Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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'Not true reconciliation:' FSIN reacts to federal bill on water
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is not impressed with new federal legislation on clean water. The Canadian government announced Bill C-61, the proposed First Nations Clean Water ...
Dec 11, 2023
Police in Saskatchewan issue 1,347 traffic charges in one week
Police around Saskatchewan marked Canada Safe Driving Week by laying more than 1,300 charges and about the same number of warnings. According to the RCMP, officers with Combined Traffic Services Saska...
Dec 11, 2023 Police around the province handed out more than 1,300 tickets -- and roughly the same number of warnings -- in a single week this month. (650 CKOM file photo)
Driver suffers medical emergency, crashes into four other vehicles: Police
A driver suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel on Saturday night in Saskatoon, crashing into four other vehicles as a result. According to police, the 19-year-old driver of a pickup truc...
Dec 11, 2023 Police say a driver crashed into four vehicles after suffering a driver suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel on Saturday. (650 CKOM file photo)
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
(File photo/650 CKOM)
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
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