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Man dies following collision with gravel truck at Miller and 71st
A 47-year-old man has died after a collision with a gravel truck. Police arrived at the scene around 5:20 p.m. friday at Miller Ave. And 71st Street East. The investigation determined that a half-ton ...
Jun 08, 2024 Members of the Collision Analyst Unit continue to investigate a fatal collision. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Gov't calls for federal restrictions on AI voice cloning
The Government of Saskatchewan is concerned about voice cloning using artificial intelligence, and is calling on Ottawa to follow the United States' lead and restrict its use. The province said AI tec...
Jun 07, 2024 The Government of Saskatchewan is concerned about the potential for automated calls using AI clones of well-known voices. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man stabbed by group of men in Riversdale: Police
A Saskatoon man was taken to hospital after he was stabbed by a group of men early Friday morning. According to police, the 36-year-old victim was walking in the area of 20th Street West and Avenue K ...
Jun 07, 2024 Police say the man was approached and stabbed by a group of men on bicycles. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. unemployment rate dipped slightly in May to 5.6 per cent: Statistics Canada
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate dipped slightly last month, falling from 5.7 per cent in April to 5.6 per cent in May. According to figures released on Friday by Statistics Canada, that puts the prov...
Jun 07, 2024 Saskatchewan added 16,200 new jobs in May on a year-over-year basis. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Pride bans Sask. Party from June parade
On the heels of a similar decision in Regina, Saskatoon Pride has announced that Saskatchewan Party MLAs are banned from the organization's annual summer parade. In a news release this week, the organ...
Jun 07, 2024 Saskatoon Pride's 2024 parade is set for June 17. (650 CKOM file photo)
Rawlco Radio awarded for championing Sask. breast cancer research
A record-breaking year for the C95 Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer Research garnered a community service award Friday from the Western Association of Broadcasters. Last October, the station raised a ...
Jun 07, 2024 C95's Shauna Foster and Rob Suski show off this year's record-breaking total. (C95/Submitted)
Home sales strong but inventory remains low, realtors association says
Saskatchewan continues to see strong numbers in home sales, even as inventory remains a challenge. According to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, the province saw 1,841 home sales last month, up ...
Jun 06, 2024 Chris Guérette of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says it's impressive that sales remained strong despite seriously low inventory levels. (650 CKOM file photo)
Seeding nearly complete on Saskatchewan farms
Seeding is almost complete in Saskatchewan, with 94 per cent of the 2024 crop already in the ground. But while good progress was made in the past week, producers are still slightly behind the five-yea...
Jun 06, 2024 Seeding across Saskatchewan is more than 90 per cent complete, but is still lagging slightly behind the five-year average for this time of year. (Vadyuhin/Depositphotos.com)
Man and woman charged in 2020 Saskatoon homicide case
Almost four years after 23-year-old Eagleson Thomas was killed in Saskatoon, a man and a woman are facing charges. On September 15 of 2020, Thomas' body was found in a home on Avenue G South in Saskat...
Jun 06, 2024 The house in which Eagleson Thomas' remains were found in 2020. (650 CKOM file photo)
STF declines binding arbitration, declares bargaining impasse
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation rejected an offer to take contract negotiations to binding arbitration. In a statement, the federation declared a bargaining impasse and said work-to-rule sanctio...
Jun 05, 2024 Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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