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Saskatchewan manufacturing sales see big growth in 2021
Saskatchewan is reporting the highest year-over-year manufacturing sales increase across Canada, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Saskatchewan saw a manufacturing sales increase of 52.9 p...
Dec 21, 2021
Saskatoon airport computer system hit by a cyber attack
The Saskatoon Airport Authority (SAA) said its computer system was hit by a cyber attack earlier this month. "SAA became aware that our IT system was targeted through sophisticated, unauthorized means...
Dec 21, 2021 The John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Highway Hotline adds 10 cameras to monitor road, weather conditions
People preparing to head out on Saskatchewan highways now can get a look at more roads thanks to the Highway Hotline. The Government of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday that 10 new cameras have been ins...
Dec 21, 2021
Sask. snowmobilers located safe after spending night in bitter cold weather
Five people spent several hours in the frigid cold temperatures after becoming stranded in northern Saskatchewan. On Saturday, the La Ronge RCMP received a report of the stranded snowmobilers near Cla...
Dec 21, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Traffic on College Drive returns to normal with patching complete on pedestrian overpass
The commute in Saskatoon on Tuesday felt normal again after the lifting of traffic restrictions on College Drive. The westbound lanes in front of the University of Saskatchewan reopened before rush ho...
Dec 21, 2021 Broken concrete from a pedestrian overpass over College Drive (City of Saskatoon)
Search continues for missing Weyburn woman
The RCMP is asking for help from residents of a number of communities in southern Saskatchewan as it continues its search for a missing Weyburn woman. Frances Gazeley, 77, hasn’t been since in a...
Dec 20, 2021
Afghan refugees settling in for first Christmas in Canada
It's a holiday season of firsts -- in a brand new country. Zainab Al-Musawi, team leader of the resettlement assistance program with the Saskatoon Open Door Society, said that's the case for the 226 r...
Dec 20, 2021 Farkhonda Tahery and Zahrah Shirdel in a room at the Staybridge Suites in Saskatoon on Oct. 5, 2021. Shirdel and Tahery recently immigrated to Canada with the help of Prince's Trust Canada after the Taliban seized control of the country in August. They are settling into life in Saskatoon with the help of the Saskatoon Open Door Society. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Dec. 20: 55 probable Omicron cases detected
The number of cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant in Saskatchewan has risen by 55. The Ministry of Health said Monday on its daily COVID dashboard there were 55 new probable cases, in addition t...
Dec 20, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Friesen says Ontario hospital stay 'initiated by COVID,' has no plan to get vaccinated
Former People's Party of Canada candidate Mark Friesen says he has "never denied" that COVID-19 landed him in hospital in Saskatchewan - and eventually Ontario - earlier this year. "This was all initi...
Dec 20, 2021 (Mark Friesen/ Facebook)
Saskatchewan making progress on methane emissions
The Government of Saskatchewan says methane emissions at upstream oil facilities have dropped significantly from 2015 levels. In its inaugural Oil and Gas Emissions Management Regulations (OGEMR) Annu...
Dec 20, 2021
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