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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Canadian athletes leave Beijing with 26 Olympic medals
Canadian athletes added one more medal to the country's total Sunday before bidding farewell to the Beijing Winter Olympics. The team led by pilot Justin Kripps (Summerland, B.C.) won bronze in the fo...
Feb 20, 2022 Canada's athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics enter the Bird's Nest Stadium for the closing ceremonies. (Team Canada/Twitter)
Free fishing weekend in effect through Monday
Anyone who’s interested in trying ice fishing can do so without a licence this long weekend. The province is allowing people to fish for free, as it always does once in the summer and once in th...
Feb 19, 2022
Bedard nets OT winner vs. Raiders, Blades cool off in Red Deer
Connor Bedard couldn't have picked a better time to score his team-leading 30th goal of the season. The Regina Pats sank the Prince Albert Raiders in overtime 5-4, thanks to Bedard's game-winner. The ...
Feb 19, 2022
Canada's Blondin narrowly misses gold in long-track speed skating mass start
Ivanie Blondin was thisclose to winning another gold medal for Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday. The 31-year-old long-track speed skater from Ottawa had the lead on the 16th and final...
Feb 19, 2022
SaskPower seeking 4 per cent rate increases for 2022 and ’23
Saskatchewan residents will be paying more for their power if a SaskPower application to the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel is approved. SaskPower announced in a media release Friday that it’s s...
Feb 18, 2022
Police arresting, removing protesters from downtown Ottawa
Police officers on Friday started moving in to break up the protest that has been going on in downtown Ottawa for 22 days. Officers on horseback joined others on foot in the operation, which also invo...
Feb 18, 2022
Woman charged with involving minors in sex trade industry in Saskatoon
A 23-year-old woman is facing charges for allegedly getting minors into the sex trade industry in Saskatoon. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, its Vice and Human Trafficking Unit started an i...
Feb 18, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Workplace injury in Ile-a-la-Crosse results in fine of $28K
A Saskatchewan company has been fined $28,000 for a workplace accident in which a worker was seriously hurt. On Aug. 7, 2020 at a worksite near Ile-a-la-Crosse, a roof structure collapsed and a worker...
Feb 18, 2022
Travel not recommended on several Saskatchewan highways
One highway in southern Saskatchewan was closed Friday morning and travel wasn't recommended on several others. According to the Highway Hotline, Highway 35 from Weyburn north to the intersection with...
Feb 18, 2022
Suspect in Kindersley standoff arrested by RCMP
People in Kindersley woke up to red and blue flashing lights on Friday. The RCMP issued a media release saying officers had responded to a potential armed situation at an apartment building on the 100...
Feb 18, 2022 RCMP in downtown Kindersley on Feb. 17, 2022. (West Central Online)
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