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APAS calls for withdrawal, consultation on capital gains tax hike
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) wants the federal government to withdraw its proposed changes to Canada's capital gains tax. Since June, the Canada Revenue Agency has bee...
Jan 15, 2025 APAS president Bill Prybylski said the tax hike will be “quite severe for anybody who's in that position where they're wanting to sell their land or transition to next generation.” (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan introduces border plan in wake of Trump tariff threat
In the wake of tariff threats from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday unveiled a new Saskatchewan Border Security Plan. "It's these initiatives that will ensure that we...
Jan 14, 2025 Sask. Premier Scott Moe said on Jan. 14, 2025 the border initiative will help in his government's plan to increase public safety in the province.(Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP charge three with drug trafficking at Sask. Penitentiary
A request from Correctional Service Canada (CSC) was received by the Prince Albert RCMP on January 11 just before 9:30 p.m. asking for help in a Saskatchewan Penitentiary drug trafficking investigatio...
Jan 14, 2025 A homemade slingshot used to get drugs into the Saskatchewan Penitentiary was seized by Prince Albert RCMP after employees from the correctional facility noticed a suspicious vehicle with three people in their parking lot. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
A water main break closes Spadina Crescent for at least a day
Spadina Crescent is expected to remain closed for at least another day after a water main broke on Tuesday morning. The water main broke between Duchess and Queen Street causing water to pool and free...
Jan 14, 2025 A Saskatoon snow grader clears blocks of ice after a water main burst earlier on Jan. 14, 2025, morning causing water on Spadina Crescent between Duchess and Queen Street to pool and freeze. The road isn't expected to re-open for at least another day. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM News)
Fire can be a friend and fire can be your worst enemy: Fire Expert
Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the ...
Jan 14, 2025 Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the Prince Albert Grand Council. He's on the Evan Bray Show to offer insight into how fires like the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in California came about and what can be done to put them out. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Exhibitors excited as Western Canadian Crop Production Show begins
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show will welcome thousands to Saskatoon's Prairieland Park over the next three days. Leigh Ann Hurlburt, the park's agriculture manager, said it will be a very bu...
Jan 14, 2025 The Western Canadian Crop Production Show opened Tuesday at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Two security guards bear sprayed at Midtown mall: Police
Police in Saskatoon have responded to yet another bear spray attack at a downtown shopping mall. According to police, officers were called to the Midtown mall on First Avenue South just before 5 p.m. ...
Jan 14, 2025 Saskatoon's Midtown mall has been the site of a number of bear spray attacks in recent months. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan offers aircraft and firefighters to help battle California fires
Saskatchewan has offered to send equipment and personnel to California to help fight the deadly fires sweeping the American state. The wildfires have so far left at least 25 people dead, and have burn...
Jan 14, 2025 Cars sit at an auto repair shop after they were destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Collision near Biggar that killed Saskatoon man also caused deaths of 50 pigs
A crash on Highway 14 east of Biggar that killed a 35-year-old Saskatoon man last week was also deadly for the livestock the semi was hauling. RCMP said on Monday that 50 pigs were killed or euthanize...
Jan 13, 2025 (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Two 17-year-olds arrested in separate dangerous weapons incidents
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 In Mount Royal, a 25-year-old man from Saskatoon was charged with five firearms-related offences by the Saskatoon Police Service. Around 8 p.m. officers responded to an apartment...
Jan 13, 2025 All three arrests happened between January 10 to 12, 2025, in Saskatoon's Westmount, Confederation Park and Mount Royal neighbourhoods.
(Mia Holowaychuck/650 CKOM)
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