Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Saskatoon's new Material Recovery Centre to open this summer
Saskatoon's new Material Recovery Centre is set to open to the public Aug. 15, according to a report to be presented to city council this week. Brendan Lemke, Saskatoon's water and waste operations di...
Jun 26, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Police search for two more suspects in connection with Avenue H killing
Police in Saskatoon are searching for two women who are considered suspects in the killing of a 35-year-old woman on Avenue H South earlier this month. Two women -- Telsa Morin, 37, and Linda Sutherla...
Jun 26, 2023 Morin and Desjarlais. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Severe thunderstorm warnings, watches in effect for parts of Sask.
After flash flooding left parts of Prince Albert underwater Sunday, other regions of Saskatchewan could see heavy rainfall Monday afternoon. Just after 4:30 p.m., Environment Canada issued severe thun...
Jun 26, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police caught 476 impaired drivers in May: SGI
Almost 500 people in Saskatchewan are learning a hard lesson after they were caught driving while impaired last month. According to SGI, police across Saskatchewan caught 476 people driving over the l...
Jun 26, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
University of Saskatchewan to add seats at medical school
The University of Saskatchewan is taking steps it hopes will help address the province’s shortage of doctors. On Monday, the Ministry of Health said the university’s College of Medicine is...
Jun 26, 2023
Regina pharmacy fined after worker injured on staircase
A Regina pharmacy is facing a hefty fine after a worker was injured while going down a flight of steps that wasn't equipped with a handrail. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations ...
Jun 26, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Summer pests return to Saskatchewan
Cankerworms are slithering their way back up trees, but what can people do to prevent that? According to the owner and manager of Dutch Growers, Rick Van Duyvendyk, there's a certain product that will...
Jun 24, 2023 Forest tent caterpillars cover a tree trunk in Saskatoon in 2017, (650 CKOM file photo)
Wildernook Learning hosting first 'Get Outside! Kids Club' event in Saskatoon
Saskatoon based Wildernook Fresh Air Learning is hosting it's first 'Get Outside! Kids Club' event with the hopes of get more children outside during the 2023-24 school year. "It's a free program. You...
Jun 24, 2023 Children play on the Orano Fun Zone Playground on Aug. 2, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Suspect in deadly hit-and-run arrested in Alberta
RCMP have arrested the man accused in a hit-and-run that killed a young child in Saskatchewan. A one-year-old boy died after being hit by a pickup truck on the George Gordon First Nation on Thursday e...
Jun 24, 2023
Local man saves four from burning building
Joe Madden was just going to get a drink from a convenience store on the day he ended up saving four people from a burning building. That happened last November. On Friday, the Saskatoon Fire Departme...
Jun 24, 2023 Joe Madden receiving his Award of Merit. (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
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