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APAS pushes Senate to keep barn heating exemption on carbon tax bill
While many farmers are looking forward to possible changes to Canada's carbon tax through a new bill, a Saskatchewan farming association is raising concerns about one of the bill's amendments. The Agr...
Oct 26, 2023 Canada's senate is currently considering Bill C-234, “An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.” (650 CKOM file photo)
Report says salaries of Sask. Crown execs down 3% from previous year
Executives at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations received $18.7 million in salary during the 2022-23 fiscal year, a drop of three per cent from the previous year. In the 2022-23 payee disclosure report...
Oct 26, 2023
Neuron wraps up Saskatoon e-scooter season, Bird continues operations
There will be fewer e-scooters on Saskatoon streets after the first snowfall of the season hit this week. The electric scooters arrived in the city in May, with two companies, Neuron and Bird, operati...
Oct 26, 2023 Neuron scooters are no longer available as winter approaches, but Bird scooters will continue to operate until roughly the end of October. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Regina man dead after Wednesday crash on Highway 39
A 37-year-old Regina man is dead after a crash on Highway 39. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the scene about 21 kilometres northwest of Estevan on Wednesday just after 3 p.m. Police sa...
Oct 26, 2023
Contractor selected for St. Paul's Hospital entrance expansion
Graham Construction has been chosen to construct the front entrance expansion project at Saskatoon's St. Paul's Hospital. According to SaskBuilds, Graham was chosen after competing against PCL Constru...
Oct 26, 2023 SaskBuilds said the project is expected to improve safety, accessibility and “patient flow” at the hospital. (650 CKOM file photo)
Green cart contractor defaults, program continues as city looks for solution
The City of Saskatoon has run out of patience with Green Prairie Environmental. On Wednesday, the city announced it is looking at new options for the city's curbside organics program after Green Prair...
Oct 26, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. nurses hold rally to call out health-care staff shortages
Crying "Hey hey, ho ho, unsafe staffing's got to go," roughly 150 nurses rallied across from the Saskatchewan Legislative Building on Wednesday. The rally comes on the heels of a survey released in Oc...
Oct 25, 2023
Saskatoon woman charged with manslaughter in fourth homicide of 2023
An investigation into a suspicious death has led to a manslaughter charge against a 33-year-old Saskatoon woman. According to police, officers were called to a home on Confederation Place on May 27, w...
Oct 25, 2023 Saskatoon police say a woman is charged with manslaughter after the May 27 death of David Dustyhorn. (650 CKOM file photo)
Mounties raise alarm about officer assaults after ATV ramming incident
A Lloydminster man is facing serious charges after allegedly ramming an RCMP cruiser with an ATV. In the wake of the incident, the Mounties are raising the alarm about what the RCMP says are a growing...
Oct 25, 2023 Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Sask. RCMP, says assaults on officers are up significantly in recent years. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
Regina woman killed in crash near Kronau
A 32-year-old woman from Regina is dead after a crash Tuesday near Kronau. The RCMP said the crash between an SUV and a semi happened at around 9:45 a.m. on Highway 33 northwest of Kronau. The driver ...
Oct 25, 2023
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