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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Regina-area contractor found guilty of fraud
A Regina-area building contractor pleaded guilty to fraud on Monday, and police say his victims lost more than $250,000. Joseph Myers, 43, of Estlin - 30 minutes south of Regina - was given a conditio...
Jul 17, 2024
Observers warn of 'glass cliff', Canada's 1st female defence chief
OTTAWA - Canada will make history Thursday when Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan takes over command of the Armed Forces as chief of the defence staff. Carignan, who replaces retiring Gen. Wayne Eyre, is the f...
Jul 17, 2024 Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan has spent the last three years leading the military's efforts to change the toxic culture that allowed the 2021 sexual misconduct crisis to occur. (The Canadian Press)
Trudeau outlines details of $30B, 10-year fund for public transit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says applications are now open for a national transit fund that will include money for existing transit systems so they can expand, improve and modernize. The $3...
Jul 17, 2024 The money for the $30-billion, 10-year Canada Public Transit Fund will be divided into three categories: baseline funding for existing systems, metro-region agreements for Canada's biggest cities, and funding for specific things like rural communities, Indigenous communities and active transportation. (The Canadian Press)
New mobile MRI expected to address backlogs in Regina
Some long-awaited relief is coming to people waiting for MRIs in Saskatchewan Regina General Hospital's new portable MRI machine will boost MRI capacity by 5,000 scans over the next two years, accordi...
Jul 17, 2024
RCMP searching for missing Yorkton inmate
Mounties in Yorkton are asking for help in locating a missing inmate. Police say 43-year-old Trevor Mattiuz did not return to the Yorkton Correctional Centre as required on Tuesday afternoon. He is no...
Jul 17, 2024
Premiers wrapping up Council of the Federation summer meeting in Halifax
HALIFAX - Canada's premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today. The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in Halifax for their three-day g...
Jul 17, 2024 The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in Halifax for their three-day gathering hosted by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. (The Canadian Press)
Two women charged with separate Saskatoon assaults
Police have charged two women after two separate incidents in Saskatoon this week. A 28-year-old woman is facing charges after an incident where a woman was attacked with a bat on Monday. Saskatoon Po...
Jul 16, 2024 (CKOM file)
Woman, 21, dies after vehicle rolls on Highway 55
A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55, just east of the turn off to Red Earth Cree Nation. Carrot River RCMP said in a news ...
Jul 16, 2024 A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55 on Tuesday, July 16 2024. (Supplied/RCMP)
Even with a wet spring, a fire ban is still needed, says SPSA
Even though the province saw a large amount of rainfall this spring, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) says after three years of drought, it hasn't made much of a difference in wildfire con...
Jul 16, 2024
Walking bridge in Gabriel Dumont Park open again after fire
A walking bridge in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has reopened following a fire in April. The wooden structure in the popular park was significantly damaged in the blaze on April 11. While the cause...
Jul 16, 2024 The bridge reopened on July 16, more than two months after the fire. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
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