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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Regina puts snow routes in effect; advisories in place for highways in southwest
The snowstorm that smacked Saskatchewan on Sunday and the one that's following it are having an impact on the province's roads. As the afternoon progressed Monday, the list of roads on which travel wa...
Nov 07, 2022
Sask. finalizes mission to recruit health-care workers in Philippines
The Saskatchewan government has set the dates for a recruiting mission to Manila, Philippines to find health-care workers. In September, the provincial government unveiled its Health Human Resources A...
Nov 07, 2022
Wind, solar power projects planned for south-central Saskatchewan
The power grid in south-central Saskatchewan will have an additional 700 megawatts of renewable generation by 2027. In a media release Monday, SaskPower announced 400 MW of wind generation and 300 MW ...
Nov 07, 2022
Loss of $170K leads to firing of SHA employee
A Saskatchewan Health Authority employee was fired in connection with a loss of public money totalling nearly $170,000. The loss was included in a report on losses of public money within Saskatchewan'...
Nov 07, 2022
Hazmat team responds to downtown hotel in Saskatoon
A chemical scare at a downtown hotel in Saskatoon resulted in three people going to hospital on Sunday. The fire department's hazardous material team was called to the Hilton Garden Inn at 2:47 p.m. r...
Nov 07, 2022 A hazerdous material team responded to a chemical scare at the Hilton Garden Inn on Nov. 7, 2022 (Saskatoon Fire)
Highways reopen, conditions remain poor as storm weakens
RCMP are asking drivers to delay travel plans on Sunday if possible. Mounties issued an advisory due to the snow and gusting winds that has made highways slippery with poor visibility. "Please refrain...
Nov 06, 2022 Saskatchewan Highway plow (Twitter)
Saskatoon police investigate city's latest murder
Saskatoon police are investigating a homicide in the city's downtown early Saturday morning. Police say just before 3 a.m., officers were called to a business in the 200 block of Third Avenue South fo...
Nov 05, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Tyler Hubbard, Jordan Davis, Josh Ross named Grey Cup halftime show
Tyler Hubbard, Jordan Davis and Josh Ross will be rocking the stage for the 2022 Grey Cup halftime show. Speculation had been rampant for weeks about who would play with the event drawing near. While ...
Nov 04, 2022
Retired RCMP officer gets conditional sentence in fraud case
A retired Saskatchewan RCMP officer was handed a two-year conditional sentence after pleading guilty to a fraud charge in Regina Court of King’s Bench on Friday. Cheryl Jarvis served as a sergea...
Nov 04, 2022
Pats deal veteran forward Dubinsky to Cougars
The Regina Pats have traded away one of their assistant captains. Regina sent forward Cole Dubinsky to the Prince George Cougars on Friday for 17-year-old forward Zackary Shantz and a third-round pick...
Nov 04, 2022
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