Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Sask. adds 6 news COVID-19 cases, 6 recoveries
The provincial government announced six new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Three are confirmed while three are considered presumptive Saturday's numbers include the La Loche area cases tested to date ...
Apr 18, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
SHA urging against travel across northern Saskatchewan-Alberta border
Health officials are urging people not to travel across the Saskatchewan-Alberta border in the north. In a news release issued Saturday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority says contact tracing is under...
Apr 18, 2020
Saskatoon police fine driver, impound vehicle for speeding
Saskatoon police are reminding people the rules of the road still apply, even with less traffic than normal. This comes after officers recorded a man travelling 109 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a 50 ...
Apr 18, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Guernsey derailments appear to be caused by track infrastructure issues
Twice in the span of two months a Canadian Pacific train carrying petroleum crude oil derailed near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, spilling more than 3 million litres of oil. According to a letter written by...
Apr 18, 2020 Philippe Gaudet captured this image of a 31-car train derailment near Guernsey, Sask. (Philippe Gaudet/ Submitted)
Saskatchewan College of Paramedics offers pandemic emergency licences
Former members of the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (SCoP) can now apply for a pandemic emergency licence to help during COVID-19 uncertainty. The 90-day licence is available for inactive, non-pr...
Apr 18, 2020
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black embraces enforced breather, aims for Tokyo 2021
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 gave Canadian gymnast Ellie Black the gift of time. The 24-year-old from Halifax tore an ankle ligament landing a vault during last October's world ...
Apr 18, 2020
Man sent to hospital with serious injuries after workplace accident
A 27-year-old man was sent to hospital with serious injuries after a workplace accident in Saskatoon Friday morning. Saskatoon police say the man suffered an electric shock when the piece of equipment...
Apr 17, 2020
Ionescu goes No. 1 in WNBA draft to New York Liberty
NEW YORK - Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, as expected. When she'll play for the New York Liberty is unclear. With sports on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Apr 17, 2020
Sask. RCMP has received nearly 900 COVID-19-related calls
Between March 1 and Thursday, the Saskatchewan RCMP has received 894 calls related to COVID-19 and has laid 13 charges. In a media release Friday, the Mounties said the calls for service have included...
Apr 17, 2020
Carnduff oil service company describes the blow of 250 layoffs
Through more than 60 years in business serving the Saskatchewan oilpatch, Fast Trucking Service has weathered many storms of low oil prices. But owner Dennis Day says COVID-19 has caused a crisis of m...
Apr 17, 2020
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
