Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
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‘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)
Star Blanket First Nation begins search for unmarked graves
The Star Blanket First Nation has started the process of searching for unmarked graves. The First Nation is deploying ground-penetrating radar to scan the grounds near the former site of the Qu’...
Nov 08, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 8: Sask. doctor who was transferred to Ontario dies
A Saskatchewan doctor has died of COVID-19 in Ontario. Dr. Youssef Al-Begamy's death was confirmed by a friend and fellow doctor. Al-Begamy had worked in Regina and Fort Qu'Appelle during his career. ...
Nov 08, 2021 (SHA/Submitted)
Increased ambulance service coming to communities north of Saskatoon
Several communities north of Saskatoon are getting more ambulance service starting in November. The Government of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Monday enhanced ambulance ser...
Nov 08, 2021
Provincial Protective Services Branch gets green light
Saskatchewan is moving ahead with its plan to create a new Provincial Protective Services Branch. It’s to have Conservation, Highway Patrol and Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods officers, inm...
Nov 08, 2021
Car ends up partially submerged in Saskatoon pond
A Saskatoon driver had a chilly encounter after a car ended up in a city pond on Sunday morning. Fire crews were called just before 1:30 a.m. to a pond near the Boychuk Drive interchange to find a veh...
Nov 08, 2021 A vehicle ended up in a pond near the Boychuck interchange in Saskatoon on November 7th, 2021.
(Submitted/Saskatoon Fire)
U.S. tourism sector eager to see Canadians return
It's not just Canadians who are excited about taking a leisure trip south of the border. An American tourism group is eager to welcome back its northern neighbours as well. "We have got some very opti...
Nov 08, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 7: Active cases continue to fall, six deaths, 191 in hospital
The downward trend of COVID cases in Saskatchewan continued Sunday. In its daily update, the province reported 157 new cases and 231 recoveries, dropping the active total down to 1,665. There were als...
Nov 07, 2021
Environment Canada forecasts snow throughout much of Saskatchewan this week
It’s been a very mild fall in Saskatchewan with little snow, but expect that to change this week. Environment Canada is forecasting snow to start falling in many places either Tuesday or Wednesd...
Nov 07, 2021
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