Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Saskatchewan's first ever helium public offering adds $15.9M to provincial coffers
Saskatchewan's first ever public offering for helium and associated gasses brought in $15.9 million this month. The Ministry of Energy and Resources said growing demand for helium and hydrogen rights ...
Jun 26, 2026 Two more public offerings are set to be held during this fiscal year, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources said, with one in August and the second in the fall. (Roman Hayter/650 CKOM)
Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. Murray Wood delivers sharp, insightful commentary with a blend of wit, skepticism and straight ta...
Jun 26, 2026
Sarah Mills: World Cup dreams are made
The score may not have been ideal, but Sarah Mills says the World Cup experience was everything she hoped it would be. The Mills Minute is a daily commentary heard on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME, where Sara...
Jun 26, 2026
North Battleford teen dead after single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4: RCMP
A crash on Highway 4, just north of Cochin, left a North Battleford teenager dead early on Thursday morning. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers got a report of a single-vehicle rollover abou...
Jun 25, 2026 The driver of the vehicle and a second passenger were both taken to hospital with injuries that the RCMP said were not believed to be life-threatening. (650 CKOM file photo)
Three wanted after shooting, robbery on Yellow Quill First Nation: RCMP
Three men are wanted by the Saskatchewan RCMP in connection with an alleged shooting and robbery on the Yellow Quill First Nation. According to police, a group of people approached two male victims wh...
Jun 25, 2026 Rylance Quewezance (left), 29, Damon Nippi (centre), 32, and Kynan Desjarlais (right), 23, are wanted by the RCMP in connection with a shooting on the Yellow Quill First Nation that left a man recovering in hospital. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatoon cops arrest man wanted on Canada-wide warrant in Aspen Ridge
Police in Saskatoon arrested a man wanted on several Canada-wide warrants this week, seizing cash, drugs and weapons in the process. According to police, officers were notified by the Vancouver Police...
Jun 25, 2026 Saskatoon police said officers seized 57 grams of cocaine, 58 grams of crack cocaine, $12,145 in cash, two shotgun shells, a knife and “assorted paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.” (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Rainfall leaves some fields 'saturated' as seeding wraps up across Saskatchewan
Wet weather has been the story of the season so far for many Saskatchewan producers. Late spring snowstorms and soggy conditions pushed back the start of seeding in many areas, while other regions wer...
Jun 25, 2026 “While these rains were welcomed in some areas, excessive precipitation in others has led to saturated fields. Combined with periodic high winds, these conditions have delayed in-crop spraying operations in several regions,” the ministry said in its report. (650 CKOM file photo)
Semi driver handed hefty fine for damaging Saskatoon overpass, city says
The City of Saskatoon says a semi driver has been ordered to pay $11,200 after pleading guilty to damaging city infrastructure. The charge related to a crash on March 5, when a semi hauling a large ex...
Jun 25, 2026 The City of Saskatoon says a driver has been handed a large fine after a semi hauling a large excavator crashed into the Highway 11 overpass on March 5, 2026. (Patrick Janex/Facebook)
The Green Zone Replay - Wednesday, June 24
The Green Zone Replay - Wednesday, June 24 2:35 - Britton Gray, Green Zone Rider Reporter The Saskatchewan Roughriders are in the red following the 2026 Grey Cup winning season. Britton Gray has the d...
Jun 25, 2026
Murray Wood: Reporting live from beneath mounds of data
You can't say Saskatchewan isn't releasing annual reports on the Crown corporations, but Murray Wood says it's being done in such a way that it's harder to effectively analyze in the moment. Murray Wo...
Jun 25, 2026
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