Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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SaskTel Centre to unveil new Jumbotron at Rush game Saturday
Out with the old, in with the new. Sask Entertainment Group (SEG), which owns the Saskatchewan Rush and Saskatoon Blades, will unveil a new video scoreboard at SaskTel Centre on Saturday. "We knew it ...
Feb 25, 2022
RCMP finds Regina child who allegedly had been taken by her father
More than three months after a Regina child went missing, the RCMP located the girl more than 1,300 kilometres from home. The RCMP announced Thursday that officers in Vernon, B.C., had found the girl ...
Feb 24, 2022 RCMP Sgt. Maj. Darryl Milo meets with the media to discuss the arrest of Michael Gordon Jackson on Feb. 24, 2022. (RCMP/Facebook)
Saskatoon police chief offers update on officer-involved shooting
Saskatoon Police Service Chief Troy Cooper provided a bit more information Thursday about the officer-involved shooting of a 35-year-old man that occurred Wednesday. According to a media release issue...
Feb 24, 2022 Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper. (650 CKOM file photo)
State of emergency being extended in Saskatchewan
The situation with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is good enough that all of the public health orders will be dropped as of Monday, but the province's state of emergency will continue. On Wednesday, Premier...
Feb 24, 2022
Saskatchewan reports 1,407 new COVID cases, 37 more deaths
Another 37 Saskatchewan residents died of COVID-19 during the province's latest reporting period. The Ministry of Health issued its weekly epidemiological report Thursday, with data from the week star...
Feb 24, 2022
Trudeau condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine, invokes more sanctions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for the invasion of Ukraine. But during a media conference, Trudeau stopped short of saying the western world w...
Feb 24, 2022
Civilians fleeing Ukraine in face of Russian attack
Civilians were doing whatever they could Thursday to get out of Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion of its neighbour late Wednesday night. Media reports from Ukraine said people were leaving in c...
Feb 24, 2022
Saskatchewan gov’t invests $2.2M in retraining program
The Saskatchewan government is looking to help people whose livelihoods were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic get back to work. The government announced Thursday $2.2 million in funding through the T...
Feb 24, 2022
SARM seeking volunteers for rural crime watch program
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is looking for a few good men and women. The association said in a media release Thursday it needs volunteers to help with its Rural Crime Watch in...
Feb 24, 2022
Rush acquire goaltender Eric Penney from Philadelphia
The Saskatchewan Rush made a trade on Wednesday. The club has traded the 23rd overall pick in the 2022 National Lacrosse League (NLL) Entry Draft to the Philadelphia Wings in exchange for goaltender E...
Feb 24, 2022
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8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
