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Police briefs: Two men arrested for theft, house shot in Meadowgreen
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) arrested two men after an incident involving a knife in Brevoort Park on Saturday. Police said in a news release on Monday they arrested the pair after receiving a repor...
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Alberta government to spend $180M for involuntary addiction treatment centres
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to spend $180 million to build two involuntary drug addiction treatment centres. Smith says the new facilities coincide with her gove...
Feb 24, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
UPDATE: Two U of R Rams among five arrested in $1.5M drug bust
Two Regina Rams football players have been arrested in relation to a four-month drug trafficking investigation. On Thursday and Friday, the Regina Police Service executed eight search warrants and cha...
Feb 24, 2025 Defensive lineman Tarick Polius and defensive back Michael Jourdan were arrested in relation to a drug trafficking seizure of roughly $1.5 million, according to Regina Police. (University of Regina)
Three arrested after liquor store robbery on Eighth Street: Police
Three people are facing charges after an alleged liquor store robbery in Saskatoon. According to police, officers were called to the store on Eight Street East at around 3 p.m. on Saturday. Police sai...
Feb 24, 2025 Three people are now facing charges after the alleged robbery on Saturday afternoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ronald McDonald House in Regina to break ground in March 2025
For the first time in Ronald McDonald House Charities Saskatchewan's history, it is receiving money from the Government of Saskatchewan. The province announced Monday it would be giving $6.5 million t...
Feb 24, 2025
Moe returning to D.C. with business group to push back on tariff threat
Saskatchewan's premier is once again heading to Washington D.C. in an effort to push back against the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. Scott Moe will be leading a delegation of Saska...
Feb 24, 2025 For the second time this month, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is headed to Washington D.C. to tout the value of trade relationships and Saskatchewan's industries ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline next month. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
Neilburg man dead, two injured after rollover on Highway 55: RCMP
A 43-year-old man from Neilburg is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 55, which left two other people injured. Police, paramedics and firefighters all responded to the scene just east of ...
Feb 24, 2025 Police said the single-vehicle crash happened just a few kilometres east of Canwood on Friday evening. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
SaskPower aims to help Indigenous communities with new home rebate
A new rebate program from SaskPower aims to help Indigenous communities make new home builds more efficient, without going over budget. The Indigenous New Homes Rebate offers financial support for Ind...
Feb 24, 2025 The Indigenous New Homes Rebate is funded by the federal government's Future Electricity Fund. (980 CJME file photo)
Garden Talk: Tips for a healthy tropical houseplant like bird of paradise
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning. Here are some questions and answers from the Feb. 23 show. https://iono.fm...
Feb 23, 2025 Larger tropical plants like bird of paradise need to be watered thoroughly so that it drains through the bottom.(ViktoriiaDyachenko/ Depositphotos.com)
'It's heartbreaking': Ukrainians in Sask. mark three years since Russian invasion
Rallies were held across Canada this weekend, including in several Saskatchewan cities, marking the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's army crossed the border on Feb. ...
Feb 23, 2025 Graves of Ukrainian soldiers who died since Russia launched its full-scale invasion are seen at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, Monday Nov. 11, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mykola Tys)
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