Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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‘This whole team has a chip on their shoulder’: Riders look for home playoff win over Stamps in CFL West semifinal
Sunday presents a chance at redemption for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team saw their 2019 season come to an end after quarterback Cody Fajardo’s pass hit the crossbar of the north end zon...
Nov 28, 2021
‘There’s only so many cracks at it’: Riders’ veterans looking to make up for past playoff disappointments
The veteran voices inside the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ locker room have been sharing a similar message this week. "As you get older, you realize your chances are fewer and fewer and I do sense ...
Nov 27, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 27: Five deaths, active cases and hospitalizations drop
COVID continues its downward trajectory in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Saturday, the province reported 73 new cases and 145 recoveries. The active total now sits at 940. At 138, there are five f...
Nov 27, 2021
Gas price expert predicts 11 cent/litre drop
A gas price expert is predicting an 11 cent per litre drop at the pump. Dan McTeague, the president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, believes the drop will kick in for Saskatchewan Sunday or early ...
Nov 27, 2021
RCMP says two bodies found in vehicle along highway
The Prince Albert RCMP says the deaths of two people who were found in a vehicle along Highway 355 in the RM of Garden River are suspicious. The bodies were found in the vehicle along the highway betw...
Nov 26, 2021 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Twice as nice: RCMP officer doesn’t ticket driver doing 202 km/h
Zipping past everyone else on the road apparently didn’t alert a driver that he was doing nearly twice the speed limit. In a media release Friday, the RCMP said an officer saw a vehicle speeding...
Nov 26, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 26: More than 4,000 kids aged 5-to-11 vaccinated
More than 4,000 children in the five-to-11 age range in Saskatchewan have received COVID-19 vaccines over the past two days. According to the Ministry of Health, 4,317 doses were administered to child...
Nov 26, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant
With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa. During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the b...
Nov 26, 2021
Saskatchewan bargain hunters head to stores for Black Friday deals
Saskatchewan bargain hunters set their alarms extra early to take advantage of Black Friday specials. However, one of the busiest shopping days of the year lacked some of the hysteria of previous year...
Nov 26, 2021 Early risers head into a Saskatoon Canadian Tire in search of Black Friday deals on Nov. 26, 2021. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
One dead, two hurt after crash near Gull Lake
A 76-year-old man from Shaunavon is dead after a crash Thursday on Highway 37 near Gull Lake. Officers from the Swift Current Rural RCMP were called at around 4 p.m., to a location on the highway abou...
Nov 26, 2021
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