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Crop Report: Seeding is 40 per cent completed in Sask.
According to the crop report, this year's seeding is far ahead of the five- and 10-year averages, which is due to the limited precipitation. For May 6 to 12, seeding has reached 49 per cent, with trit...
May 15, 2025 Livestock producers are only 16 per cent concerned with the water quality while Producers need more topsoil moisture to improve their crop development and hay and pasture conditions. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Evan Bray Show: Cameco CEO discusses tariffs and Saskatchewan's uranium industry
Tim Gitzel, the CEO of Cameco, joined the Evan Bray Show on Thursday to explain why U.S. tariffs aren't troubling the uranium sector and what the future is looking like for the industry in Saskatchewa...
May 15, 2025 Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel says tariffs from the United States aren't currently affecting the uranium sector, and he anticipates a lot of growth ahead. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Candle Lake residents asked to prepare for possible evacuation due to fires
Residents of the Resort Village of Candle Lake have been asked to prepare for a possible evacuation order due to two wildfires burning to the east of the community. According to a statement issued by ...
May 15, 2025 While there is no immediate danger, the Resort Village of Candle Lake asked residents to prepare for a possible evacuation. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police briefs: Robbery on Preston Ave., gun call on Carlton Drive
Police are searching for a trio of suspects who allegedly robbed a liquor store on Preston Avenue South. According to police, officers were called to the business at around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday morni...
May 15, 2025 Police said officers are investigating a robbery that happened at a Preston Avenue business on Tuesday morning. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man and woman charged after bear spraying each other at Saskatoon bar: Police
A man and woman are facing charges after they allegedly sprayed each other with bear spray following an argument at a bar back in March.According to police, officers were called to a bar on 22nd Stree...
May 15, 2025 Police said a 25-year-old woman and 32-year-old man are facing charges after firing bear spray at each other after an argument. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sarah Mills: A tale of two celebrity trials
Sarah Mills says there's an interesting dichotomy at play between the trials of Sean 'Diddy' Combs and the trial of the man accused of robbing Kim Kardashian. The Mills Minute is a daily commentary he...
May 15, 2025
Murray Wood: The good and the bad from Mark Carney's new cabinet
Murray Wood takes a close look at Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet, which includes a representative from Saskatchewan in Buckley Belanger. Steven Guilbeault is still in cabinet, but Wood says ...
May 15, 2025
Anthrax behind cattle deaths in RM of Paynton: Agriculture ministry
Anthrax has caused the death of cattle in western Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, laboratory results on Tuesday confirmed that anthrax was behind the death of cattle in the Rur...
May 15, 2025 Anthrax is caused by bacillus anthracis, a bacteria which can survive as spores in the soil for decades, and can build up through changes in soil moisture. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon, Regina among latest measles exposure risk says SHA
Multiple exposures to measles in communities across Saskatchewan prompted a warning from Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) on Wednesday afternoon. SHA said in a news release on May 14 that the lates...
May 14, 2025 A measles virus particle is shown in an undated handout image. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provincial government preparing for potential Canada Post strike
The Saskatchewan government is putting plans in place for a possible Canada Post strike, which could begin as soon as May 22. While ministries, Crowns and other agencies are putting plans in place to ...
May 14, 2025 The provincial government said its ministries, Crowns and agencies are putting plans in place in the event of a strike by Canada Post workers. (650 CKOM file photo)
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