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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Police release sketch of suspect in College Park assault
Saskatoon police have released a composite sketch of a suspect involved in a violent sexual assault last week. Police were called around 5:30 a.m. Friday to a home on the 3200 block of McGill Street, ...
Aug 24, 2017 A composite drawing of the suspect believed to be involved in a sexual and physical assault on a woman in College Park on Aug. 18, 2017. (Saskatoon police)
RCMP find patient who left N.B. hospital
Spiritwood RCMP say they've safely located 29-year-old Reed Simonar. Simonar was reported missing after he walked away from a hospital in North Battleford Wednesday afternoon. RCMP said hospital staff...
Aug 24, 2017 Reed Simonar, 29, is shown in a photo provided by police on Aug. 23, 2017. (Spiritwood RCMP)
Cheveldayoff set to announce leadership run
Saskatoon-Willowgrove MLA Ken Cheveldayoff is set to announce a bid for the Saskatchewan Party leadership. Cheveldayoff said Wednesday he'd be stepping down "in the next number of days" from his role ...
Aug 24, 2017 Ken Cheveldayoff was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 2003. (Ken Cheveldayoff/Facebook)
Police looking for Saskatoon woman missing more than a week
Saskatoon police are asking for the public's help in finding a 20-year-old woman who hasn't been heard from in over a week. Police said Kayla Marie Lynn Harder was last seen at a home on Michener Cour...
Aug 23, 2017 Kayla Marie Lynn Harder, 20, was last heard from on Aug. 15, 2017. (Saskatoon Police)
FSIN asks province to reconsider rural crime task force
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is asking the province to reconsider the formation of a new rural crime task force. Vice Chief Heather Bear told 650 CKOM Wednesday the plan to give more...
Aug 23, 2017 RCMP officers block a road near Biggar, Sask. on Aug. 10, 2016. (Bryn Levy, 650 CKOM)
Sask. RCMP officer shoots man on northern First Nation
An independent investigation is underway after a Saskatchewan RCMP officer shot a man on a northern First Nation Sunday. According to a news release Wednesday, local RCMP members received multiple com...
Aug 23, 2017
Remai Modern offering free admission for opening weekend
The Remai Modern Art Gallery is offering free admission for its opening weekend. People will be able to tour the new gallery free-of-charge on Saturday, Oct. 21, and Sunday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 6...
Aug 23, 2017
Crime rates have little impact on perceived safety: poll
A new poll shows significant differences between official crime rates and perceptions of safety in major Canadian cities. The Mainstreet poll released Wednesday looked at the largest cities in each pr...
Aug 23, 2017
Master of disguise: RCMP ID attempted robbery suspect
North Battleford RCMP have identified a man suspected of trying to commit a robbery while armed with a projector screen. After a public appeal for help to ID the suspect, RCMP said they are now workin...
Aug 23, 2017 North Battleford RCMP are looking for this man, suspected of trying to rob a business on Aug. 22, 2017. (RCMP Photo)
North Commuter Parkway on pace to open October 2018
Saskatoon's North Commuter Parkway and Traffic Bridge project is on schedule to be completed in October 2018. Dan Willems, the city's director of major projects, gave a progress update Tuesday at the ...
Aug 22, 2017
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