Murray Wood: Drought or deluge, it's Saskatchewan weather
Murray Wood notes that while we have seen years with "perfect" weather in the province, they aren't that commo...
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Higher oil prices good for economy of Sask. cities, but concerns over how long it will last
There’s some optimism surrounding the energy industry, which could be good news for some Saskatchewan cities. While the price of oil has seen some dips recently, it reached a high Wednesday that...
Jan 22, 2022
Saskatchewan hockey legend Clark Gillies dead at age 67
Clark Gillies, a Regina Pats legend and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died Friday at the age of 67. The Moose Jaw-born Gillies starred with the Pats from 1971 through '74, winning a Memorial Cu...
Jan 21, 2022 (New York Islanders/Twitter)
RCMP issue Canada-wide arrest warrant for Michael Gordon Jackson
The Saskatchewan RCMP has issued a nationwide warrant for Michael Gordon Jackson's arrest. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, Saskatchewan RCMP charged Jackson with one count of abduction in c...
Jan 21, 2022
Mike Edem back for 2022 Riders’ season
Mike Edem will be back next season patrolling the defensive backfield for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Canadian safety has signed a contract extension to keep him in green and white for 2022, the...
Jan 21, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 21: 1,233 new cases, 9 new deaths
After 14 straight days without a COVID-related death in Saskatchewan, the province reported nine more deaths due to the virus Friday. The last time the province reported this many deaths was on Oct. 2...
Jan 21, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 21: 1,233 new cases, 9 new deaths
After 14 straight days without a COVID-related death in Saskatchewan, the province reported nine more deaths due to the virus Friday. The last time the province reported this many deaths was on Oct. 2...
Jan 21, 2022
Government looking for as many as 500 employees to be redeployed in COVID surge
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Saskatchewan and the premier is keeping his hand on the brakes of any new public health orders, the provincial emergency operations centre (PEOC) is preparing for...
Jan 21, 2022
Canadian Whisky Awards tip a glass to Lumsden distillery
A glass was raised to a Saskatchewan distillery on the national level. Last Mountain Distillery in Lumsden won the award for best wheat whisky at the Canadian Whisky Awards. It’s the second year...
Jan 21, 2022
Police lay second murder charge in homicide investigation
Saskatoon's first homicide of 2022 is now being investigated as a double homicide. Saskatoon police issued an update Friday morning to identify the two stabbing victims in Caswell Hill. Kira Opoonecha...
Jan 21, 2022 An apartment building on the 400 block of Avenue B where the stabbings allegedly took place. (Dallas Dahlseide/650 CKOM)
Jamie Nye: Don’t be surprised if there are some surprises this weekend
Don’t sleep on the underdogs this weekend in the NFL. Yes, you have Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers as the starting quarterbacks for the home teams, but the San Francisco 49ers s...
Jan 21, 2022
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