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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RCMP says body of missing boater found in Wollaston Lake
One man is dead and two other people are missing after a boating incident on Wollaston Lake in northeastern Saskatchewan. According to the RCMP, the body of a man who had gone missing Wednesday was fo...
Oct 18, 2021
Saskatchewan to send six COVID ICU patients to Ontario
One Saskatchewan patient is Ontario-bound and five others are expected to be sent east as COVID-19 numbers continue to worsen in Saskatchewan. The news came Monday, when the Saskatchewan government al...
Oct 18, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Suspect charged after shooting outside Saskatoon school
A 31-year-old man is facing eight charges after a gun was fired outside a Saskatoon school Friday. Saskatoon police said Monday the man was charged with offences including assault with a weapon, use o...
Oct 18, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police getting more than $6.3M in funding from province
The Saskatoon Police Service is getting financial help from the provincial government. In a media release Monday, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety announced it was pr...
Oct 18, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 17: Active cases drop below 4,000, five deaths, ICU cases hit new high
Saskatchewan’s latest COVID update was another mixed bag. In its daily update Sunday, the province reported 320 cases and 645 recoveries. That drops the active total to 3,967, the first time it&...
Oct 17, 2021
Mother of late RCMP officer wants to see reform in justice system
Melanie Patton wants to see law enforcement officers in Canada protected more so they don't end up dead on the job. She’s the mother of the late Const. Shelby Patton, who died on June 12 in Wols...
Oct 17, 2021
Saskatchewan Health Authority not recommending a request for federal assistance
The Saskatchewan government has been under pressure to request health-care assistance from the federal government. However, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is not recommending the government do that...
Oct 17, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 16: 411 new cases, 476 recoveries, three deaths
The latest COVID update was a bit of a mixed bag. In its daily update Saturday, the province reported that the active case total had dropped to 4,297. There were 411 new cases and 476 recoveries, alon...
Oct 16, 2021
Land border expert weighs in on what reopening will look like
The date on which the land border between Canada and the U.S. is to reopen for non-essential fully vaccinated travellers has been set, and there are a lot more questions than answers on what crossing ...
Oct 16, 2021
Esterhazy town facilities set to reopen after temporary COVID shutdown
A town in east-central Saskatchewan closed some of its facilities to try and curb the spread of COVID-19, and it’s now close to reopening them. On Oct. 7, Esterhazy closed down all town-run faci...
Oct 16, 2021
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