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Murray Wood hates a steak snob. He says the "self-appointed arbiters of how food should be prepared" should le...
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RCMP charge man with arson for large grass fire near Prince Albert
A 35-year-old man is facing an arson charge after allegedly setting a grass fire just north of Prince Albert on Wednesday. According to the RCMP, officers were notified of the fire about five kilometr...
Sep 05, 2025 Larry Bird, a 35-year-old resident of the Little Red River First Nation, was arrested at the scene. He’s facing a charge of arson with damage to property. (Buckland Fire and Rescue/Facebook)
Final budget for Saskatoon's new downtown library set at $150 million
The final budget for Saskatoon's new downtown library has been set at $150 million. On Thursday, the Saskatoon Public Library's administration and board announced that the tendering process is now com...
Sep 05, 2025 The new Saskatoon Public Library central branch's multipurpose events space is shown here with an artist rendering. The new building is set to open at 321 2nd Avenue North in 2027. (Saskatoon Public Library)
Sarah Mills: Surviving the first week of high school
Sarah Mills says her teenage daughter made it through her very first week of high school successfully, although the first week wasn't entirely without drama, challenges and some nerves as well. The Mi...
Sep 05, 2025
Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list includes distracted drivers Crown Royal moving a bottling plant out of Ontario. Murra...
Sep 05, 2025
Two people, including self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada,' facing charges after RCMP raid in Richmound
The woman who styles herself the "Queen of Canada" is one of two people facing charges after the RCMP made a number of arrests on Wednesday at the disused school in Richmound, Sask. that had become th...
Sep 05, 2025 Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada,' speaking in an online video. (Bitchute)
Changes in place at Saskatoon Public Schools one year after Evan Hardy attack
One year after a girl was allegedly attacked and set on fire by a fellow student at Saskatoon's Evan Hardy Collegiate, several changes are in place as a new school year begins. According to a spokespe...
Sep 05, 2025 Tributes displayed outside Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon in the aftermath of an alleged attack on a student on Sept. 5, 2024. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man, 44, allegedly attacks bike cop during arrest
An unruly 44-year-old Saskatoon man is facing assault charges after allegedly assaulting an officer who was trying to arrest him on Wednesday afternoon. Police said officers were called to an establis...
Sep 04, 2025 Police said the officer was not injured during the fight. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Dry conditions push harvest ahead, with 23 per cent of crops in the bin
Dry conditions over the past week let Saskatchewan producers make good progress on harvest. According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week ending on Monda...
Sep 04, 2025 While the dry conditions did allow for good progress on harvesting operations, the ministry noted that a lack of moisture and high winds caused some crop damage over the past week. (Ashley Heavin/Submitted)
Sarah Mills: Lessons to be learned as court rules against Trump in Harvard funding case
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump was wrong in cancelling grants to Harvard University. As Sarah Mills argues, the lesson for Trump is that life doesn't always go your way. The Mil...
Sep 04, 2025
Murray Wood: Let's give the people who sexually assault kids a life sentence
Murray Wood says news of a sexual assault in Ontario is absolutely sickening, but so are the assertions that the same suspect just got out of jail - six months early - for a similar attack four years ...
Sep 04, 2025
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