Sarah Mills: Help is needed for wildfire evacuees in Saskatchewan
The wildfire situation in Saskatchewan may be turning a corner, but the damage will be felt for some time. On this Day o...
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Province creates safe access zones for health-care workers, patients
Aggressive protests around Saskatchewan hospitals could soon be a thing of past, for a while anyway. On Wednesday, the government introduced The Public Health (Safe Access to Hospitals) Amendment Act,...
Nov 10, 2021
Saskatchewan to get tougher on stunting, racing, excessive speeding
Saskatchewan police soon will be getting the green light to assess stiffer penalties against drivers who are stunting, racing or speeding excessively on the province's roads. The provincial government...
Nov 10, 2021
Two new policing initiatives launched in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government is giving police in the province more tools to deal with high-risk offenders. As was laid out in the Throne Speech, the government is launching two new policing initiatives...
Nov 10, 2021
Snowfall warnings issued as winter returns to parts of Sask.
Some parts of Saskatchewan are getting acquainted with winter and dicey driving conditions again. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings early Wednesday for central areas of the province includin...
Nov 10, 2021
Robins nets OT winner as Blades down Oil Kings
The Saskatoon Blades worked overtime Tuesday to snap a two-game losing streak. Tristen Robins' goal 50 seconds into the five-minute overtime period gave the host Blades a 4-3 WHL victory over the Edmo...
Nov 09, 2021 (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
Latest COVID update Nov. 9: Two more transferred patients die in Ontario
Two more ICU patients Saskatchewan had sent to Ontario for treatment have died. During a COVID-19 technical briefing Tuesday, Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency president Marlo Pritchard said five peop...
Nov 09, 2021
Health Canada approves Pfizer booster for 18+ age group
Health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for booster shots for everyone 18 and over. The boosters are to be given at least six months after a person received the...
Nov 09, 2021
Crime Reduction Teams initiative expanding in Saskatchewan
Two more Crime Reduction Teams are set to begin operations in Saskatchewan. As called for in the Throne Speech, the Saskatchewan government is putting up $1.5 million in the 2021-22 fiscal year to exp...
Nov 09, 2021
‘The first one’: Environment Canada expecting winter conditions
Mild conditions can only last so long. Environment Canada is forecasting snow to start falling in many places throughout the province either Tuesday or Wednesday. As of Tuesday morning, many central a...
Nov 09, 2021
Pedestrian killed in collision on highway near Loon Lake
A 27-year-old man is dead after he was hit by a vehicle Sunday on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, near Loon Lake. The RCMP said officers got a call at about 6:40 p.m., that a pedestrian had been h...
Nov 08, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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The Rawlco Day of Caring takes over the show to support those impacted by wildfires in the province. We hear from Premie...
