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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Manitoba crash investigation could take months: RCMP
The investigation into a crash in Manitoba that left 15 people dead could take quite some time to complete. The Manitoba RCMP held a news conference Monday to update the public on the investigation in...
Jun 19, 2023 (Skilled Truckers Canada/Facebook)
RCMP investigating suspicious death near Esterhazy
Officers from the RCMP's Esterhazy detachment are investigating a suspicious death. According to the Mounties, officers were called to a home in the northeast part of the detachment area on Sunday to ...
Jun 19, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Wildlife rehab centre weighs in on pigeon infestations
Pigeons aren't the neighbours Saskatchewan apartment owners were hoping for. The birds have reportedly been invading many apartment balconies and roofs throughout the province recently. Saskatoon's Li...
Jun 19, 2023 Pigeons on Saskatoon apartment balcony. (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
First direct WestJet flight to Minneapolis leaves Saskatoon
WestJet is celebrating the launch of its new, direct route between Saskatoon and Minneapolis. The first flight on the new, nonstop route departed at 7:10 a.m. Monday, and the airline said the route wi...
Jun 19, 2023 (Skyxe Saskatoon Airport/Facebook)
Two dead in separate weekend homicides in Sask.
RCMP have opened two murder files on a pair of weekend deaths in Saskatchewan. A man from the Muskoday First Nation southeast of Prince Albert has been charged with second degree murder after an alter...
Jun 19, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
High school student highlights Saskatoon bike safety issues with protest
A Saskatoon high school student is taking bike safety into her own hands. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Stobbe is hosting a cycling protest this weekend to raise awareness on what she called the dangers of ...
Jun 17, 2023 (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
'Come as you are:' Saskatoon restaurant participates in Pride parade
If you see a bright yellow umbrella and hot pink flamingo on a float Saturday, it's one of Saskatoon's restaurants showing its pride. Scott Dodsworth of the Cactus Club Cafe said the restaurant has su...
Jun 17, 2023 (Scott Dodsworth/Submitted)
Sask. models living with diabetes walking the runway
People living with diabetes in Saskatoon are using fashion to make a difference. Diabetes Canada is hosting its Pump Couture Fashion Show fundraiser to raise money to send children with type-1 diabete...
Jun 17, 2023 (Jeremy Storring/Submitted)
Saskatoon man charged with sexually assaulting nine-year-old girl
A 34-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges -- including sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and making child pornography -- and police said the victim was a nine-year...
Jun 16, 2023 Saskatoon police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the city early on Aug. 29, 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
'It takes you right back:' Former Broncos president reacts to Manitoba crash
The deadly crash outside Carberry, Man., on Thursday caused Kevin Garinger to harken back to April 6, 2018. “I think my initial reaction was the same as a lot of people (from across Saskatchewan...
Jun 16, 2023
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