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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Carbon tax rebates available as Sask. court challenge approaches
Critics, including Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, have called it an attempt to buy votes ahead of the 2019 federal election, but that doesn't mean the provincial environment minister wouldn't accept ...
Jan 10, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon company embraces new federal drone regulations
The federal government has announced new rules for people to operate drones between half a pound and 55 pounds. It includes a mandatory online exam, minimum ages for operation and drone registration r...
Jan 09, 2019 (Dragonfly Innovations/Facebook)
Humboldt Broncos crash survivor returns to ice
A Humboldt Bronco left permanently injured after the team's April 6 bus crash is back on skates. Layne Matechuk suffered a major brain injury in the collision, which killed 16 people and left 13 injur...
Jan 09, 2019 Humboldt Bronco Layne Matechuk is still recovering from a brain injury in Saskatoon City Hospital five months after the crash. (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Def Leppard coming to SaskTel Centre in July
One of rock's biggest all-time acts is coming to Saskatoon. Def Leppard will play SaskTel Centre on July 27. Tickets go on sale Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. The British group, known for a string of hits includi...
Jan 09, 2019 British rockers Def Leppard will play SaskTel Centre on July 27, 2019. (defleppard.com)
Police plane tracks suspects after chase in Saskatoon
A 30-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman from Regina are in custody after a high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle, according to a Saskatoon police media release. RCMP first alerted Saskatoon po...
Jan 09, 2019
RCMP locate missing Biggar teen
Biggar RCMP has located 17-year-old girl Katherine Fellehner. In an update Wednesday, RCMP said she was safe and sound.
Jan 08, 2019
Hazmat unit called to chlorine scare at Parkridge Centre
Saskatoon fire crews, a hazmat team and a decontamination unit responded to a hazardous materials call Tuesday morning at Parkridge Centre, a long-term care home located in the city's west end. Crews ...
Jan 08, 2019 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Woman charged with 2nd-degree murder in Pelican Lake death
RCMP have charged 24-year-old Donya Hope Lewis with second-degree murder in the death of Nathan James Bill. Spiritwood RCMP officers responded to a call about an altercation at a home in Pelican Lake ...
Jan 08, 2019
Sask. Party MLA Nancy Heppner won't run in 2020
Longtime Saskatchewan Party MLA Nancy Heppner has announced she won't be running in the next provincial election. "To my constituents I want to say - thank you. Your support and generosity over the ye...
Jan 08, 2019 Nancy Heppner was first elected as MLA for Martensville-Warman in 2007. In January 2019, she announced she wouldn't run again in the 2020 provincial election. (Saskatchewan Party/Facebook)
Hearing set for trucker charged in Broncos bus crash
The truck driver charged after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is due to choose which court will hear his case. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, 29, faces 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 count...
Jan 08, 2019 RCMP officers escort Jaskirat Singh Sidhu into Melfort Provincial Court on July 10, 2018. (Global Saskatoon)
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