Author Archives: Craig Silliphant

There's good news for those in the town of Spiritwood -- some cellular service has been restored. SaskTel told 650 CKOM that some of the services within the town have been restored, thanks to some qui...

Sports aren't the only school activity affected heading into the upcoming school year. Performing arts such as musicals, plays and band concerts will be postponed indefinitely for Saskatoon schools. I...

Canadian placekicker Brett Lauther is leaving the Saskatchewan Roughriders, at least for now. Lauther will be opting out of his current contract to pursue NFL opportunities. The 29-year-old made the a...

There are separate tornado and severe thunderstorm watches is in effect for many areas in Saskatchewan's north-central. Environment Canada issued both watches just after 11 a.m. Saturday. The Meadow L...

Saskatoon's Salvation Army wants to make sure students are ready for the school year. It has 1300 backpacks available for the students, just in time for the start of the school year. The organization ...

Environment Canada confirmed a tornado touched down near Lake Lenore Friday evening. Its Shannon Moodie explained that they were alerted to the tornado by Saskatchewan's emergency officials. "There wa...

On Thursday, the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) announced the cancellation of fall school sports, including football, soccer, volleyball and cross-country. Riece Tibbs is abo...

The Saskatoon Fire Department opened its doors to the media to explain how its newest firefighting tool works. The fire suppression aerosol grenade was used for the first time on Sunday, but it wasn't...

A busy election season is fast approaching. In a three-week period later this year, there will be a provincial election, a municipal election and a United States presidential election one after anothe...

Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Jason Mercredi says overdose deaths in Saskatchewan are "the epidemic within the pandemic." "We need real-time action, and we need it now," Mercredi told 650 ...