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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Moose Jaw All-Stars come up short at Canadian Little League championship
The Moose Jaw Major AAA All-Stars’ run at the Canadian Little League baseball championship ended Friday in Calgary. Representing the Prairies, Moose Jaw lost 9-4 to the B.C. champions from the L...
Aug 12, 2022
Sask. to make second COVID booster doses available to 18+ Monday
Saskatchewan is set to expand eligibility for second COVID-19 booster shots. Starting Monday, everyone 18 and over can get a second booster (and fourth shot overall) as long as four months have passed...
Aug 12, 2022
Federal government slowing down Ukraine immigration, Moe says
Saskatchewan's premier says he'd like to bring more displaced Ukrainians to the province, but the federal government is dragging its feet and slowing down the process. Speaking to Gormley on Friday, P...
Aug 12, 2022 Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
U.S. officials say Moore crossed border through cut barbed wire fence
U.S. Customs and Border Protection provided an answer Thursday as to how convicted sex offender Benjamin Martin Moore crossed the border into the United States. According to a statement from the agenc...
Aug 11, 2022
Firefighters attending community event put out fire in apartment suite
It's always nice to have some firefighters around, just in case of an emergency. On Wednesday evening, Saskatoon firefighters were attending a community event near Avenue W South when a person rushed ...
Aug 11, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Seven wildfires currently burning in Saskatchewan
There are seven wildfires burning in the province, and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is reminding residents to be very cautious when starting campfires or controlled burns. According to...
Aug 11, 2022
Harvest off to slow start in Saskatchewan
Harvest in Saskatchewan is well behind last year’s pace. In its weekly crop report, the Ministry of Agriculture said one per cent of the crop has been harvested, down from seven per cent at the ...
Aug 11, 2022
Child-care fees to go down in Sask. as province works towards $10-a-day goal
Parents of young children will get some relief from rising costs next year, as child-care fees in the province are set to drop by an average of 70 per cent from where they stood in early 2021. Accordi...
Aug 11, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Ministry of Education appoints supervisors at independent schools after abuse allegations
Following allegations by more than a dozen former students of abuse at Legacy Christian Academy in Saskatoon, the provincial government has introduced new rules giving it more oversight over Saskatche...
Aug 11, 2022 Dustin Duncan, Saskatchewan's minister of education. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Ex sets opening-day attendance record
The first day of the 2022 Saskatoon Ex was a record-setting one. According to Prairieland Park, 33,839 people went through the gates on opening day Tuesday to take in the beautiful weather, a $10 admi...
Aug 10, 2022 The Saskatoon Exhibition runs for five days every August at Prairieland Park. (Nick Biblow/Tourism Saskatoon)
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