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Catholic bishops commit to provincewide fundraising campaign for residential school survivors
A $25-million ask has turned into a commitment. On Sunday, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) called on the Roman Catholic Church to fulfil its vow of $25 million for the survivors ...
Jul 05, 2021 St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral, pictured on May 31, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Roughriders single-game tickets go on sale
Mosaic Stadium will soon be filled with thousands of cheering Saskatchewan Roughriders fans, as single-game tickets go on sale. Starting Monday at 10 a.m., there will be more than 10,000 single-game t...
Jul 05, 2021
FSIN looking for $25 million in compensation from Roman Catholic Church
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is asking for $25 million from the Roman Catholic Church. In a release Sunday, the FSIN said the funds are for the historical harms and crimes com...
Jul 04, 2021 Red paint was spattered on the doors of St. Paul's Co-Cathedral after the discovery of 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation on Thursday. (Donna Heimbecker/Facebook)
34 Sask. communities break daily temperature records in sweltering heat
The sweltering heat continues to rewrite daily temperature records in Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada, 34 communities across the province broke daily maximum temperature records Friday, ...
Jul 03, 2021
Scorching Canada Day heat breaks multiple records across Sask.
Unrelenting hot weather is rewriting daily record temperatures across Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada, 26 communities set new daily maximum temperature records on Canada Day as a heat do...
Jul 02, 2021
Saskatoon unofficially breaks daily heat record; scorcher to continue
The year was 1962. It was the same year the Beatles released their first single - when a new home cost around $12,000 USD to buy - and it was also a scorcher in Saskatoon on Canada Day. The daily reco...
Jul 01, 2021 (file photo/650 CKOM)
'Keep it short:' John A. Macdonald Road residents have mixed emotions on name change
Keep it cheap and keep it short. Those were two of the suggestions from residents on Saskatoon's John A. Macdonald Road on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after council made its decision to change the roa...
Jun 29, 2021 Saskatoon's John A. MacDonald Road will have its name changed, following council's unanimous decision on June 28, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Canada Day celebrations cancelled in some municipalities, still planned in others
To celebrate Canada Day or not? That’s the question facing municipalities across Saskatchewan this July 1. With calls to cancel Canada Day altogether in the wake of the horrific findings at resi...
Jun 28, 2021
'It is a time to reflect:' Melville postpones Canada Day celebrations
Canada Day celebrations won't be happening this year in Melville. The southeastern Saskatchewan city announced Saturday evening that it will be postponing its events, including a parade, fireworks, an...
Jun 27, 2021
Doors, steps of Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint
The doors and front steps of a downtown Saskatoon church were desecrated with red paint Thursday afternoon in response to the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Res...
Jun 25, 2021 Red paint was spattered on the doors of St. Paul's Co-Cathedral after the discovery of 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation on Thursday. (Donna Heimbecker/Facebook)
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8:30 - The Alberta Independence Movement claims to have over 300,000 signatures to trigger a referendum. But what would ...
