saskatchewan's premier is once again heading to Washington D.C. in an effort to push back against the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. Scott Moe will be leading a delegation of Saska...
Feb 24, 2025 For the second time this month, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is headed to Washington D.C. to tout the value of trade relationships and Saskatchewan's industries ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline next month. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
Neilburg man dead, two injured after rollover on Highway 55: RCMP
A 43-year-old man from Neilburg is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 55, which left two other people injured. Police, paramedics and firefighters all responded to the scene just east of ...
Feb 24, 2025 Police said the single-vehicle crash happened just a few kilometres east of Canwood on Friday evening. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
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