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Pilot shortage, charter closure could devastate Saskatchewan outfitters
Outfitters in Saskatchewan say a shortage of pilots has business owners worried about how they'll get supplies and customers to their lodges this season. New Canadian aviation regulations, which came ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Osprey Wings/Submitted)
'This is really exciting': Victoria Hospital expansion project takes step closer to construction starting
By Jaryn Vecchio Site preparation work is starting on the Victoria Hospital expansion project in Prince Albert. Over the next couple of months, construction crews will be undergoing geotechnical drill...
Feb 08, 2023 Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert (File photo)
Highway 16 reopens after pursuit ends near Waseca
Charges are pending against two people after a police investigation closed a section of the Yellowhead Highway for several hours early Wednesday. For safety reasons. RCMP closed Highway 16 in both dir...
Feb 08, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Chadwick posts shutout to help Blades win third straight
The Saskatoon Blades are on a roll -- and so is Ethan Chadwick. Saskatoon ran its WHL winning streak to three games Tuesday with a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings at SaskTel Centre. Chadwick h...
Feb 07, 2023 Ethan Chadwick makes one of his 21 saves during the Saskatoon Blades' 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Feb. 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
Family loses thousands rebooking after Sunwing confusion
A Saskatoon family was told their winter trip was off due to Sunwing's mass cancellations, but a month later they learned that wasn't true. The confusion is costing them about $5,000. Adrienne Stone, ...
Feb 07, 2023 Adrienne Stone (left) with her family in Ixtapa, Mexico in 2022. (Submitted)
Thousands lost due to fare evasion on Saskatoon Transit: report
People riding the bus without paying is costing the City of Saskatoon tens of thousands of dollars in missed revenue. Transit fare evasion in Saskatoon more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, accordi...
Feb 07, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Suspicious death in Saskatoon deemed a homicide, two arrested
A suspicious death has been deemed a homicide by Saskatoon police. Officers restricted traffic on Range Road 3062 near the intersection with 11th Street West on Tuesday morning while investigators wit...
Feb 07, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon city greenhouse falling apart, may soon be condemned
The City of Saskatoon will be outsourcing all of the flowers and bedding plants placed in civic parks, planters and buildings this year. Saskatoon's city greenhouse, operated by the parks department a...
Feb 07, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
One driver dead, one injured after semis collide near Indian Head: RCMP
A 50-year-old semi driver is dead after two semis collided near Indian Head on Monday evening. According to the RCMP, a westbound semi rolled onto the centre median of the Trans-Canada Highway just we...
Feb 07, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
U of S creates new research chair to study Métis governance and policy
The University of Saskatchewan has created a new research chair position to explore how Mtis culture and tradition can inform governance and policy decisions. The Research Chair in Mtis Governance and...
Feb 07, 2023 (University of Saskatchewan)
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