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Crash involving semis closes lanes of Highway 16 near Maidstone
A crash involving multiple semis closed the eastbound lanes of the Yellowhead Highway near Maidstone late Tuesday morning. According to the RCMP, officers were on the scene of the crash on Highway 16 ...
Jan 23, 2024 The RCMP said the road likely would be closed for some time for cleanup. (Highway Hotline/Screenshot)
Police say man's death in Confederation Drive restaurant not suspicious
A man was found dead in a booth at a Burger King restaurant in Saskatoon after police officers handled a report of a disturbance. But police say his death isn't considered suspicious. According to pol...
Jan 23, 2024 Police say the man was unresponsive when officers found him in a restaurant booth. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. keeps grazing rates for Crown lands frozen for 2024
In an effort to help ranchers who have struggled with dry conditions for the past few years, grazing rates on Crown lands in Saskatchewan will remain frozen at 2022 levels. In addition, producers who ...
Jan 23, 2024 This will be the second year that rates will remain frozen at 2022 levels. (Libby Grey/650 CKOM)
Governments invest $6.8 million in livestock, forage research
The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada are joining forces to fund agriculture research projects. On Tuesday, the two governments announced $6.8 million to support 30 new livestock and forage resea...
Jan 23, 2024 The provincial and federal governments are making some big investments into research designed to help ranchers. (Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation/Twitter)
Saskatoon Public Library CEO resigns
As the Saskatoon Public Library pushes forward with its new central library project, it will also need to select a new CEO. On Monday, the library announced that Carol Cooley, the organization's CEO a...
Jan 23, 2024 The board of the Saskatoon Public Library has accepted the resignation of CEO Carol Cooley. (650 CKOM file photo)
'I heard her scream:' JSCN member frustrated at inquest
Courtney McLeod was left in tears after the inquest into the James Smith Cree Nation stabbings wrapped up for the day on Monday. Testimony that opened the inquest's second week covered the responses f...
Jan 23, 2024
Day 6: Inquest hears Sanderson wasn't among Sask.'s most wanted before attacks
A matrix now used by police to rank offenders who are wanted on warrants or who are unlawfully at large wouldn't have included Myles Sanderson among the most wanted people in Saskatchewan before Sept....
Jan 22, 2024 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort, site of the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in September of 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. construction company fined after failing to pay wages
A Saskatchewan construction company has been hit with a fine for failing to pay a worker's wages. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Langman Contracting Inc. and its c...
Jan 22, 2024 The company was fined for failing to pay wages within two weeks of the end of employment. (650 CKOM file photo)
Grain elevator in Loreburn burns to the ground
A part of Saskatchewan's history was lost over the weekend as the grain elevator in Loreburn burned to the ground. According to the Davidson Volunteer Fire Department, firefighters found the grain ele...
Jan 22, 2024 Nobody was injured in the elevator fire. (Davidson Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)
'It's not a game:' STF president says as teachers begin second strike Monday
After a single-day strike last Tuesday, Saskatchewan teachers are hitting the picket lines again. A second strike day began on Monday, which also happens to be a professional development day for teach...
Jan 22, 2024 An STF member displays her sign calling for more education funding on the picket line in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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