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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Kevin Smith files for grant to film movie in Saskatchewan
It looks like Kevin Smith is serious about making a movie in Saskatchewan. Smith's company has applied for a grant from Creative Saskatchewan. The government body that oversees arts grants in Saskatch...
Apr 14, 2016
Chimp flees Japan zoo, caught after falling from power pole
TOKYO (AP) - A chimpanzee fled from a zoo in northern Japan and tried desperately to avoid being captured by climbing an electric pole. Not for long. Chacha, the male chimp, was on the loose nearly tw...
Apr 14, 2016
Man who struck, killed Saskatchewan conservation officer appeals sentence
REGINA - A man who struck and killed a conservation officer on a Saskatchewan highway says the court didn't properly consider his background of poverty, abuse in a residential school and struggle with...
Apr 14, 2016
Persevering Pats pull out another win against Red Deer
The Regina Pats bent but didn't break in their 6-4 win over the Red Deer Rebels Wednesday night, leaving the series tied at two. It was looking really good for the blue and white after two periods and...
Apr 13, 2016
52 years of service: meet the longest serving government worker in Sask.
In 1963, Saskatchewan's Premier was Woodrow Lloyd. Gas was six cents a litre. The price of a home was $16,000. It was also the year that Walter Mikulsky began work with the provincial government. Afte...
Apr 13, 2016
Leslie Black tries to have guilty plea expunged from record in P.A. court
A Prince Albert man accused of a brutal 2014 assault, attempted to take back his original guilty plea on Wednesday. The expungement hearing of Leslie Black concluded in P.A. provincial court April 13,...
Apr 13, 2016 Leslie Black pleaded guilty in April 2015 to the attempted murder of Marlene Bird. (File photo/650 CKOM)
Regina sports bar gearing up for playoffs despite lack of Canadian teams
For the first time since the 1970s, there aren't any Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, but that may not stop Regina hockey fans from sitting down in front of the TV on Wednesday night. Chad Crites i...
Apr 13, 2016
Missing Yorkton teen may be in Regina or Saskatoon
Yorkton RCMP are asking for help to find a 16-year-old girl who went missing on Tuesday. Mekayla Bali who also goes by the last name Niebergall was last seen at the bus station in Yorkton. Police beli...
Apr 13, 2016
Teen in custody after lockdown at Moose Jaw Central Collegiate
A report of an agitated student with a knife prompted a lockdown at Central Collegiate in Moose Jaw. On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Moose Jaw Police Service responded to a call of an agitated student with...
Apr 13, 2016
They're back: mosquitoes out in southern Sask.
With the gift of summer-like temperatures in April comes Saskatchewan's most despised summer pest - the mosquito. Yes, mosquitoes are back and biting, but only in small numbers, according to Saskatche...
Apr 13, 2016
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