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Moe and ministers questioned on many topics at SARM convention
It was like a blast from the past before COVID at the bear pit session during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention Wednesday morning. Tables lined the length and brea...
Mar 17, 2022
Saskatoon pub raising pints and funds on St. Patrick's Day
By Drew Stremick O'Shea's Irish Pub is hoping to serve -- and raise -- some green this St. Patrick's Day. The pub in downtown Saskatoon is hosting a free breakfast Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to c...
Mar 16, 2022 (O’Shea’s Irish Pub/Submitted)
Keep the Fight in Flight: Mosaic makes $2.5M donation to STARS
The revamping of the STARS fleet of helicopters got a lift from The Mosaic Company on Wednesday. Mosaic announced a $2.5-million donation to the Keep the Fight in Flight campaign, which was launched i...
Mar 16, 2022
SGI shares top five wacky insurance fraud claims of 2021
It’s Fraud Prevention Month and SGI is marking the occasion with some wacky stories of insurance fraud. The company shared the top five stories of the past year in a news release Wednesday. Runn...
Mar 16, 2022
Provincial government taking aim at feral pig problem
Saskatchewan is taking steps to limit the impact of feral pigs and wild boars on the province. With experts saying wild boars and feral pigs are running amok in Saskatchewan, the provincial government...
Mar 16, 2022
Rural municipalities get $262M from provincial government
Saskatchewan’s municipalities are getting more than $262 million in funding from the provincial government in 2022-23. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement Wednesday at the Saskatchewan Assoc...
Mar 16, 2022
Saskatchewan adds more than 1,200 new child-care spaces
Parents in 21 Saskatchewan communities are getting help when it comes to finding child-care spaces. The federal and provincial governments announced Wednesday they’re creating 1,202 new, license...
Mar 16, 2022
Mounties looking for public's help with death investigation in North Battleford
Police are asking for the public's help as they investigate the suspicious death of a 61-year-old man in North Battleford. Investigators with the Saskatchewan RCMP's Major Crimes Unit are asking anyon...
Mar 15, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
War in Ukraine causing costs to climb for Sask. bakeries, consumers
By Drew Stremick Ukraine is known as "the breadbasket of Europe," and the war in that country is having an impact on the bottom lines of bakeries in Saskatchewan. The global price of wheat has risen s...
Mar 15, 2022
Contractor fined for workplace injury in April of 2020
A workplace injury in Saskatoon nearly two years has resulted in a $70,000 fine against a contracting company. On March 9, Ryderz Contracting Inc., pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one ...
Mar 15, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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