Sarah Mills: Parks Canada in no-win situation after revoking concert permit
Parks Canada revoked the permit for a concert by Christian rocker Sean Feucht. As Sarah Mills explains, Parks Canada is ...
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Green cart contractor defaults, program continues as city looks for solution
The City of Saskatoon has run out of patience with Green Prairie Environmental. On Wednesday, the city announced it is looking at new options for the city's curbside organics program after Green Prair...
Oct 26, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. nurses hold rally to call out health-care staff shortages
Crying "Hey hey, ho ho, unsafe staffing's got to go," roughly 150 nurses rallied across from the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. The rally comes on the heels of a survey released in Oc...
Oct 25, 2023
Saskatoon woman charged with manslaughter in fourth homicide of 2023
An investigation into a suspicious death has led to a manslaughter charge against a 33-year-old Saskatoon woman. According to police, officers were called to a home on Confederation Place on May 27, w...
Oct 25, 2023 Saskatoon police say a woman is charged with manslaughter after the May 27 death of David Dustyhorn. (650 CKOM file photo)
Mounties raise alarm about officer assaults after ATV ramming incident
A Lloydminster man is facing serious charges after allegedly ramming an RCMP cruiser with an ATV. In the wake of the incident, the Mounties are raising the alarm about what the RCMP says are a growing...
Oct 25, 2023 Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Sask. RCMP, says assaults on officers are up significantly in recent years. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
Regina woman killed in crash near Kronau
A 32-year-old woman from Regina is dead after a crash Tuesday near Kronau. The RCMP said the crash between an SUV and a semi happened at around 9:45 a.m. on Highway 33 northwest of Kronau. The driver ...
Oct 25, 2023
Sask. throne speech unveils Moe government's agenda for 2023-24
While Premier Scott Moe maintained the Speech from the Throne delivered Wednesday held significant supports for some, he also said the reason there wasn't more in the document laying out his governmen...
Oct 25, 2023 Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty delivers the speech from the throne to open the fourth session of the 29th Saskatchewan legislature in Regina on Oct. 25, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
Environment Canada says southeast Sask. could see 20 centimetres of snow
Southeastern Saskatchewan is about to get battered by snow, according to Environment Canada. While much of the province got its first taste of snow this week, the weather service said southeastern par...
Oct 25, 2023
Bank of Canada holds interest rate at five per cent
Canada's central bank is holding its key interest rate at five per cent. The Bank of Canada made the announcement Wednesday, saying the global economy is slowing, and growth is expected to moderate ev...
Oct 25, 2023 The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at five per cent Wednesday, but left open the door for future increases. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man accused of setting three fires in back alleys arrested in Saskatoon
A 30-year-old Saskatoon man has been charged with arson in connection with three fires in back alleys. According to police, the first of the three fires was reported in an alley on 23rd Street East on...
Oct 25, 2023 A Saskatoon man is charged with three counts of arson after fires in back alleys in September and October. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Gravelbourg driver charged after passenger killed in June rollover
A Gravelbourg man is facing criminal charges after a single-vehicle rollover in June. According to the RCMP, the rollover happened south of Gravelbourg on Highway 58, and police got a report shortly a...
Oct 24, 2023
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