Murray Wood: Artemis is what the world needed this week
Murray Wood says the Artemis II moon mission is sorely needed right now. Wood says you'd never know from looking at the ...
Category Archives: Local News
NDP wins Walsh Acres, Coronation Park, Sask. Party wins Lumsden-Morse
The Saskatchewan NDP has flipped the Regina ridings of Walsh Acres and Coronation Park, while the Saskatchewan Party held on to Lumsden-Morse. According to the initial count from Elections Saskatchewa...
Aug 10, 2023 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck speaks to reporters after her party's byelection wins. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Despite higher security, Saskatoon Ex has another bear spray incident
Following three bear spray attacks at last year's Saskatoon Exhibition, Prairieland Park looked into ways to help prevent similar incidents from happening at future events. One of the solutions was to...
Aug 10, 2023 Two men are facing charges of assaulting police officers in Saskatoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon city auditor to report on ratio of managers to employees
Saskatoon's finance committee has unanimously voted to direct the city's independent auditor, Sohail Saleem, to report on the ratio of managers to full-time employees. Coun. Cynthia Block made the mot...
Aug 10, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Huge Saskatoon budget funding gap reduced by another $3.7 million
The City of Saskatoon's massive funding gap for 2024 and 2025 is slowly shrinking. Before special budget meetings began in June and some savings were found, the city was facing a $52-million funding g...
Aug 10, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Métis Nation stands with northern communities after unmarked graves discovery
Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan is standing alongside the English River First Nation "with heavy hearts" in the wake of the northern community's distressing discovery. After spending two years searching with...
Aug 10, 2023 The cemetery grounds at the site of the former Beauval Indian Residential School. (Submitted)
How to stay safe on Saskatchewan lakes
The Lifesaving Society Saskatchewan is reminding people about lake safety after two separate drownings over the long weekend. One man drowned in Lake Diefenbaker after attempting to save three women w...
Aug 10, 2023 Katepwa Lake. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. premier hopes for Ottawa collaboration on net-zero electricity plan
Saskatchewan's premier is hoping the federal government is willing to collaborate on what Canada's clean electricity standards will look like. Ottawa released draft regulations on Thursday designed to...
Aug 10, 2023 Premier Scott Moe (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Treaty land entitlement agreement transfers almost 800 acres to Cowessess First Nation
The Cowessess First Nation is set to receive more acres of Crown mineral rights. The Government of Saskatchewan said about 795 acres of land -- or 322 hectares -- are going to be transferred to the Fi...
Aug 10, 2023 Cowessess First Nation is under an hour away from the house in which four people were found dead on Feb. 4 on Carry the Kettle First Nation. Their Chief Erica Beaudin joins The Evan Bray Show to give an update on the situation as an affected, nearby community. (Cowessess First Nation/Facebook)
'No longer lost:' 83 unmarked graves located at former Sask. residential school site
(WARNING: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers) The site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan is the latest to report a grim discovery. Several possible unmarke...
Aug 10, 2023 Graves on the cemetary grounds at Beauval Indian Residential School. (Submitted)
Why you won't find 650 CKOM content on Facebook this week
Saskatchewan news outlets face discouraging messages for many social media users this week. In response to the passing of Bill C-18 in June, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is with...
Aug 10, 2023 Many followers of the 650 CKOM Instagram account could not view posts on Aug. 9, 2023 due to new measures by Meta related to Bill C-18.
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The president is playing a game of Risk with real lives
Sarah Mills says when you make a threat like "a whole civilization will die tonight" about Iran, the only choi...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
8:30 - Tensions are surging after Donald Trump warned yesterday that "a whole civilization will die tonight" i...
