Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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WATCH: Tour a Potash Mine with 980 CJME!
Heading down the elevator shaft of Nutrien's potash mine near Rocanville, you are immediately hit with hot air and the smell and taste of salt. Surprisingly, the ride down was very smooth, minus the c...
Sep 26, 2024 Reporter Nicole Garn scrapes the salty pink potash off the walls of Nutrien's potash mine near Rocanville. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
14-year-old boy facing charges after Westmount stabbing: Police
A teen boy is facing criminal charges after allegedly stabbing a man in Saskatoon's Westmount neighbourhood on Wednesday. According to police, officers were called to the 100 block of Leif Erickson Pl...
Sep 26, 2024 Police say the 14-year-old was located and arrested quickly after officers responded to a call about an injured person. (Mia Holowaychuk /650 CKOM)
O&T Farms says $10M plant expansion will grow grain market in Sask.
Oleet Processing and its parent company O&T Farms announced a $10 million expansion at their plant northwest of Regina. The company says it will translate into new jobs and a bigger grain market f...
Sep 26, 2024 The company says the expansion of its plant north of Regina will expand the grain market for Saskatchewan producers. (O&T Farms/Submitted)
ATV passenger dead in crash, driver facing charges
A 31-year-old man is dead after an ATV crash on Highway 905 in Saskatchewan, and the driver is now facing criminal charges. According to the RCMP, officers were called to a stretch of the highway betw...
Sep 26, 2024 The RCMP says the driver of the ATV is facing criminal charges after the fatal crash. (NewAfrica/Depositphotos.com)
Harvest nears 80 per cent completion, but rain causes delays
Rainfall slowed Saskatchewan farmers down over the past week as they worked to get their 2024 crops harvested. According to the weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the w...
Sep 26, 2024 A combine harvesting near Saskatoon on Sept. 3, 2024. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
NDP MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism
OTTAWA - An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities. If the bill is pas...
Sep 26, 2024 NDP MP Leah Gazan says the purpose of the schools was to extinguish Indigenous cultures and languages and if the government is serious about reconciliation, it needs to protect survivors and their families from hate. (The Canadian Press)
Twelve Saskatchewan communities broke heat records Wednesday
A dozen heat records were broken on Wednesday as temperatures soared across Saskatchewan, including two records that had been standing since 1950. According to Environment Canada, Wednesday was the ho...
Sep 26, 2024 Rowers were out on the South Saskatchewan River on Wednesday, enjoying the late-September heat. Saskatoon was among 12 communities in the province that set heat records on Wednesday. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Man arrested after shots fired at good Samaritan on Sask. First Nation
One person has been arrested in connection with an incident that saw shots fired at a motorist who was trying to help another driver on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. According to the RCMP, the shots we...
Sep 26, 2024 Police announced the arrest late on Wednesday night, following the reported shooting. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Premier Scott Moe discusses upcoming election with Evan Bray
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe joins Evan for a check-in on the province after the introduction of the new K-12 classroom cell phone ban as both a rail strike and a provincial election now loom. Have ...
Sep 25, 2024 (paNOW file photo)
Carla Beck talks NDP election platform with Evan Bray
With Saskatchewan's provincial election looming, Carla Beck, leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, sat down with Evan Bray on September 3 to share more details of her party's plan for the election. The conv...
Sep 25, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck. (Canadian Press)
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