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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Almost 500 impaired drivers stopped in July: SGI
SGI focused on impaired driving in July, and came to a simple conclusion: "Too many people chose to drive while impaired," the Crown insurance corporation said in a news release Wednesday. According t...
Aug 24, 2022
P.A. police say 85-year-old woman dead after assault at care home
An 85-year-old woman is dead in a suspected homicide at a Prince Albert care home. According to Prince Albert police, the victim was assaulted at the care home Aug. 14, and was taken to hospital in se...
Aug 24, 2022 (Prince Albert Police Service/Facebook)
U of S, U of R won't require masks during fall term
The University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina won't require students and staff to wear masks during the fall term, but face coverings are still encouraged. In a statement, the University of ...
Aug 24, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Police hunt for suspect after woman badly hurt in downtown stabbing
Police are looking for a suspect after a 42-year-old woman was stabbed Tuesday evening in Saskatoon's downtown. According to police, officers were called to the 300 block of Second Avenue South shortl...
Aug 24, 2022
October expansion of PST still applies to Roughriders tickets
On Tuesday, a number of groups in Saskatchewan benefited when the provincial government backtracked on its plan to charge the PST starting Oct. 1. People who want to attend Saskatchewan Roughriders ga...
Aug 24, 2022
Agriculture ministry urges caution after anthrax kills nine animals in RM of Piapot
After confirmed cases of anthrax caused the deaths of nine ruminant animals in the southwestern RM of Piapot, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Agriculture is warning producers to be on the lookout for signs...
Aug 24, 2022 Cattle in a Saskatchewan field. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Dakota language to be added to Saskatchewan's Indigenous language curriculum
Secondary school students in Saskatchewan can get course credits while learning and helping to preserve an Indigenous language thanks to a new addition to the province's Indigenous language curriculum...
Aug 24, 2022
Police renew call for information on anniversary of Saskatoon slaying
A year after a suspicious death in Saskatoon was deemed a homicide, police are renewing their calls for help from the public. According to police, 39-year-old Kelly Dean Quewezance was found unrespons...
Aug 23, 2022
Hospitality industry not out of the pandemic woods yet
There is no shortage of industries still trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and that includes Saskatchewan's hospitality sector. But as we reach the final weeks of summer, Mother Nature did...
Aug 23, 2022
Former candidate in federal election sentenced on assault charges
The self-proclaimed leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party has received an 18-month sentence on two counts of assault causing bodily harm. Travis Patron was sentenced Tuesday in Regina Court of Quee...
Aug 23, 2022
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