Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Sask. livestock company to pay $50,000 after worker injured by bull
A Saskatchewan livestock company has been ordered to pay $50,000 after a bull seriously injured a worker near Weyburn in 2022. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Holds...
Feb 23, 2024 A Saskatchewan livestock company is facing a hefty fine after a bull injured a worker in 2022. (650 CKOM file photo)
Troy Cooper to serve as safety lead for Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
A Saskatchewan First Nation has tapped the former police chief for Saskatoon and Prince Albert to lead its community safety plan. Troy Cooper, who retired from his role as Saskatoon's top cop in Decem...
Feb 23, 2024 In his new role, Troy Cooper, former police chief for Saskatoon and Prince Albert, will work to improve safety on the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP continues to probe woman's death on Red Pheasant Cree Nation
The RCMP is continuing its investigation into the death of 44-year-old Candie Pritchard. In early February, the Mounties issued a release saying human remains had been found on the Red Pheasant Cree N...
Feb 22, 2024 The RCMP says Candie Pritchard was last seen in the area of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in the first week of January. (RCMP/Submitted)
CFIB says 85% of small businesses oppose carbon tax as Ottawa rejigs rebates
Ottawa is changing the formula for allocating carbon tax revenues, directing more of the money away from small businesses and towards consumers. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Bus...
Feb 22, 2024 CFIB president Dan Kelly says the carbon pricing plan "stopped being about climate change some time ago." (650 CKOM file photo)
Condo fire extinguished by melted water pipe leaves $500,000 in damage
An early-morning fire in a condo building's ceiling partially put itself out when it melted a water pipe, but the damage left behind added up to an estimated $500,000. According to the Saskatoon Fire ...
Feb 22, 2024 Restoration workers were at the scene of a fire on Saskatchewan Crescent West on Thursday morning. (650 CKOM)
'Devastating:' Sask. government slams Ottawa's proposed oil and gas policies
The Government of Saskatchewan is condemning proposed federal regulations on the oil and gas industry, saying they would devastate the provincial economy and drop production by as much as 30 per cent....
Feb 22, 2024 The province says two proposed federal policies could see Saskatchewan's oiol and gas production drop by as much as 30 per cent. (980 CJME file photo)
Moose Jaw police dog's missing vest returned
A canine cop in Moose Jaw has been reunited with a missing piece of equipment. On Monday, police said a special ballistic vest belonging to police dog True had gone missing over the weekend after a br...
Feb 22, 2024 Police in Moose Jaw say police dog True has been reuinted with a missing ballistic vest. (Moose Jaw Police Service/Submitted)
Two boys charged with manslaughter after killing in Massey Place neighbourhood
A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been charged with manslaughter in the death of another 12-year-old boy Monday in Saskatoon. It's the city's fifth homicide of 2024 -- all of which have occ...
Feb 21, 2024 Saskatoon police responded to the call Monday at around 3 a.m. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. walk-in clinic wait times increased 20 minutes in 2023
You'd better bring a book. Wait times at walk-in medical clinics are getting longer across Canada, and Saskatchewan is no exception. According to data from Medimap, an online service that lets patient...
Feb 21, 2024 According to data from Medimap, walk-in wait times are getting longer in Saskatchewan, and across Canada. (650 CKOM file photo)
STF trades shots with minister, plans news conference on in-class violence
As the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation refuses to resume bargaining and plans more sanctions, the union is also trading shots with Saskatchewan's education minister on social media. The union has sa...
Feb 21, 2024 The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation office in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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