Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Power line construction firm ordered to pay $70,000 after 2023 worker injury
A power line construction company has been ordered to pay $70,000 after pleading guilty to a violation of Saskatchewan's occupational health and safety regulations. According to the Ministry of Labour...
Apr 09, 2026 The charges relate to an incident near Canora in 2023, when an employee was seriously injured while working on a power pole. (650 CKOM file photo)
Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood says it's sad that Canada is not a country that remembers history very well. Mur...
Apr 09, 2026
Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set when criticizing the former Air Canada CEO's English address. The Mills Minute is a...
Apr 09, 2026
Kindersley drug bust leads to four parking lot arrests: RCMP
A traffic stop led Kindersley RCMP officers to a significant drug seizure and the arrests of four people in a business parking lot in the town. Officers seized fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin dur...
Apr 08, 2026 Several drugs were seized by Kindersley RCMP in a traffic stop over the long weekend, which led to arrests at the scene of four individuals, three of whom are facing charges. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatoon police briefs: Officers investigate, lay charges in multiple violent incidents
Saskatoon police have been investigating several violent crimes over the past week and have laid a number of charges in incidents from earlier this year. Officers responded to a report of "an unknown ...
Apr 08, 2026 Saskatoon police are investigating and have laid charges in a number of violent incidents so far this year. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police respond to four bear spray incidents over long weekend
Saskatoon police officers responded to several incidents involving bear spray over the long weekend. Around 11:10 a.m. on April 2, police responded to a report of a man bear sprayed on a city bus in t...
Apr 08, 2026 Saskatoon police responded to four different incidents involving bear spray between April 2 and 3, 2026. (650 CKOM file photo)
Moe polling ahead of Beck despite affordability woes in Saskatchewan: Angus Reid poll
A new poll suggests Saskatchewan residents still prefer Premier Scott Moe over Opposition Leader Carla Beck, despite the significant economic strain many people in the province are feeling. According ...
Apr 08, 2026 According to data released on Wednesday, 52 per cent either strongly or moderately approved of Premier Scott Moe, while Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck had the approval of 32 per cent. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM, 980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon cops seize cryptocurrency as part of 'darknet market drug trafficking' case
Police in Saskatoon seized drugs, data storage and three different types of cryptocurrency as part of a trafficking investigation last month. According to police, officers raided a home on Bateman Cre...
Apr 08, 2026 Police said officers seized cryptocurrency in the form of Bitcoin (0.447), Ether (0.007895) and Binance Coin (0.0989). (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kin Cheung)
Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choice is to back down. Mills says she's glad Donald Trump has done that, at least for now. Th...
Apr 08, 2026
Road and highway conditions improving after spring snowstorm sweeps through Saskatchewan
You might want to reconsider any road trips you had planned for Wednesday. An Alberta clipper swept into Saskatchewan on Tuesday, bringing plenty of snow along with it. According to Dan Fulton, a mete...
Apr 08, 2026 Snow drifting over vehicles on April 8, 2026. According to Dan Fulton, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, the storm dropped 15-35 centimetres of snow on parts of Saskatchewan, with even more expected in eastern parts of the province. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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