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Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Furry friends: Saskatoon ice cream shop serving dogs
By Halyna Mihalik Looking to help your four-legged friend cool down this summer? A Saskatoon-based ice cream shop is catering to humans -- and dogs. Crunchy Dog Ice Cream is treating dogs to Milkbone ...
Jun 02, 2023 Carbon ordering his treat at Crunchy Dog Ice Cream. (Maria Stankowski/Submitted)
Saskatoon company fined $6K for not paying wages after employment ends
A Saskatoon company has been fined a total of $6,000 for failing to pay wages within 14 days of the end of employment. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, College Park ...
Jun 02, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Misting stations to help keep Saskatoon residents cool this summer
By Halyna Mihalik Saskatoon residents will have an easier time keeping cool this summer, thanks to new misting stations. Misting stations are tents that spray misted water on people who walk through. ...
Jun 01, 2023 Emergency management director Pamela Goulden-McLeod in one of the city's new misting stations. (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
Police seize more than a kilogram of meth while executing search warrant
Police in Saskatoon executed a search warrant Wednesday, leading to five arrests and the seizure of large quantities of drugs. Officers with the Crime Reduction Team and Tactical Support Unit executed...
Jun 01, 2023 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon man charged with assaulting police officer with bear spray
A Saskatoon man who allegedly used bear spray on a police officer was hit with a Taser in response Thursday morning. According to police, officers were dispatched at about 10:15 a.m., to the 1100 bloc...
Jun 01, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Province provides $40 million in additional funding to school divisions
The Saskatchewan government is directing an additional $40 million to the province's school divisions following numerous calls for increased funding in the wake of the provincial budget. According to ...
Jun 01, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Second tornado warning for south-central Saskatchewan cancelled
For the second time Thursday afternoon, a tornado warning was issued for areas of south-central Saskatchewan and then lifted. At 3:42 p.m., the warning was put in place for areas around Viceroy, Ormis...
Jun 01, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan gov’t provides update on health-care recruitment plan
The Saskatchewan government says the majority of Saskatchewan’s spring nursing graduates appear willing to stay in the province to begin their careers. In a media release Thursday, the governmen...
Jun 01, 2023
Record-breaking temperatures recorded across Sask. on Wednesday
Sizzling temperatures resulted in many temperature records being broken across Saskatchewan on Wednesday. Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said La Ronge, Last Mo...
Jun 01, 2023
Seeding in Saskatchewan nearly 90 per cent complete
Seeding in Saskatchewan is nearing completion in many areas. In the weekly crop report, which was issued Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture said farmers in the northwest have 97 per cent of the cro...
Jun 01, 2023
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