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SaskPower keeps carbon tax rate steady for 2022
SaskPower is giving its customers a break on the federal carbon tax. In a media release Wednesday, the Crown corporation announced its customers will pay the same carbon tax rate as they did in 2021 &...
Dec 15, 2021
Arctic air mass system bringing frigid conditions to Saskatchewan
An arctic air mass is sweeping into the province, bringing snow and frigid conditions throughout Saskatchewan. Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers says the cold could be sticking around fo...
Dec 15, 2021
Police looking for more victims in ongoing sexual assault investigation
Saskatoon police are adding additional sexual assault charges to a previous case after urging victims to come forward in September. Cecil Wolfe, 60, was charged with sexual assault on May 25 after pol...
Dec 14, 2021
November data shows majority of Sask. COVID hospitalizations were unvaccinated
New information released by the Government of Saskatchewan on Tuesday continues to prove the favourable health outcomes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Throughout November, the hospitalization rate ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Last of Saskatchewan patients being treated in Ontario returns home
Saskatchewan has repatriated the last of its residents who were receiving health care in Ontario. Starting in October, Saskatchewan sent 27 patients east to help ease the burden on the province's heal...
Dec 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 14: 47 new cases, 4 deaths
Four more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19. The Ministry of Health reported the deaths Tuesday. It's the most deaths in a day since Nov. 28, when there also were four fatalities. The p...
Dec 14, 2021
Saskatchewan boosting Wanuskewin UNESCO heritage bid
The Government of Saskatchewan is giving one-time funding of $60,000 to Wanuskewin Heritage Park to hire a project co-ordinator to help the site through its United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...
Dec 14, 2021 Wanuskewin Heritage Park unveiled 11 bison to the public on Jan. 17, 2020 after dreaming of having bison at the park for decades. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Province lays out five-year plan for Saskatchewan libraries
The Government of Saskatchewan announced a plan Tuesday to help sustain and grow libraries across the province over the next five years. The first-ever Provincial Library Sector Plan was created after...
Dec 14, 2021
Roughriders sign seven players, including four draft picks
The Saskatchewan Roughriders started the CFL off-season with a series of transactions Tuesday. The Roughriders signed seven players, including four of their draft picks. Linebacker A.J. Allen, whom th...
Dec 14, 2021
Beauval man fined for fishing, wildlife offences
A three-year investigation has resulted in $14,500 in fines against a Beauval man after he pleaded guilty to a number of fisheries and wildlife charges. Roger McCallum Jr., 36, was given three years t...
Dec 14, 2021 (Ministry of Environment/Submitted)
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