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UPDATE: Police find 88-year-old woman who had been reported missing
Saskatoon police have found an 88-year-old woman who had been reported missing earlier Tuesday. In an update Tuesday afternoon, police said the woman had been found safe and sound. She had last been s...
Nov 21, 2023 An 88-year-old woman who had last been seen at St. Paul's Hospital was found safe Tuesday afternoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
'Unaffordable, unconstitutional, unattainable:' Sask. slams proposed power regulations
The federal government's proposed Clean Electricity Regulations are getting a big stamp of disapproval from the Government of Saskatchewan. According to the province, the proposed regulations "impose ...
Nov 21, 2023 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskPower, says he 'will not risk the affordability and reliability of Saskatchewan's power grid to attempt the impossible based on an arbitrary federal emissions target and timeline.' (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Speeding semi leads Swift Current Mounties to massive cigarette seizure
A speeding semi led to a massive seizure of illegal cigarettes for RCMP officers in Swift Current last week. According to the RCMP, officers from the Swift Current Rural detachment spotted the speedin...
Nov 21, 2023 The driver of the semi is expected to appear in court in Swift Current in January. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
North Battleford, Meadow Lake get $800K grants for policing
The cities of North Battleford and Meadow Lake are getting support from the Saskatchewan government for policing in their communities. The provincial government announced Tuesday that each city is get...
Nov 21, 2023
Charges pending after suspected impaired driver hits tree: Police
Police in Saskatoon say charges are pending after a suspected impaired driver crashed into a tree on Whiteswan Drive. Officers were called to the street on Saskatoon's north end at around midnight on ...
Nov 21, 2023 Police say a 29-year-old man has died after a stabbing on June 3, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
Trimming the tree: Pothole in Normanview decorated for holiday season
Two orange traffic sawhorses in Regina's Normanview neighbourhood could be visible from Santa's sleigh this Christmas. After six months of waiting, homeowners have decked out the traffic blockades cov...
Nov 21, 2023
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire disrupt Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
MLAs left the chamber at the Legislative Assembly in Regina on Monday as proceedings were disrupted by a protest. According to The Canadian Press, dozens of protesters in the gallery chanting for a ce...
Nov 20, 2023 Monday's proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan were disrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP identify man hurt in collision on Highway 11
UPDATE: RCMP now say they have been able to identify the man hit by a vehicle on Sunday, as someone from the North Battleford detachment area. According to a brief statement, police are not releasing ...
Nov 20, 2023 Police say this man was injured in a collision on Highway 11 near Duck Lake early on Sunday morning. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatchewan makes Holocaust education mandatory in schools
Studying the Holocaust will soon be a requirement for high school students across Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Education, a renewed curriculum for Social Studies 10 will soon include a m...
Nov 20, 2023 A man walks next to the ''Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) gate at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
Rapid-access counselling for kids expanding in west-central Sask.
The province is expanding its free, rapid-access counselling program for young people to more communities in west-central Saskatchewan. Annual funding of $1.7 million announced Monday will allow Famil...
Nov 20, 2023 Saskatchewan is expanding a free counselling program for young people to several more communities. (650 CKOM file photo)
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