Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Wind wallops Saskatchewan as part of major snowstorm
Snow wasn't the only thing blowing Tuesday as a winter storm battered Saskatchewan. In a tweet, Swift Current city councillor Ryan Switzer said chunks of the roof of a liquor store in that city were b...
Nov 16, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 16: Active cases continue to fall
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has dropped by 72 per cent over the past month. In its daily update Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said there were 1,112 active cases in the provin...
Nov 16, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Denise Batters defends leadership review petition
Denise Batters, a Conservative senator from Saskatchewan, is standing behind her petition to move up the leadership review for Erin O'Toole. Batters announced the review Monday with a video and a webs...
Nov 16, 2021
2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday
The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday. In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's ...
Nov 16, 2021
ATV rollover near Val Marie kills driver
A 74-year-old man is dead after an ATV rolled near Val Marie on Monday. According to the RCMP, officers from the Ponteix detachment got a call around noon about an ATV rollover on Highway 4, approxima...
Nov 16, 2021
Travel advisories, blizzard warnings pop up as winter storm moves in
A winter storm made its mark in Saskatchewan early Tuesday with a smattering of travel advisories due to a mix of strong winds, freezing rain and snow. According to Environment Canada, it's only a sma...
Nov 16, 2021 (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Meadow Lake bull rider joins elite company
Only two bull riders have ever been crowned PBR Canadian champion twice before. Cody Coverchuk of Meadow Lake became the third by clinching the title at Edmonton's Rogers Arena on Saturday. Coverchuk ...
Nov 16, 2021 Cody Coverchuk was crowned the 2021 PBR Canada Champion in Edmonton on Nov. 14, 2021 (Twitter/PBR Canada)
Amendments made to revenge porn legislation in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is taking further steps to stop revenge porn. On Monday, the provincial government introduced The Privacy (Intimate images - Additional Remedies) Amendment Act, which is to...
Nov 15, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 15: 35 fully vaccinated people among 97 new cases
More than a third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Monday were people who had received two shots of a COVID vaccine. The Ministry of Health announced 97 new cases, 35 of whom were...
Nov 15, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Fly away: More routes added between Saskatchewan and Edmonton
Another low-cost flight option has just been announced between Saskatchewan and Alberta's capital. Swoop Airlines said starting next June 14, it'll offer direct flights twice a week between both Regin...
Nov 15, 2021
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 20
8:30 - The Snowbirds, as Canada has known them, are coming to an end. The federal government is calling this a moderniza...
