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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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
Dave Haye to serve as interim Saskatoon police chief
Saskatoon's Board of Police Commissioners named the city's new interim police chief on Friday. Acting deputy chief Dave Haye will take on the role of interim chief starting Jan. 1. According to a stat...
Dec 08, 2023 Acting deputy chief Dave Haye will serve as interim chief of the Saskatoon Police Service. (650 CKOM file photo)
Pedestrian dies after collision on Highway 12: RCMP
Mounties say a 31-year-old man from the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation is dead after he was struck by a vehicle while walking on Highway 12. The RCMP said officers from the Warman detachment were call...
Dec 08, 2023 Police say the crash remains under investigation. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man dead after single-vehicle rollover near Perdue: RCMP
A 31-year-old man from Biggar is dead after a rollover just east of Perdue. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the scene at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. The driver and only occupant of the ...
Dec 08, 2023 Police say the driver was pronounced dead in hospital following the crash. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Saskatchewan reports five more flu-related deaths
Influenza claimed the lives of five Saskatchewan residents over the past two weeks. According to the Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report issued Friday by the Ministry of Health, ...
Dec 08, 2023
'For youth, by youth:' Mental health group home opens in Saskatoon
Young people in Saskatoon now have access to a second mental health group home. The new eight-space home, called Garden of Hope, provides youth-driven therapeutic housing for young people aged 12 to 1...
Dec 08, 2023 Tim McLeod, minister of mental health and addictions, helped open a new mental health home for youths in Saskatoon on Friday. (Will Mandzuk/605CKOM)
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