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Mid-year report forecasts $1.1-billion surplus for Saskatchewan in 2022-23
Saskatchewan's economy continues to be on the upswing. In the mid-year financial report issued Tuesday, the provincial government forecast a surplus of $1.1 billion for 2022-23. That's up $50 million ...
Nov 29, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatoon city budget deliberations underway
Saskatoon city councillors have begun deliberations on the second year of their two year budget cycle. While the 2023 budget was approved last year at a total of $1.28 billion, administration is propo...
Nov 29, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Strength of Our Women gala returns this year
It's an exciting time for Indigenous women this week. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the Saskatchewan First Nations Women's Commission will be recognizing women at the sold-...
Nov 28, 2022 Ashley Callingbull (left) and FSIN Third Vice-Chief Aly Bear announce the return of the Strength of Our Women gala. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Feds provide more than $40M in financial support to James Smith Cree Nation
The federal government is taking steps to help James Smith Cree Nation heal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more than $60 million in financial support during a visit to the First Nation on Mo...
Nov 28, 2022 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the James Smith Cree Nation and pays his respects to victims of the violent Labour Day long weekend mass stabbing on Nov. 28, 2022. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Man charged in connection with August shooting in Saskatoon
Nearly four months after a shooting in southeast Saskatoon, a 36-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder. On Aug. 5, police responded at about 2:45 a.m., to the 100 block of Pawlychenko La...
Nov 28, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police investigating shooting in Dundonald neighbourhood
A 31-year-old man was taken to hospital Saturday after a shooting in Saskatoon. In a media release Monday, Saskatoon police said the shooting happened in the 400 block of Bowman Crescent in the Dundon...
Nov 28, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Outfitters dismayed by closure of northern Sask. charter flight service
With Osprey Wings grounding its planes and no clear successor to take over the charter flight company, outfitters in northern Saskatchewan are worried about what the future holds. The news hit Wayne G...
Nov 28, 2022 A guest cabin at Paull River Wilderness Camp in northern Saskatchewan. (Wayne Galloway/Submitted)
Blowing snow closes North Battleford-area highways
The mild weather has come to an abrupt end in Saskatchewan. A storm system hit the province overnight and resulted in highway closures and travel advisories on Monday morning across west-central areas...
Nov 28, 2022 A look at Highway 4 at Glaslyn on Nov. 28, 2022. (Highway Hotline)
State of the art surgical robotics system now in use at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan's first, state -of -the -art surgical robotics system is now up and running at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. The $2.5 million dollar "da Vinci Surgical System" was first announced at ...
Nov 26, 2022
Judge dismisses Sask. restaurant owner's legal challenge of COVID health orders
A Saskatchewan man who ended up in the ICU during a COVID-19 outbreak has lost his legal challenge against public health orders. The Shorebird Inn in Tobin Lake was charged in March of 2021 after owne...
Nov 25, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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