Sarah Mills: Beckhams are latest family to have drama go public
Family tensions can spill over, whoever you are. As Sarah Mills explores in her commentary, if you add money, power and ...
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Trudeau tells ministers openness, co-operation are key in minority government
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructed his finance minister Friday to "preserve fiscal firepower" in case the economy tanks - an order that came just as Bill Morneau prepares to issue an up...
Dec 13, 2019
SEIU-West members authorize union to ramp up action
Another labour dispute is looming in Saskatchewan. Health-care professionals represented by SEIU-West have given their union the go-ahead to examine all options in hopes of jump-starting negotiations....
Dec 13, 2019
"You're the guy who doesn't drink": A video about being a non-drinker during the holiday season goes viral
An announcer at C95, a sister station of 650 CKOM, realized he was getting asked a lot of questions about not drinking alcoholic drinks at holiday functions. That prompted Tim Stone to tell a bit of h...
Dec 13, 2019
Carbon tax causing SaskPower bills to increase Jan. 1
The federal carbon tax is to increase on Jan. 1, so SaskPower customers can expect their bills to go up that day as well. The Crown corporation noted Friday that the carbon tax applied to SaskPower...
Dec 13, 2019
Extreme cold warning for many areas of the province
Much of Saskatchewan is once again under an extreme cold warning. The warning covers areas of the north, as well regions in the central and eastern part of the province. Saskatoon and Regina are not i...
Dec 13, 2019
Man killed after vehicle-pedestrian crash at Circle Drive E and Taylor St.
A man is dead after a pedestrian-vehicle collision on Circle Drive East underneath the Taylor Street overpass. The collision happened shortly after 3 p.m. Saskatoon police say one southbound lane is o...
Dec 13, 2019 Saskatoon police closed Circle Drive East at Taylor Street due to a fatal pedestrian-vehicle crash on Dec. 13, 2019. (CKOM Traffic/Twitter)
Canada-wide warrant issued for murder suspect
Saskatoon police are looking for a 21-year-old woman in connection to the city's most recent homicide. Eiryn Ashlee Straightnose is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for first degree murder. A 17-year-o...
Dec 13, 2019 Eiryn Ashlee Straightnose (Saskatoon police)
Tech expert: new phone regulations won't stop scammers
A tech expert thinks new regulations that target scam phone calls won't be as effective as planned. The new CRTC rules will require telephone companies to block "spoof" calls - those that use a fake n...
Dec 13, 2019
Brad Wall not interested in Conservative leadership
Since Thursday's news that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was resigning from his position with the party, people have already started speculating who the new Tory leader will be. The name of former...
Dec 13, 2019 Former Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall, was on with John Gormley on Friday, December 13, 2019, to discuss the resignation of Andrew Scheer and who the next Conservative leader might be. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Teenage boy charged in Saskatoon's latest murder
Police have charged a 17-year-old boy in the city's 16th murder. In a news release Friday, police said major crimes investigators with the assistance of the guns and gangs unit located and arrested th...
Dec 13, 2019 Saskatoon Police investigate the 16th murder of 2019 on Avenue X North Dec.7, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
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