Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Moe says he didn't speak with Barber or Wall about convoy protests
Premier Scott Moe says he's never spoken with, nor has he ever offered freedom convoy organizer Chris Barber any advice. The premier was asked about Barber during a news conference in Saskatoon Tuesda...
Jul 06, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
'Draw some lines in the sand': Moe says autonomy meetings to go ahead this summer
Premier Scott Moe says his government will hold a series of "provincial autonomy meetings" over the summer months, pushing for greater independence from Ottawa. During a news conference Tuesday ahead ...
Jul 05, 2022 Premier Scott Moe (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
STC chief 'not surprised' services will be moved out of Saskatoon's Lighthouse
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand says it's not surprising that the provincial government has decided to move some homeless-related services out of the Lighthouse. Speaking with Gormley last ...
Jul 05, 2022 STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand speaks at the downtown wellness centre. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Ukrainian family looks forward to calling Saskatchewan home
Right now, 16-year-old Volodimir Doskochynskiy, his 21-year-old sister Lydia and their mother Natalia are on a nine-hour charter flight coming from Poland directly to Regina's airport. The plane, sche...
Jul 04, 2022
'Back on track': Provincial debt $1.14 billion lower than projected, Harpauer says
Saskatchewan's finances are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than anticipated, according to Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. Harpauer released Volume 1 of Saskatchewan's Public Accounts 20...
Jun 30, 2022 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Construction complete on VIDO vaccine manufacturing facility
Construction on a $28-million vaccine manufacturing facility at the University of Saskatchewan has been completed. Media and government dignitaries including Federal PrairiesCan Minister Dan Vandal, P...
Jun 28, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon nurse heads back to Ukraine's front lines for second time
A Saskatoon nurse who spent three weeks working on Ukraine's front lines in May is heading back into the war zone. Tanya Baran is an oncology nurse at Royal University Hospital and a third-generation ...
Jun 17, 2022 Tanya Baran. (Tanya Baran/Submitted)
Prairieland Park asks city for $8M over eight years for proposed soccer stadium
Prairieland Park and Living Sky Sports and Entertainment are hoping the City of Saskatoon can kick in around one-third of the proposed cost of a new soccer stadium in Saskatoon. During the city's Plan...
Jun 13, 2022 (Submitted)
Moe defends travel, talks school funding after trip to U.S.
After spending the last week in New York and Washington, D.C., Premier Scott Moe met reporters at the airport in Saskatoon on Friday afternoon. Moe said he'd had a busy week with 40 meetings, includin...
Jun 10, 2022
'Roll up your sleeves and be part of the solution,' STC chief says to wellness centre critics
Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand is firing back at critics who opposed the one-year lease extension granted to the downtown Emergency Wellness Centre by city council. Arcand said he's ...
Jun 09, 2022 STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand speaks at the downtown wellness centre. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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