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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)
Rider receiver Dhel Duncan-Busby set for first CFL start
Dhel Duncan-Busby is set to be the next man up for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The rookie pass-catcher is set to start his first CFL game due to injuries plaguing the Canadian wide receiver room for...
Sep 25, 2024
HMCS Regina model sails back into city hall after 10-year absence
Regina may be a landlocked city in a landlocked province, but the city still has a very strong connection to the Royal Canadian Navy. On Wednesday, the city unveiled a refitted model of HMCS Regina, a...
Sep 25, 2024
Jeremy Cockrill under investigation over helium investments
Saskatchewan's education minister says he did nothing wrong after allegations of another conflict of interest over helium investments. The Sask. NDP revealed on Wednesday that Jeremy Cockrill is being...
Sep 25, 2024 The Sask. NDP revealed on Wednesday that Jeremy Cockrill is being investigated by the conflict of interest commissioner for his investments in the helium industry and “potentially using privileged cabinet information for insider trading.” (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Man charged with murder after woman's death on Okanese First Nation
A 39-year-old man is facing a murder charge after a woman's death on a Saskatchewan First Nation. According to the RCMP, the File Hills Police Service was notified of an injured person at a home on th...
Sep 25, 2024 The File Hills Police Service was notified of an injured person at a home on the Okanese First Nation early on Tuesday morning. (File Hills First Nations Police Service/Facebook)
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