Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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'Goodfellas' actor Ray Liotta dead at 67
Actor Ray Liotta has died at age 67, according to reports. Liotta, best known for his starring role as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film 'Goodfellas,' died in his sleep in the Dominica...
May 26, 2022 Actor Ray Liotta has passed away at age 67. (Wikipedia)
RCMP still searching for deceased woman's family
Police are searching for the family of a 64-year-old woman who died last fall. The RCMP said Brittany Blackwell-Yuzyk passed away in the Rural Municipality of Loon Lake on Oct. 23 and, despite a numbe...
May 26, 2022 (650 CKOM files)
Seeding more than half done in Saskatchewan, but still behind schedule
Seeding operations in Saskatchewan made significant progress over the past week, but they remain behind average. According to the weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, 52 per cent of th...
May 26, 2022
Riders take a rest day as CBA deadline looms
On the same day CFL players face a big decision that could impact the start of the 2022 season, the Riders decided to pause training camp. The team announced Thursday morning practice and media availa...
May 26, 2022 CFL game footballs sit on the sideline during Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp at Griffiths Stadium on May 20, 2022. (Steve Seto/650 CKOM)
Newlook Rattlers off to a winning start
The Saskatchewan Rattlers have already won as many games as they did all of last season. The Rattlers came away with a 92-89 victory over the Niagara River Lions on Wednesday night at SaskTel Centre t...
May 26, 2022 Rattlers kick off new CEBL season with a win over Niagra River Lions on May 25, 2022 (Saskatchewan Rattlers)
Beauval man wanted by RCMP after electronic monitor damaged
RCMP in Beauval are on the hunt for a man who allegedly damaged the electronic monitoring device he was ordered to wear as part of a court-ordered 24-hour curfew. According to RCMP, Vincent Roy was or...
May 26, 2022 RCMP say Vincent Roy is a wanted man after an electronic monitor was tampered with. (RCMP/Submitted)
‘I have kids in school’: Uvalde shooting evokes emotional reactions
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive end Pete Robertson was thinking of his young family back home in Texas on Wednesday. Robertson's hometown of Longview is more than 435 miles from Uvalde — site...
May 25, 2022
Pete Robertson pushing for starting job at Riders training camp
Playbooks and bruises are some of the biggest challenges a CFL player can face at training camp. For Pete Robertson, one of the toughest things about coming to Canada is being away from his family. "R...
May 25, 2022
RCMP, Washington State Patrol launch campaign to find missing Yorkton girl
The Saskatchewan RCMP and Washington State Patrol have teamed up on an attempt to locate Mekayla Bali. Bali was 16 when she was last seen in Yorkton on April 12, 2016. On Wednesday in Blaine, Wash., t...
May 25, 2022
48-year-old truck driver killed in rollover near Meadow Lake: RCMP
A 48-year-old driver was killed when a semi carrying diesel fuel rolled Tuesday morning south of Meadow Lake, according to the local RCMP detachment. The rollover led to the closure of Highway 4 appro...
May 25, 2022
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