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Saskatoon, Regina home prices rising in Q1 of 2024: Royal LePage
Home prices in Saskatchewan's largest cities are trending upward, with no sign of slowing down. According to Royal LePage, the median price for a single-family detached home in Saskatoon was $435,800 ...
Apr 12, 2024 According to Royal LePage data, home prices are on the upswing in both Regina and Saskatoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Melville man charged with luring a minor for child pornography
A Melville man is facing charges after an investigation by Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation Unit. According to police, an online investigation that began last month led officers to execute a...
Apr 12, 2024 An online investigation led the ICE Unit to execute a search warrant at a home in Melville on Thursday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Corman Park issues fire ban due to dry conditions
Corman Park isn't taking chances with dry conditions increasing the risk of wildfires. Saskatchewan's largest rural municipality, which borders the outskirts of Saskatoon, is enacting a total fire ban...
Apr 12, 2024 A grass fire burns north of Saskatoon on April 26, 2021. (650 CKOM file photo)
Walkway in Gabriel Dumont Park damaged by fire, cause unknown
A pedestrian walkway in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has been closed after a fire Thursday morning. The Saskatoon Fire Department said it responded to a report of a fire in the park just after 8:30...
Apr 11, 2024 The call about the fire was received Thursday just after 8:30 a.m. (650 CKOM file photo)
Veterinary drugs stolen from trailer parked near Saskatoon airport
Saskatoon police are alerting the public after veterinary drugs were stolen from a parked trailer last week. Police said in a release Thursday that the theft happened sometime between 9 p.m. on April ...
Apr 11, 2024 Saskatoon police said the stolen drugs are not intended for human consumption. (650 CKOM file photo)
Province touts progress on health recruitment plan
The provincial government says it's making good progress on its Health Human Resources Action Plan, which aims to add 1,000 new people to Saskatchewan's health-care workforce. While Saskatchewan is st...
Apr 11, 2024 Health Minister Everett Hindley says the province is making "steady progress" on its Health Human Resources Action Plan. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Applications open for Saskatchewan's MMIWG+ community fund
Projects that will help prevent violence and improve safety for Indigenous woman, girls and two-spirit people are now eligible for funding. The provincial government opened applications on Thursday fo...
Apr 11, 2024 The monument to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls outside Saskatoon police headquarters. (650 CKOM file photo)
O.J. Simpson dead at 76, family says
Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family says. He was 76. According to a statement shared on social media, the former football star, actor and accused killer...
Apr 11, 2024 In this March 24, 1978 file photo, O.J. Simpson, left, smiles next to San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. at a news conference where the 49ers announced that Simpson had been traded to them from the Buffalo Bills, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, file)
Sask. government touts big increase in ag exports to Vietnam
The Government of Saskatchewan is touting a major increase in the value of the province's agri-food exports to Vietnam. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan exported $46 million in a...
Apr 10, 2024 Non-durum wheat was the province’s largest agri-food export in 2023, growing almost 32 per cent. (650 CKOM file photo)
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady at five per cent
Canada's central bank is holding its key interest rate steady, but lower rates could be on the horizon. The Bank of Canada maintained its rate at five per cent on Wednesday, but governor Tiff Macklem ...
Apr 10, 2024 The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady on Wednesday, which wasn't a shock to economists. (650 CKOM file photo)
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