Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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MADD virtual reality RV teaches elementary students about impaired driving
MADD Canada is taking its latest impaired driving initiative on the road. SmartWheels, an RV equipped with virtual reality technology that creates drunk and high driving simulations, first launched in...
Sep 12, 2019
Rainfall puts harvest well behind five-year-average
Rainfall and cool weather dampened Saskatchewan's fields over this past week, but producers were able to make up some ground according to the latest crop report. 18 per cent of Saskatchewan's crops ar...
Sep 12, 2019
SNC Lavalin inquiry halted
Jodi Wilson-Raybould can't testify to the RCMP about the SNC Lavalin inquiry. The Globe and Mail reported that witnesses involved in the case can't speak to Mounties because of cabinet confidentiality...
Sep 12, 2019
Health authority looking into concerns raised by psychiatrists about children's hospital
At the 11th hour, a group of psychiatrists has raised several concerns about the design of the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) when it comes to patients with mental health issues. The grand op...
Sep 12, 2019 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
House committee approves guidelines for impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says there's no confusion about what his committee is doing: It's an impeachment investigation, no matter how you want to phrase it....
Sep 12, 2019
Nutrien closes 3 Sask. potash mines for up to 8 weeks
As many as 700 potash workers are set to be laid off for the final fiscal quarter of 2019, after Nutrien announced it’s going to close three of its mines in Saskatchewan. Those include sites loc...
Sep 12, 2019
1 in custody after peaceful end to Martensville standoff
A police standoff with a potentially armed man ended peacfully in Martensville Thursday morning. According to an RCMP media release, officers were negotiating with a man barricaded inside a home, thre...
Sep 12, 2019 Martensville RCMP detachment.
Nutrien closes 3 Sask. potash mines for up to 8 weeks
As many as 700 potash workers are set to be laid off for the final fiscal quarter of 2019, after Nutrien announced it's going to close three of its mines in Saskatchewan. Those include sites located a...
Sep 12, 2019
Jordan Williams-Lambert rejoins Riders; won’t play Saturday
Jordan Williams-Lambert is once again in Green and White. The 2018 CFL West Division most outstanding rookie signed an extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders earlier this week that will keep him ...
Sep 11, 2019
Quebec court invalidates parts of medical aid in dying laws as too restrictive
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated sections of both the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying, ruling Wednesday they were too restrictive and therefore unconstituti...
Sep 11, 2019
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8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
