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'Happy to be partners:' Cameco CEO shares details of Ukraine energy deal
A multi-billion-dollar deal between Saskatchewan-based uranium company Cameco and Ukraine will see Cameco become the country's unofficial nuclear power provider. On Wednesday, Cameco announced it had ...
Feb 09, 2023 President and CEO Tim Gitzel at Cameco Corporate Office in Saskatoon. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. oil and gas public offerings in 2022-23 raise more than $49M
The Crown petroleum and natural gas public offerings during the 2022-23 fiscal year generated more than $49 million for the Government of Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Energy and Resource...
Feb 09, 2023
Inmate dies at Saskatoon Correctional Centre
An inmate at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has died. According to the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, the 20-year-old man was found unresponsive in a cell Wednesday. Correctio...
Feb 09, 2023
Three-year-old girl dead after collision on Highway 21: RCMP
A highway collision Wednesday morning left a three-year-old girl dead and several other people injured. The collision happened shortly before 10 a.m. on Highway 21 about four kilometres south of Kerro...
Feb 09, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Clear your roof before ice dams cause damage: SGI
Rapidly changing temperatures combined with the large volume of snow seen throughout the winter are creating the right conditions for ice dams to form on roofs. According to SGI, it's important for ho...
Feb 09, 2023 (SGI/Submitted)
Health-care union leader sees need for increased funding
The prime minister's proposed increase to health-care funding is a "good first step," according to the head of a Saskatchewan health-care union. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a $196.1-billion...
Feb 09, 2023 Barbara Cape, president of SEIU-West. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
SaskTel Centre turns 35 as city secures firm for downtown arena design
Thirty-five years ago today, Saskatoon celebrated the opening of a new arena on city's northern outskirts. The anniversary of the opening of Saskatchewan Place is coinciding with the city choosing Sta...
Feb 09, 2023 Saskatchewan Place October 6, 1987.
(Saskatoon Public Library)
Cameco to become sole supplier of Ukraine's nuclear power plants
Cameco has secured a major supply contract with Ukraine. The Saskatoon-based mining company announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy utilit...
Feb 09, 2023 A worker at Cameco’s uranium milling operation in Key Lake, Sask. (Cameco/supplied)
SaskTel to waive long-distance fees for those with loved ones in Syria, Turkey
SaskTel announced Wednesday that it would be waiving long-distance and texting fees in order to allow people to contact loved ones in Turkey and Syria. The Crown corporation made the decision in the w...
Feb 08, 2023
Biggar RCMP arrests second suspect in Eston break-in
Police in Biggar caught up with the second of two people wanted in connection with a Feb. 3 break-in at a home in Eston. According to the RCMP, officers caught up with 26-year-old Derrick Seefried in ...
Feb 08, 2023 22-year-old Tami Falcon and 26-year-old Derrick Seefried. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
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