Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Sask. no longer providing pipes, instructions to drug users
The provincial government will no longer provide meth and crack pipes to drug users in Saskatchewan. In addition, the government will no longer provide instructions for illicit drug use and will ban t...
Jan 18, 2024 Dr. Carson MacPherson says the Saskatchewan government is moving appropriately towards recovery rather than solely focusing harm reduction when it comes to tackling the issue of addiction in the province. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon man arrested, charged with child porn-related charges
A Saskatoon man has been arrested and charged with child pornography-related offences. Investigators with the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit executed a search warrant at a Saskato...
Jan 17, 2024 A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged with child-porn related offences. (650 CKOM file photo)
Extreme cold warnings for central, SE Sask.
The extreme cold warnings are back for parts of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada has issued the warnings due to the wind chill dropping to between -40 C and -45 C Wednesday night and into Thursday aft...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Two charged in 2022 murder on Onion Lake Cree Nation
Two people face charges of first-degree murder in connection to a death on the Onion Lake Cree Nation. Abdo Grayman, 46, was discovered severely injured in a camper next to a home on the First Nation ...
Jan 17, 2024 Two people were arrested and charged with first-degree murder after a man was killed on the Onion Lake Cree Nation. (650 CKOM file photo)
Employee charged with sexual assault of two girls at Regina business
Regina Police Service has charged a 54-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted two children in the back room of a business on the 400 block of Albert Street North. Police said the investigation star...
Jan 17, 2024
STF says further teacher job action planned for Monday
As teachers across the province warm up after walking off the job yesterday, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation announced further job action is planned for next week unless the province changes cour...
Jan 17, 2024 Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, joins teachers for a demonstration in front of the Legislative Building in Regina during a single-day teacher strike on Jan. 16, 2024. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
VIDEO: Fire damages vintage A&W in downtown Prince Albert
Prince Albert residents watched the city's first A&W restaurant go up in smoke and flames Wednesday morning. The fire broke out shortly after 5 a.m. causing significant damage. An update from the ...
Jan 17, 2024 Flames engulfed the vintage A&W in downtown Prince Albert on Jan 17, 2024 (Roxanne Bergen/Facebook)
Police use stun gun to subdue man at Midtown Common
Shoppers at a Saskatoon mall on Tuesday witnessed police use a stun gun to take down an uncooperative suspect. Shortly before 3:00 p.m., members of the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) guns and gangs un...
Jan 17, 2024 Police used a stun gun to subdue a suspect at Midtown Common on Tuesday afternoon. (File photo)
Extreme cold warnings end after frigid week in Saskatchewan
After a full week in the deep freeze, Saskatchewan is beginning to warm up. The extreme cold warnings that have been in effect for much of the province since last Wednesday all came to an end on Tuesd...
Jan 16, 2024 Extreme cold warnings are finally coming to an end after a seriously cold week across Saskatchewan. (650 CKOM file photo)
CAA Sask. fields thousands of service requests during extreme cold
While everything seems to slow down in the cold, CAA Saskatchewan has been busy dealing with thousands of calls for help. Since the extreme cold descended on the province on Thursday, the organization...
Jan 16, 2024 CAA Saskatchewan says it's fielded around 4,000 calls for assistance since Thursday. (650 CKOM file photo)
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