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Murray Wood says every day is April Fools Day in the disinformation age and, as ever, some people will never believe the...
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'Really exciting:' Team Sask. ready for Canada Winter Games
Saskatchewan's athletes are primed and ready to go for the 2023 Canada Winter Games. The games start Saturday in Prince Edward Island, and this will be the first Canada Winter Games held since the COV...
Feb 16, 2023 (Team Sask/Submitted)
New Martensville ambulance base will cut down paramedic response times
Medavie Health Services (MHS) West opened its first ambulance base in Martensville on Thursday in an initiative that will make response times for paramedics quicker, according to the organization's di...
Feb 16, 2023 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon snow removal expected to be completed by March 1
It's been almost two months since the huge late-December snowfall, and Saskatoon's streets are expected to be fully cleared by the end of the month. Between Christmas and the end of December, the city...
Feb 16, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations, cases decline in Saskatchewan
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending downward in Saskatchewan. According to a report from the Ministry of Health covering the period from Jan. 29 through last Saturday, the pro...
Feb 16, 2023
Sask. family outraged after convicted murderer granted day parole
A Saskatchewan family is outraged after the Parole Board of Canada approved day parole for a convicted killer. Kenneth David Mackay was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2000 killing of Crystal ...
Feb 16, 2023 Kenneth David MacKay. (Submitted)
'Milgaard's Law' aims to review claims of wrongful convictions in Canada
A man's wrongful conviction for a murder in Saskatchewan is the driving force behind a bill introduced Thursday in the House of Commons. The Liberal bill dubbed "David and Joyce Milgaard's Law" is nam...
Feb 16, 2023 David Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. (ProjectMilgaard/Twitter)
Dawn Walker court appearance pushed back until April
Dawn Walker will be back in court in April. Last summer, Walker disappeared along with a young child, and the discovery of her abandoned truck in a park close to the South Saskatchewan River prompted ...
Feb 16, 2023 Dawn Walker. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon man stabbed several times during struggle with muggers
A 45-year-old man was stabbed during a robbery in Saskatoon on Wednesday evening. According to police, the man was walking in the area around Avenue R South and 21st Street West when he encountered tw...
Feb 16, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Nine communities selected for new online school's regional campuses
Students joining Saskatchewan's new online school in the fall will be able to connect with teachers locally in 10 communities around the province. The Saskatchewan Distance Learning Corporation (SDLC)...
Feb 16, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Sale of first five SLGA permits raises millions for province
The auction of the first five SLGA permits raised more than $5 million for the provincial government. Last October, the province announced it would close the last 34 SLGA liquor stores by March 31 and...
Feb 15, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 1
Today on the show, Evan revisits his conversation with astronaut Jeremy Hansen about the Artemis II launch, cheers on th...
