Murray Wood: Drought or deluge, it's Saskatchewan weather
Murray Wood notes that while we have seen years with "perfect" weather in the province, they aren't that commo...
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Many happy returns: Alford providing spark for 2022 Riders
Mario Alford has hit his stride with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 30-year-old return man lost his job with the Montreal Alouettes after some injuries forced him to miss most of the 2021 CFL seaso...
Sep 14, 2022
RCMP arrest youth in connection with North Battleford school assault
RCMP in North Battleford arrested a 16-year-old boy believed to be involved in an assault at a local high school. Police said the youth was believed to be armed and dangerous, and issued a call for he...
Sep 14, 2022 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Three dead after vehicle plunges into water north of Green Lake
Three people are dead after a vehicle went off the road and into the water at the Beaver River Bridge on Highway 155, about 40 kilometres north of Green Lake. In a media release Wednesday, the RCMP sa...
Sep 14, 2022
Police respond to incident at North Battleford high school
RCMP officers responded Wednesday morning to an assault at North Battleford Composite High School, which was locked down in the afternoon. According to the RCMP, one person is reportedly hurt, but the...
Sep 14, 2022 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
SUN calling on province to do more to protect long-term care homes
The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is calling on the provincial government to do more when it comes to protecting long-term care facilities from COVID-19. On Monday, it was reported that all 46 re...
Sep 14, 2022
Air Support Unit assists Saskatoon police in arrests
The Saskatoon Police Service's eye in the sky helped officers arrest four people who were fleeing police in a stolen vehicle full of weapons Monday night. The chase began when an officer tried to make...
Sep 14, 2022 (SPS Air Support Unit/Twitter)
Battlefords RCMP responds to unusual calls
Mounties in the Battlefords were kept busy over the past week, fielding hundreds of calls and responding to a few eyebrow-raising incidents. According to the RCMP, there were 500 calls for service bet...
Sep 14, 2022 (650 CKOM files)
Suspect in Witchekan Lake emergency alert led RCMP through cornfield in burning SUV
Police have released more details about an emergency alert issued on the Witchekan Lake First Nation last week, which led to four arrests, a high-speed chase through a cornfield, and a slew of firearm...
Sep 13, 2022 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
‘Nothing like I’ve ever experienced’: Riders’ Richardson reflects on starting while sick
Kooper Richardson’s first CFL start will be one he will remember — even if it was one that was hard to stomach. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ offensive tackle was one of the many pla...
Sep 13, 2022
No provincial holiday in Sask. on day of Queen's funeral; memorial planned
On Monday, when Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest, Canada will mark the occasion with a federal holiday, but it won't be a statutory holiday in Saskatchewan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced t...
Sep 13, 2022 Mourners lay flowers near a Canadian flag as people wait to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II near the gates of Buckingham Palace in London. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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8:30 - This morning, we're joined by Saskatchewan's Premier Scott Moe for a check-in. This comes after the province anno...
