Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Teen charged with making threats against La Loche school
A 17-year-old La Loche boy is charged with making threats against a local school. RCMP said they received a call Wednesday after a school in the Northern Saskatchewan community received a threat. The ...
Feb 08, 2018
Riders extend Canadian receiver Devon Bailey
Devon Bailey is staying in Regina. The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed the Mississauga, Ont., product to an extension Thursday. He was due to become a free agent on Feb. 13. Largely play...
Feb 08, 2018 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed national receiver Devon Bailey to a contract extension on Feb. 8, 2018. (CFL/Twitter)
City releases detailed plans for Saskatoon bus rapid transit
It's been a long, winding road, but after nearly two years the City of Saskatoon has revealed routes for its upcoming bus rapid transit system. Lesley Anderson, director of planning and development fo...
Feb 08, 2018 An artist's rendering of the upcoming bus shelters along the new bus rapid transit lines. (City of Saskatoon)
Chief criticizes Stanley trial ahead of closing arguments
As Gerald Stanley's murder trial nears its end, the chief of the Red Pheasant First Nation is casting doubt on the potential for a fair outcome. "We are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the murder tr...
Feb 08, 2018 Red Pheasant First Nation Chief Clinton Wuttunee. (Clinton Wuttunee/Facebook)
Timeline of events leading to the Gerald Stanley murder trial
A jury is set to get its instructions from a judge Thursday and begin deliberations in the high-profile murder trial of Gerald Stanley. The Biggar, Sask.-area farmer is charged with second-degree murd...
Feb 07, 2018 Gerald Stanley (left) was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2016 death of Colten Boushie (right).
Saskatoon house fire prompts arson investigation
Saskatoon Police are treating a fire in the west end as an arson. Late Tuesday afternoon, firefighters responded to a house fire in the 400 block of Avenue I South in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. ...
Feb 07, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police warn of counterfeit cash in Saskatoon
Saskatoon police are seeing a spike in counterfeit money circulating around the city. Police put out an alert late Wednesday morning saying 72 fake bills have been turned in since the beginning of Jan...
Feb 07, 2018 A selection of counterfeit money turned in to Saskatoon police since the start of 2018. (Saskatoon police)
Extreme cold warning for Saskatoon, Meadow Lake, Estevan
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for some parts of Saskatchewan. The warning was issued Wednesday morning for Saskatoon, Meadow Lake, Estevan and Weyburn with those areas experien...
Feb 07, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Travel agent who scammed customers sentenced for fraud
She bilked hundreds of people out of their vacation money, now a disgraced travel agent is taking a trip to prison. Leslie Glauser was the operator of T&T Travel Ltd. in Kindersley when she abrupt...
Feb 06, 2018 Kindersley-based T&T Travel Ltd. shut down in January 2016 amid hundreds of complaints of fraud. Owner Leslie Glauser was sentenced to three years in prison on Feb. 6, 2017.
Police say man shot during home invasion
Saskatoon police are investigating following a shooting Monday evening. Officers were called to a Saskatoon hospital around 7:30 p.m. to speak to a 41-year-old being treated for a gunshot wound to his...
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