Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Sarah Mills: Cancel culture may have gone too far in Vancouver
Apologizing for a Harry Potter event because you don't like the views of an author is not an approach any of us should be cheering for. Sarah Mills says the situation in Vancouver is counterproductive...
Oct 14, 2025
What's open and closed in Saskatoon on Thanksgiving Day?
Canada is marking Thanksgiving Day on Monday. In Saskatoon, the national holiday means City Hall will be closed and pay parking will not be in effect. Saskatoon Public Library branches will all be clo...
Oct 13, 2025 City Hall will be closed on Monday, but a number of services will continue without disruption. (650 CKOM file photo)
Garden Talk: Last-minute garden activities to take care of this fall
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Here are some questions and answers from the Oct. 12 show, which ...
Oct 12, 2025 Dutch Growers pumpkin maze is free and sprinkled with pumpkins at every turn, providing fun for kids and kids at heart. (Dutch Growers website)
Sask. govt celebrates September employment gains as province adds 1,700 full-time jobs
The Government of Saskatchewan is celebrating strong job numbers for September. According to data released on Friday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan added 1,700 full-time jobs between August and Se...
Oct 11, 2025 “Saskatchewan continues to experience strong year-over-year job growth,” Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan’s minister of immigration and career training, said in a statement. (650 CKOM file photo)
U of S researchers creating 3D-printed model to better study lung diseases
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) are developing a new model that could be used to improve the study of lung diseases. Lung disea...
Oct 11, 2025 A 3D printed “scaffolding” designed to mimic the extracellular matrix in which lung cells live. (Canadian Light Source/Submitted)
The Green Zone Replay - Friday, Oct. 10
The Green Zone Replay - Friday, Oct. 10 2:35 - Claire Hanna, TSN The Green Zone wraps up their Canadian tour of NHL teams with a stop in our nation's capital. TSN's Claire Hanna gives you a look at wh...
Oct 10, 2025
Israel-Hamas peace deal greeted with cautious optimism in Sask.
The two-year war between Israel and Hamas has been paused, with both sides agreeing to the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. But, even in the first phase of a peace de...
Oct 10, 2025 Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Four dead, four injured after two highway crashes on Thursday: Sask. RCMP
Two separate crashes on Saskatchewan highways left four people dead and four others were injured on Thursday. The first crash, a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4, left a 30-year-old woman dead and...
Oct 10, 2025 One of the four people injured in the crash on Highway 4 on Thursday was airlifted to hospital by STARS with serious injuries, the RCMP said. (STARS/X)
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 includes the end of the court cases for the "Freedom Convoy" leaders and the Gaza cea...
Oct 10, 2025
Sarah Mills: An AI actress will not replace real-life talent and collaboration
Tilly Norwood has been introduced to the world as the first AI actress. But, Sarah Mills argues, art is a collaborative process, and artificial intelligence could never replace the work of someone lik...
Oct 10, 2025
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