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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FSIN seeking to have Pope visit residential school gravesite in Sask.
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants Pope Francis to visit a residential school gravesite in Saskatchewan during his upcoming trip to Canada. On April 1, the Pope offered an apo...
Apr 26, 2022
Power still out in some areas of southeast Saskatchewan
Some SaskPower customers in southeast Saskatchewan are expected to spend another night in the dark. On Tuesday afternoon, the Crown corporation updated its efforts to restore power in that area of the...
Apr 26, 2022
Two more teens arrested in connection with Favel murder
Two more teens have been charged in connection with the shooting death of a 27-year-old man Sunday in Saskatoon. A 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were arrested Tuesday and charged with second-d...
Apr 26, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
On the roads again: Gov’t, SARM put up $15.3M for rural projects
The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) have given the green light to funding for 56 projects aimed at improving rural roads in the province. The Ru...
Apr 26, 2022
Saskatchewan’s 2022 big game draw set to open Sunday
It’s a big day Sunday for Saskatchewan hunters. That’s opening day for the province’s big game draw, which is used annually to hand out a limited number of hunting licences to Saskat...
Apr 26, 2022
RCMP releases video in hopes of solving double murder in North Battleford
Four months after two women were murdered in North Battleford, the RCMP has released a video showing a person who may have information about the unsolved case. Alyssa LeCaine, 25, and 20-year-old Daph...
Apr 26, 2022 Surveillance camera video of a person the RCMP wants to talk to about a double murder in North Battleford on Dec. 24, 2021. (RCMP/Submitted)
SaskPower putting poles, personnel in place in southeast
SaskPower has sent more crews and hardware to southeast Saskatchewan in an effort to get power back on in the wake of the weekend storm that hit the area. As of Monday evening, the Crown corporation s...
Apr 26, 2022
Second COVID booster shots now available to those 50 and over in Sask.
Saskatchewan has expanded the eligibility for people looking to get a second COVID-19 booster shot. The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that everyone 50 and over is now eligible for a fourth dose...
Apr 26, 2022
Searchers continue to scour Red Earth Cree Nation for missing boy
The search continued Monday for Frank Young, six days after the five-year-old boy was last seen on the Red Earth Cree Nation. Community members, volunteers, search-and-rescue teams and RCMP officers h...
Apr 25, 2022 (Prince Albert Grand Council/Submitted)
Saskatoon, Regina wastewater studies release latest results
The University of Saskatchewan's wastewater study showed a decrease in COVID-19 levels in Saskatoon this week, but increases in Prince Albert and North Battleford. In the latest report by the U of S r...
Apr 25, 2022 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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