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Regina Food Bank does its part for truth and reconciliation
Regina's new food hub is set to open in just under a month. Unlike the large warehouse on Winnipeg Street, the food hub at 1881 Broad Street will operate like a grocery store, but it is also the locat...
Jul 17, 2024
Q&A: Mirasty celebrates five years as Sask.'s lieutenant governor
Sixty years ago, Russ Mirasty was just like any other little boy growing up on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Today, he sits in the office of the lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan, occupying a role h...
Jul 17, 2024 Russ Mirasty was sworn in as Saskatchewan's 23rd lieutenant governor on July 17, 2019. He expects a replacement will be named soon, and plans to move home to La Ronge with his wife Donna once a new lieutenant governor is sworn in. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Two women charged with separate Saskatoon assaults
Police have charged two women after two separate incidents in Saskatoon this week. A 28-year-old woman is facing charges after an incident where a woman was attacked with a bat on Monday. Saskatoon Po...
Jul 16, 2024 (CKOM file)
"It's safe for now." province says about carbon levy deal with Feds
"It's safe for now," is what Saskatchewan's Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre said about the province's bank account in regards to the carbon tax. The Federal Government and the provi...
Jul 16, 2024 “The monies are in place, they aren’t going anywhere,” Saskatchewans Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre. Adding that the province offered to establish a letter of credit, which she said provides security under the carbon tax legislation. (980 CJME file photo)
Woman, 21, dies after vehicle rolls on Highway 55
A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55, just east of the turn off to Red Earth Cree Nation. Carrot River RCMP said in a news ...
Jul 16, 2024 A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55 on Tuesday, July 16 2024. (Supplied/RCMP)
Sask. ambulance service sees increase in calls during last heat wave
The last heat wave that hit Saskatchewan last week led to some busy days for paramedics in Prince Albert. "It was a wide range of people that suffered from the heat last week," said Lyle Karasiuk who ...
Jul 16, 2024 Lyle Karasiuk with Parkland Ambulance Care in Prince Albert reminds everyone to wear a hat, wear sunscreen, check on their neighbours and continue to eat during the next heat wave that should make its way to Saskatchewan later this week. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
How to keep your family safe in the water this summer
Saskatchewan has seen five water-related deaths this month. The founder and CEO of K&K Swim School, Kaylee Kennedy, shared with 650CKOM her tips on how to keep others safe in and around water. "Th...
Jul 16, 2024 The founder and CEO of K&K Swim School, Kaylee Kennedy, shared with 650CKOM her tips on how to keep others safe in and around water. (650 CKOM file photo)
Walking bridge in Gabriel Dumont Park open again after fire
A walking bridge in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has reopened following a fire in April. The wooden structure in the popular park was significantly damaged in the blaze on April 11. While the cause...
Jul 16, 2024 The bridge reopened on July 16, more than two months after the fire. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
North Battleford man dead after single-vehicle rollover: RCMP
A 32-year-old man from the North Battleford area died in a single-vehicle rollover on Monday evening. According to the RCMP, the crash happened north of the city on Highway 378 about one kilometre eas...
Jul 16, 2024 Police say the crash also sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. (650 CKOM file photo)
Trade minister says dropping carbon tax kept Sask. inflation rate low
Saskatchewan's trade minister says removing the carbon tax from home heating bills helped the province tie for the lowest inflation rate of any province in Canada. Saskatchewan's Consumer Price Index ...
Jul 16, 2024 The Government of Saskatchewan has long been opposed to the federal carbon tax, and stopped collecting or remitting the tax on home heating earlier this year. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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