Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Despite cost, Sask. gov't calls trip to COP28 in Dubai 'a major success'
The provincial government is calling a trip to the United Nations' climate change conference in Dubai "a major success for Saskatchewan." But the hefty price tag attached to the overseas trip had some...
Dec 11, 2023 Premier Scott Moe attends a panel discussion on carbon capture at the Saskatchewan government pavilion during COP28 in Dubai. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family raises $60,700 in 2023
An annual holiday tradition will provide a special Christmas for almost 450 families this year. 650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family program brought in $60,700 in donations in 2023. The program - wh...
Dec 11, 2023 Donations to 650 CKOM and Rock 102's Adopt-A-Family will help provide a special Christmas for almost 450 families this year. (Submitted)
Ottawa's $13-billion dental plan to be slowly phased in through 2024
Canada's new federal dental insurance plan will be gradually phased in throughout the coming year, with the first claims expected to be processed in May. The federal government announced details of th...
Dec 11, 2023 A dentist holds instruments in Skokie, Ill., on Friday, June 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Charles Rex Arbogast
Morgan Hackl, Saskatoon's fire chief, to retire by March
Saskatoon's fire chief is leaving the department after 36 years. Morgan Hackl's retirement was announced Monday morning. His final day hasn't yet been set, but he's expected to step down before the en...
Dec 11, 2023 Fire chief Morgan Hackl will retire by the end of March. (City of Saskatoon)
Shots fired, 3 damaged police vehicles during dramatic pursuit
A police pursuit over the weekend ended with three damaged police cruisers, an officer firing their gun and a 52-year-old man in custody. In the early-morning hours of Saturday, police received a dome...
Dec 11, 2023 Three police vehicles were damaged during a pursuit in Saskatoon on Dec. 9, 2023
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Memorandum of understanding has brought bison back to Batoche
A herd of 25 bison has returned to the land on the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan near the Batoche National Historic Site. This comes after a memorandum of understanding was signed between Parks Canada and ...
Dec 10, 2023 A snow-covered bison at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. (City of Saskatoon/Twitter)
Jays are blue: Dodgers sign Ohtani to $700M contract
The Toronto Blue Jays lost out on one of baseball's superstars Saturday, when Shohei Ohtani signed the sport's biggest contract ever with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers announced they had signed...
Dec 09, 2023
Alberta man charged after two Sask. RCMP vehicles rammed
An Alberta man is facing charges after an incident Thursday in Arborfield that included the alleged ramming of two RCMP vehicles. According to the Mounties, officers from the Carrot River detachment r...
Dec 09, 2023 The suspect allegedly rammed two RCMP vehicles and a parked truck as he tried to get away. (650 CKOM file photo)
Study says Saskatchewan’s methane emissions underestimated
Just days after Saskatchewan’s government criticized the federal government’s proposed methane rules for the oil and gas industry, new research is criticizing emissions from Saskatchewan&#...
Dec 08, 2023
‘Quite devastating:’ Fire destroys iconic Yorkton landmark
A piece of Yorkton’s history was lost in a fire Thursday night. One of the two barns on the Yorkton exhibition grounds is now a pile of charred wood and ash. The fire began around 9:30 p.m., and...
Dec 08, 2023
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