Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Host Swedes shut out Canada at world junior championship
Canada drew a blank Friday at the 2024 world junior hockey championship. In a showdown for first place in Group A, Hugo Havelid made 21 saves for the shutout as the host Swedes beat Canada 2-0 in Goth...
Dec 29, 2023
Six-month investigation leads to drug charges against Sask. man
A six-month investigation into trafficking in Saskatchewan communities has led to five charges against a Saskatoon man. Randolph Letwiniuk, 60, was charged on Dec. 21 with three offences under the Con...
Dec 29, 2023 Saskatchewan RCMP said a six-month investigation has helped with disrupting the drug trafficking supply chain in the province. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. ski hills battle mother nature well into December
The mild weather seen throughout Saskatchewan this winter have been a welcome change for some, but for members of the skiing community it's been anything but. Even nearing Dec. 31, some ski hills in S...
Dec 29, 2023 Optimist Park producing its own snow do to a lack of snow during the winter. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Sask. hot streak continues, cooler temps expected early 2024
Saskatchewan is quite literally on a hot streak. Ten weather records fell across the province on Thursday with several communities enjoying temperatures in the double-digits. Record temperatures on De...
Dec 29, 2023 Holiday Park Golf Course. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Province touts affordability incentives for Sask. residents in 2024
The province is hoping families will have the chance to keep some money in their pockets in 2024. In a release from the Government of Saskatchewan on Friday morning, the province touted low personal t...
Dec 29, 2023 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer discusses the Public Accounts on June 29, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Record year for Saskatoon paramedic responses: Medavie
It's been a record year for Saskatoon paramedics in terms of the number of emergency responses. According to Troy Davies, Medavie director of public affairs, paramedics responded to 42,125 calls in Sa...
Dec 28, 2023 Troy Davies calls 2023 a record year for emergency medical responses. (650 CKOM file photo)
Runners still pounding pavement in December
Runners in the province are still hitting the pavement -- ice free -- mere days before the new year. Lisette Schermann, general manager of Brainsport in Saskatoon, said although it's been a bad year f...
Dec 28, 2023 Runners stock up on essentials in December at Brainsport in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Three arrested after patio incident on Fairmont Drive
Three people have been arrested and face several charges after an assault with a weapon in the Fairhaven neighbourhood on Wednesday. Around 1:30 p.m., Saskatoon police learned about an altercation bet...
Dec 28, 2023 Saskatoon police responded to a home after a report that five unknown people were on a home's patio in the Fairhaven neighbourhood. (650 CKOM file photo)
Serious worker injury results in $46,000 fine for Sask. company
A Canadian company based in Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to violating workplace safety regulations after a worker was seriously injured. Agrow Canada Ltd. sells and rents pre-owned agricultural equ...
Dec 28, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Stony Rapids adds to Saskatchewan's streak of weather records
Mother Nature has been tough on winter activities this winter and the weather record keeper. Wednesday brought more mild temperatures to the province which produced another entry in weather record boo...
Dec 28, 2023
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