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Social services minister says Sask. delivering on requests for more shelter spaces
Councillors, police and other organizations have long been asking for more places to treat people with complex needs in Saskatoon and Regina - and the provincial government is delivering on those requ...
Nov 24, 2023 Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan's social services minister, says there is a plan for clients discharged from a soon-to-be-opened shelter in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
WATCH: Saskatchewan family reunited after escaping war in Gaza
Abdullah Algherbawi is breathing a sigh of relief after he was reunited with his wife and kids on Tuesday in Saskatoon. His wife Sabreen and their four children were trapped in Gaza after Hamas began ...
Nov 23, 2023 The family was reunited on Tuesday after spending 45 days trapped in Gaza. (Abdullah Algherbawi/Submitted)
Saskatoon Salvation Army launches 2023 Christmas Kettle Campaign
The Saskatoon Salvation Army kicked off its 2023 Christmas Kettle Campaign on Thursday with the help of Mayor Charlie Clark. Derek Kerr, the executive director of community and family services with th...
Nov 23, 2023 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark donating to the 2023 Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign on Nov. 23, 2023. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
18-year-old man killed in rollover near Prince Albert
An 18-year-old man from Prince Albert is dead after a rollover near that city. The RCMP says officers responded Tuesday at around 8:30 p.m., to a call about a single-vehicle crash on Highway 2 roughly...
Nov 23, 2023 An RCMP collision reconstructionist is probing a fatal rollover near Prince Albert. (650 CKOM file photo)
BETSY introducing artificial intelligence to farmers at Agribition
It's out with the old and in with the new: Artificial intelligence is making its way onto farms. Mokah Shmigelsky is the CEO and co-founder of OneCup AI, a facial recognition system for cattle. "OneCu...
Nov 23, 2023
Lack of snow means slower start to season for ski hills, businesses
It's pretty rare that most of Saskatchewan has little to no snow on the ground on Nov. 23. But that's what the province is faced with right now, as Old Man Winter holds off a bit longer. The lack of s...
Nov 23, 2023 Snowboarders ride down the hill together during Optimist Hill's opening day on Feb. 10, 2019. (650 CKOM file photo)
Council votes to allow provincial complex needs shelter for 18 months
A marathon city council meeting focused on a single issue for more than six hours Wednesday. The issue was the provincial government's decision to open a complex needs shelter on Idylwyld Drive North,...
Nov 22, 2023 The site of the provincial government's complex needs shelter on Idylwyld Drive North. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Despite warm weather, climatologist predicts white Christmas in Sask.
People across Saskatchewan are feeling the effects of El Nio. It is nearly the end of November, but with little or no snow on the ground it still looks like September across much of the province. Davi...
Nov 22, 2023 A man walks between snow and green grass at a park in Regina earlier this month. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Province reverses policy withholding 'specific claims' from First Nations people
A day after the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) called on the provincial and federal governments to rescind a policy that withholds income assistance regarding "specific claims" for ...
Nov 22, 2023 Chief Bobby Cameron and other chiefs from across Saskatchewan called on the provincial government to rescind a policy that would withhold income assistance regarding "specific claims" for First Nations people who receive more than $15,000 per capita in settlements. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Teacher's assistant in Gravelbourg charged with sexual assault: RCMP
A Moose Jaw woman working as a teacher's assistant at a school in Gravelbourg has been accused of sexually assaulting a teen student. According to the RCMP, the alleged crimes against the male victim ...
Nov 22, 2023 Mounties say the alleged crimes were first reported in September. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
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