Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Riders try to return to winning ways as practice resumes
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders try to break out of their recent rut, the team got some words of encouragement from former offensive lineman and current general manager Jeremy O’Day. Running bac...
Oct 10, 2023
RCMP busts 14 drivers impaired by cannabis at Highway 11 checkstop
An RCMP checkstop over the weekend saw 14 cannabis-impaired drivers issued roadside suspensions. Police set up the Saturday checkstop along Highway 11 in Chamberlain, the typical driving route between...
Oct 10, 2023 A police checkstop on Saturday saw 14 cannabis-impaired drivers issued roadside suspensions. (650 CKOM file photo)
Hundreds rally in Regina against pronoun policies as province pushes forward
Protesters against Saskatchewan's controversial education policies gathered at the Legislative Building on Tuesday as the government worked to make the new policies law. The new policies require paren...
Oct 10, 2023 Hundreds of people gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislature to show their opposition to the school pronoun policy being forced into law. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan providing $100,000 in emergency funds to Israel
In the wake of attacks by Hamas that left hundreds of Israeli civilians dead, Saskatchewan is providing emergency funds to the Middle-East nation. According to the provincial government, Saskatchewan ...
Oct 10, 2023 Israelis take cover in a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip, in Ashkelon, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, killing over 900 people and taking captives. Israel launched heavy retaliatory airstrikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
38-year-old man becomes Saskatoon's ninth homicide victim of 2023
Saskatoon police are investigating the city's ninth homicide of the year after a man was fatally injured Saturday morning in the Massey Place neighbourhood. Police were called shortly before 6 a.m. to...
Oct 10, 2023 Saskatoon police are investigating the city's 9th homicide this year after a man found injured in a yard died in hospital on Oct 7. 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Rental scams with fake listings raise concerns in Saskatchewan
A rental scam going around Saskatchewan has prompted a warning from the province's Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority. Jan Seibel, executive director of the FCAA's insurance and real estate divi...
Oct 10, 2023 Prospective renters were advised to visit properties in person before paying for a rental unit. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Pinehouse RCMP looking for inmate who escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Camp
Pinehouse RCMP are looking for an inmate who has escaped from Besnard Lake Correctional Camp. 37-year-old Anthony Michael Alcrow is described as being 6' 2" tall, 198 pounds with black hair and brown ...
Oct 08, 2023
‘George was a legend’: Fans remember George Reed as they say farewell
Rider fans wore their best green and white Friday to honour team legend George Reed at the celebration of his life. Glenn Cline attended, he said Reed is a role model for the future. "I would hope tha...
Oct 07, 2023
RCMP detachment now in Richmound over so-called ‘queen of Canada’
The RCMP is setting up a temporary detachment in the village of Richmound, near the Alberta border, in response to concerns over the woman who's styled herself the "queen of Canada". "The safety and s...
Oct 07, 2023
Riders try to end losing streak on Legends Night at Mosaic Stadium
On what the organization is dubbing Legends Night, the Saskatchewan Roughriders will try to put an end to a four-game skid. During Saturday’s game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Riders wil...
Oct 07, 2023
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