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 finds missing non-verbal 7-year-old girl from Ochapowace First Nation
A young girl reported missing from the Ochapowace First Nation has been found safe. According to the RCMP, the seven-year-old was last seen at her home on the Ochapowace First Nation roughly 170 kilom...
Sep 27, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 26: Cases continue to climb, 3 deaths
COVID cases continue to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported 552 new cases of the virus. There were also three deaths reported. Hospitalizations have gone...
Sep 26, 2021
Huskies fall to defending champion Dinos to open Canada West football season
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies fell victim to a twin trap Saturday. University of Calgary Dinos twin receivers Jaylen and Tyson Philpot combined for 21 catches, 401 yards and three touchdowns ...
Sep 26, 2021 The University of Saskatchewan Huskies are set to play their first game at Griffiths Stadium in nearly two years Saturday. (Huskies Athletics)
‘Beacons of the Prairies:’ An author’s journey to photograph Saskatchewan’s disappearing grain elevators
In the 1950s, there were more than 3,000 grain elevators in Saskatchewan, often in nearly every city and town. Now, most of them are gone, decommissioned, destroyed or downed because of storms and oth...
Sep 26, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 25: 492 new cases, 282 in hospital, 4 deaths
More records continued to be set for COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan Saturday. The totals of hospitalizations and ICU patients once again set records, while vaccinations remained above 5,000 for the ...
Sep 25, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
China releases two Canadians after Meng Wanzhou case resolved
The Two Michaels are returning to Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday evening that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor had been released by the Chinese government and were on a plane ...
Sep 24, 2021
Killer of Katelyn Noble sentenced to life in prison
The man who killed a 15-year-old girl near Radisson in 2007 has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. Eduard Baranec was sentenced Friday in Saskatoon Court of Queen'...
Sep 24, 2021 Katelyn Noble, 15, disappeared from a farmhouse in the Radisson area on August 27, 2007. (Child Find Saskatchewan)
Privacy issues force temporary removal of QR codes from vaccination records
Four days after being launched, QR codes are temporarily being removed from Saskatchewan residents' COVID-19 vaccination records due to privacy issues. The Government of Saskatchewan said Friday after...
Sep 24, 2021
Saskatchewan gov't to cover cost of new cystic fibrosis drug
Saskatchewan residents living with cystic fibrosis got some help from the provincial government Friday. In a media release, the government said it would start providing coverage on Oct. 1 for Trikafta...
Sep 24, 2021
COVID situation in Sask. hospitals could get worse before it gets better
Saskatchewan hit another record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions on Friday, and it's expected things will keep getting worse. "I would say, broadly speaking, our health system is ...
Sep 24, 2021
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
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