Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Harvest 12 per cent complete across Sask., lagging behind long-term averages
Harvest is 12 per cent complete across the province, but is still lagging behind the five- and 10-year averages. According to the weekly crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, whic...
Aug 28, 2025 Bertha armyworms in canola crops were the largest source of crop damage during the week ending on Monday, the ministry added, though the damage was “fairly minor and not widespread as many infested fields have been sprayed.” (650 CKOM file photo)
Murray Wood: Show your Rider pride ahead of Labour Day Classic
Murray Wood says this weekend marks the biggest Rider game of the regular season, as the team faces off against the Bombers in the 60th Labour Day Classic. Wood says he considers it a warmup for the G...
Aug 28, 2025
Sarah Mills: Trade barriers remain a big issue in Canada
It has been six years since a major change to Saskatchewan's trade barriers around alcohol. But, as Sarah Mills argues in today's Mills Minute, there's been little change all these years later. The Mi...
Aug 28, 2025
Saskatoon declares Friday 'Green & White Day' ahead of 60th Labour Day Classic
The Roughriders may play in Regina, but the Bridge City is showing its Rider pride as well. Ahead of the 60th Labour Day Classic - which will see the Riders square off against their arch rivals, the W...
Aug 28, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders fans eat watermelon ahead of a CFL game in Regina, Saskatchewan. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Submitted)
As mosquito counts rise in Saskatoon, entomologist offers tips to keep them in check
Mosquito counts are up in Saskatoon, but an entomologist says they're still a lot lower than last summer. The week ending on Friday saw the city collect an average of 24.97 biting mosquitos in its tra...
Aug 27, 2025 Georgiana Antochi-Crihan, an entomologist for the City of Saskatoon, said the warm temperatures and widespread rainfall in August likely contributed to the recent spike in mosquito populations. (Wizzard / Depositphotos.com)
Man sentenced for illegal outfitting in Wilkie area: CPPS
A recent investigation by the Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Service resulted in a Red Pheasant Cree Nation man being charged with unlawful hunting and several other offences. The man was charged a...
Aug 27, 2025 A Red Pheasant Cree Nation man was charged with illegal hunting in the Wilkie area last fall. (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Murray Wood: Taylor Swift engagement a nice way to end a cruel summer
Murray Wood says the only thing as amusing as the reaction of fans to Taylor Swift's engagement announcement on Tuesday was the reaction from the people who aren't Swifties. Murray Wood delivers sharp...
Aug 27, 2025
Sarah Mills: Is AI taking us towards the future we saw on 'The Jetsons'?
An AI world may be in our future, but in this Mills Minute, Sarah Mills out lays exactly the type of futuristic, robotic world she wants to live in - though it may still be a long ways off. The Mills ...
Aug 27, 2025
Looking back at Labour Day Classics with Roughrider historian Rob Vanstone
The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers are ready to square off in the 60th Labour Day Classic on Sunday in Regina. This year's game has already sold out, and the excitement is building...
Aug 27, 2025 The 60th annual Labour Day Classic is already sold out. The game will be played on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
Loon Lake RCMP hunting two men charged with ATV robbery, assault
Loon Lake RCMP are looking for two men who have been charged with a number of offences after they say an ATV was stolen at gunpoint on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation last week. Saskatchewan RCMP said ...
Aug 26, 2025 Police are still looking for 25-year-old Justin Kytwayhat, left, and 34-year-old Owen Kytwayhat from Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Justin Kytwayhat is 5-foot-11 and weighs 180 lbs. He has brown eyes and black hair and a scar on right ankle, RCMP said, while Owen Kytwayhat is 5-foot-nine, weighs 160 lbs and has brown eyes and black hair with multiple tattoos, including numbers on his cheeks, a star above his left eyebrow, and words on his neck. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
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