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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Founding member of Sask. Party MLA Bill Boyd retires
A longtime MLA and founding member of the Saskatchewan Party is retiring from politics. Bill Boyd will be resigning from his Kindersley seat effective Sept. 1. The Sask. Party responded to the news on...
Aug 15, 2017 Bill Boyd, a longtime MLA in the Kindersley constituency, helped form the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. (Saskatchewan Party/Twitter)
Funnel cloud advisories issued across west-central Sask.
A funnel cloud advisory for west-central Saskatchewan has ended. Environment Canada issued the alerts Tuesday afternoon. The weather agency said funnel clouds were possible throughout the day and into...
Aug 15, 2017 A low funnel cloud spotted near Green Lake, Sask. on July 3, 2017. (Margaret Janvier)
Astronomer urges eye safety as solar eclipse approaches
People across Saskatchewan are making their plans for Aug. 21, with an eye to the sky. A total solar eclipse is set to sweep across the continent Monday morning, darkening daylight for several hours a...
Aug 15, 2017 An artist's rendering of a total solar eclipse. (Canadian Space Agency)
Group with ties to Oklahoma arrest has Sask. chapter
With extremist right-wing groups taking a grim spotlight in the U.S., some are asking if similar organizations are operating in Canada. The RCMP keeps an eye on several groups will small followings ac...
Aug 15, 2017 Members of the Alberta chapter of III% standing in military-style clothing during a group meeting. (Ray Threeper McKinnon/Facebook)
Saskatoon vigil remembers Charlottesville victims
A vigil was held Monday in Saskatoon for those killed and injured following a weekend of violence in the city of Charlottesville, Va. The small city was the scene of a white supremacist and neo-Nazi d...
Aug 15, 2017 About 100 people took part in a vigil outside Saskatoon City Hall on Aug. 14, 2017 honouring victims of race-fuelled violence in Charlottesville, Va. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
Low population stopping downtown grocery stores: report
Saskatoon has a lot of barriers to overcome before grocers decide to set up shop in the downtown core, according to a study submitted to city council. The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Agenc...
Aug 14, 2017
Water main break floods Silverspring roads in NE Saskatoon
Residents in the Silverspring neighbourhood of Saskatoon received an unwelcome surprise Monday afternoon, after a water main break flooded several blocks. The City of Saskatoon said a contractor worki...
Aug 14, 2017 A contractor breached a water main at Central Avenue and Garvie Road on Aug. 14, 2017. (Jason Archibald/Twitter)
Charlottesville vigil planned in Saskatoon
People in Saskatoon are planning a vigil honouring those killed following race-fueled violence in Charlottesville, Va. over the weekend. A 32-year-old woman died and many others were injured after a c...
Aug 14, 2017
La Ronge widow outraged as alleged killer gets bail
The widow of a La Ronge businessman killed during an alleged armed robbery is reacting after a youth accused of the killing was released on bail Simon Grant died in April at his Louisiana's Bar-B-Que ...
Aug 14, 2017 Simon Grant died after an armed robbery at his La Ronge restaurant on April 15, 2017. (Simon Grant/Facebook)
Teen charged after police officers hit with bear spray
A 17-year-old boy is facing charges after police say officers were hit with bear mace late Sunday night. Police were looking for a suspected carjacker when officers approached the boy near the interse...
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