Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Ranchers urged to check animals after anthrax report
The general manager of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association was reminding ranchers in the area to monitor their stock after a report of anthrax in the province. “If people are in the gener...
Aug 30, 2019
Labour Day long weekend: Here's what's open and closed
The Labour Day long weekend means changes to city services and some facilities on Monday. City Hall is closed. Pay Parking Stations will not need payment. Drivers are still required to abide by posted...
Aug 30, 2019
Summer goes out with a bang Labour Day weekend
The Saskatoon sky will explode with colour Friday and Saturday night as the Nutrien Fireworks Festival will take over the downtown riverbank. Organizer Shad Ali said there will be a lot of options for...
Aug 30, 2019 The Prairie Lily sails on the South Saskatchewan River during Saskatoon's annual fireworks festival. (Tourism Saskatoon)
Another murder charge in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Charges against Jesse Sangster have been upgraded in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide case. The 23-year-old now faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and improperly interfering with a human bod...
Aug 30, 2019
Correctional Centre lockdown causing backlogs in court
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre has been in lockdown since Monday after two incidents that resulted in four inmates being injured. The lockdown is affecting day-to-day business at the provincial cou...
Aug 29, 2019
City continues to recover money lost to fraudster
The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme. Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order. On Aug. 12 the city discovered t...
Aug 29, 2019
Death of man at hotel no longer considered suspicious
Police are no longer investigating the death of 50-year-old Joseph Raymond Skillen as suspicious. Skillen was found dead on Aug. 25 in a hotel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Dr. Once the autopsy was don...
Aug 29, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Harvest still lagging behind in Saskatchewan
A combination of early drought-like conditions, then wet and stormy weather in the province continues to keep harvest running behind. The latest crop report from Sask. Agriculture, shows only six per ...
Aug 29, 2019
Sask. Health minister says vaping legislation expected this fall
Saskatchewan's Health Minister says legislation will likely be tabled this fall for vaping and e-cigarettes. Jim Reiter told reporters in Saskatoon Wednesday the ministry has been consulting with stak...
Aug 29, 2019
Roughriders react to suspension handed to Bombers’ Harris
While their situations aren’t identical, Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Marcus Thigpen knows what Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Andrew Harris is going through. Harris was suspended f...
Aug 28, 2019
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