Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Changes in the works for distracted driving fines
It seems many drivers in Saskatchewan aren't getting the message when it comes to distracted driving and staying off their cellphones in their vehicles. According to SGI, distracted driving is the No....
Oct 09, 2019 Saskatoon traffic officers pull over distracted drivers near 38th Street and Idylwyld Drive on March 7, 2018. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Warning of a "humanitarian catastrophe," Syrian Kurdish forces who are allied with the United States issued a "general mobilization" call on Wednesday in northeastern Syria, al...
Oct 09, 2019
Oil Kings overcome three-goal deficit to defeat Pats
A three-goal first period got the Regina Pats off to a good start Tuesday. But things didn’t end well for the Pats, who surrendered five unanswered goals to the Edmonton Oil Kings en route to a ...
Oct 08, 2019
‘World-record rack:’ Crew crowns Mac the Moose statue with new antlers
MOOSE JAW - Mac the Moose has had a boost and is once again the tallest in the land. A crew of workers perched themselves high in a cherry picker and used ropes and a truck crane to carefully attach a...
Oct 08, 2019
Dickenson’s team-first message being heard in Riders’ locker room
Team before self. That's the philosophy Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson has his team following during his first season as the CFL team's sideline boss. Dickenson has the Roughrider...
Oct 08, 2019
Four teens facing murder charges in stabbing outside Hamilton high school
Four teens face first-degree murder charges after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside a southern Ontario high school, police said Tuesday as they alleged the attack was premeditated. Hamilt...
Oct 08, 2019
UK says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’
LONDON (AP) - Britain and the European Union traded ill-tempered barbs Tuesday as the U.K. said a Brexit deal might be impossible, while insisting it was still working for one with just over three wee...
Oct 08, 2019
Crown strike puts SaskEnergy line set-ups on hold
In the summer of 2018, Glen Tonita began the process of getting natural gas at his business, Regina Maintenance Plus Crane and Equipment, along Highway 46 in the RM of Edenwold. "I still have no natur...
Oct 08, 2019
Police respond to weapons call at Westmont home
At around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, police responded to a home in the 200 block of Avenue M North after there were reports that someone entered the residence with a firearm. When police arrived, several...
Oct 08, 2019 (650 CKOM)
Canadian-born James Peebles wins Nobel Prize in physics this year
It will be a busy day full of toasts and celebrations for James Peebles, the Canadian scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday, but he said the night will hopefully end like any other ...
Oct 08, 2019
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