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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'Devastated:' Dairy farmers' tractor trip ends in tragedy
A 55-year-old woman is dead, and her husband recovering in hospital, after a semi collided with a tractor north of Saskatoon Monday morning. Henk and Bettina Schuurmans, from Elmira, Ont., were contin...
Jul 09, 2018 Bettina and Henk Schuurmans pictured with their Canadian Milk Tour tractor, and dairy cow Maple, during a stop in Regina on July 6, 2018. (Farm Credit Canada/Twitter)
Central Sask. under severe thunderstorm warnings, watches
Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm warnings and watches across most of central Saskatchewan late Saturday afternoon. At 3:45 p.m., meteorologists began tracking a cluster of severe thunders...
Jul 07, 2018
Police investigate man's death in Pleasant Hill area
Saskatoon police are asking for tips to help their investigation into a man's death. Officers responded to a call about an injured man in an alley in the 1400 block of 20th Street around 5:30 p.m. Fri...
Jul 07, 2018
Powerful storm downs trees, knocks out power in Central Sask.
People looking to escape the heat with a weekend away at the lake were woken up by trees falling and loud thunder in the Debden, Murray Point and Emma Lake areas. As a storm system made its way throug...
Jul 07, 2018 A severe storm system caused a tree to hit a trailer in the Murray Point/Emma Lake area early July 7, 2018 (Terri Bjarnason/Twitter)
Province warns people, pets to avoid water with algae blooms
People hoping to beat the heat with a dip in the lake are being advised to avoid water with blue-green algae blooms. The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health issued a new rele...
Jul 06, 2018 A blue-green algae bloom at Crooked Lake Provincial Park. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash
Saskatchewan RCMP have laid charges in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The news comes three months to the day that the Saskatchewan junior hockey team's bus collided with a semi-trailer at the interse...
Jul 06, 2018
Police investigating suspicious death after Caswell fire
Saskatoon police are investigating a suspicious death after a house fire in the Caswell Hill neighbourhood Friday morning. Firefighters were called to 229 Avenue F North at 2:30 a.m. and arrived to fi...
Jul 06, 2018 Investigators are looking into the cause of a house fire on Avenue F North that killed a person on July 6th, 2018. (Photo by Saskatoon Fire)
Sask. inmate charged in violent robbery near P.A.
An inmate serving a sentence at a community training home in Prince Albert has been charged in connection to a violent robbery in a nearby community last week. According to Prince Albert RCMP, officer...
Jul 05, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police nab speeding car after brief chase
Two men are in police custody after a car chase ended in a field north of Saskatoon Thursday. A 22-year-old Saskatoon man and a 21-year-old Moose Jaw man are facing multiple charges including, evade p...
Jul 05, 2018
Woman charged in downtown bar spat and assault on 10-year-old
A 24-year-old woman faces several charges after stealing a drink, causing a scene in a downtown Saskatoon bar and punching a child. Around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, bike unit officers responded to a distur...
Jul 05, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
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