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'Activate those physicians:' Sask. offers more money to family doctors to improve patient access
In an effort to improve access to care in Saskatchewan for patients seeking help from a family doctor, the province is offering better compensation to physicians to incentivize extended hours. On Frid...
Mar 31, 2023 Adam Ogielgo, a family physician in Saskatoon, speaks to media at the Saskatchewan Medical Association on March 31, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Scott Moe says Sask. still sifting through details of federal budget
Three days after the federal budget was released, Premier Scott Moe said the province is still sifting through the details and its potential impacts on Saskatchewan. Moe said he believes there are opp...
Mar 31, 2023 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Pointing fake gun lands 56-year-old woman in real trouble
A 56-year-old Saskatoon woman is facing real charges after allegedly menacing people with a fake gun. According to police, officers on patrol near 20th Street West and Avenue P South spotted the woman...
Mar 31, 2023 Three police vehicles were damaged during a pursuit in Saskatoon on Dec. 9, 2023
(File photo/650 CKOM)
New report details systemic inequality at U of S College of Medicine
A report into systemic inequality at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine has concluded there is work to be done on issues of inequality and discrimination. The report, entitled "The C...
Mar 31, 2023 The College of Medicine on the University of Saskatchewan campus. (Dave Stobbe/Facebook)
Saskatoon police launch security camera registry
Police in Saskatoon have launched a new program aimed at helping with evidence collection and crime prevention. Starting Thursday, individuals or businesses can register their security cameras with th...
Mar 30, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Brewery wants excise tax canned
The increase to an excise tax isn't looking pretty to brewery owners, even after a few drinks. The federal budget, tabled on Tuesday, revealed that the excise tax on alcoholic products will go up by 2...
Mar 30, 2023
Gun amnesty program sees 135 firearms turned in to police in 10 days
The firearms amnesty program is already seeing some results in 2023. Since the launch of this year's Firearms Amnesty Program on March 20, the Saskatoon Police Service said 135 unwanted guns and nearl...
Mar 30, 2023 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Balgonie-area farmer frustrated by hungry herds of deer
In the 26 years Charlene Werner has lived and worked on her Balgonie-area farm, she can't remember seeing so many deer on her property. On any given day, she said she will see anywhere from a couple o...
Mar 30, 2023 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
COVID rates climb in latest report, 18 more deaths reported
COVID-19 rates are climbing in Saskatchewan. The Government of Saskatchewan's latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program report, released on Thursday, showed increases in COVID-19 rates...
Mar 30, 2023
Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting recommends closing RCMP Depot Division
Every aspiring Mountie has had to train at the RCMP's Depot Division in Regina before wearing the red serge. But questions were raised about the future of Depot on Thursday, when the final report from...
Mar 30, 2023
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