Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Wray Morrison: Restore the roar
New B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell needs to take some steps to ensure that his 34-year-old quarterback, Mike Reilly, stays healthy in 2020. B.C.'s pass protection improved when Kelly Bates arrive...
Dec 03, 2019
'It's different, it's change,' short-term rental advocate ready to present facts to councillors
One of the City of Saskatoon's Standing Policy Committees will hear more information into licensing for short-term rentals Tuesday. The Planning, Development, and Community Services committee has been...
Dec 03, 2019 Saskatoon City Council is looking to figure out what to do with short-term rentals in the city. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Chief says Cumberland House Cree Nation band office fire was set intentionally
Chief Rene Chaboyer believes an early morning fire in Cumberland House Cree Nation that leveled the community's band office on Monday was deliberately set. Chaboyer said a local trapper reported the f...
Dec 02, 2019
WCB launches new strategy to limit workplace injuries
WorkSafe Saskatchewan has adopted a new strategy it hopes will prevent fatalities and serious workplace injuries in the province. The Fatalities and Serious Injuries Strategy was launched Monday. The ...
Dec 02, 2019 Gord Dobrowolsky, the board chair of the Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board, delivers remarks before unveiling The Fatalities and Serious Injuries Strategy alongside the province on Dec. 2, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Mobile testing unit coming to Saskatoon
Saskatoon police will be rolling out a new mobile testing unit in the new year to better process impaired drivers at roadside check stops. The $100,000 large van is being retrofit to include working s...
Dec 02, 2019
Curling Canada leads the way in pay equality following Sunday announcement
Professional curlers will now be paid equally for Canada's top tournaments. On Sunday, Curling Canada announced payouts for both the women's Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the men's Tim Hortons Bri...
Dec 02, 2019
Cirque du Soleil bringing skates for return to Saskatchewan
Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Saskatchewan in the new year, but this time its performers are bringing their skates with them. The high-flying acrobats will perform the on-ice spectacle called Axe...
Dec 02, 2019 Cirque du Soleil is to bring Axel, the company's on-ice spectacular, to Saskatchewan in July. (Cirque du Soleil)
North Battleford family gets support after boy's long-term health struggles
Communities in northwest Saskatchewan are coming together to help a couple whose infant son has been in and out of children's hospitals across Western Canada. Local organizers recently set up a Facebo...
Dec 02, 2019 For the past 16 months, Braxton McIntyre has been in and out of hospitals across Western Canada. (Facebook/Braxton & Bryer McIntyre)
Wray Morrison: Lamar Jackson's future
Brady, Rodgers, Wilson, Brees -- the NFL is filled with Super Bowl-winning, star-studded quarterbacks. Their jerseys fly off the shelves all over North America. It wouldn't surprise me to see Lamar Ja...
Dec 02, 2019
U of S professor looking into CBD effects on dogs
An ingredient in marijuana may just help out your furry friends in the near future. A professor at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is studying the effects of cannabidiol -- or CBD -- in dogs a...
Dec 01, 2019
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