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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First blast of winter has CAA reminding drivers to get vehicle 'winter ready'
It has been just over a week since most of Saskatchewan saw the first snowfall of the coming winter. While the snow in most places is now gone thanks to the warm weather, winter is still knocking on t...
Oct 31, 2022
RCMP on lookout for stabbing suspect in Turnor Lake
The Buffalo Narrows RCMP warned people to avoid travelling to Turnor Lake on Monday while it searched for a 23-year-old man wanted in connection with a stabbing in the community early Monday. In a med...
Oct 31, 2022 Kobin Morin. (RCMP/Submitted)
Mild weather expected for trick-or-treating
The ghosts and ghouls will have ideal trick-or-treating weather this Halloween. According to Environment Canada, temperatures will hover between 5 C and 7 C in Saskatoon and Regina for peak trick-or-t...
Oct 31, 2022
Province helping accredit health workers living in Sask. to counter shortage
It's about to get easier for health-care workers from other countries to work in Saskatchewan. Premier Scott Moe said part of the work being done to address the physician and health-care worker shorta...
Oct 29, 2022 Premier Scott Moe speaks to media at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on Oct. 24, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Pelican Lake man arrested after allegedly firing a gun near RCMP officer
A 24-year-old Pelican Lake man is facing firearms charges after allegedly firing a gun near an RCMP officer. The RCMP said a police dog officer was investigating an abandoned car on the Lac La Ronge I...
Oct 28, 2022
STC wellness centre moving to new location next month
More beds and a new location are coming to an emergency wellness centre in Saskatoon. With the closing of the Lighthouse and its 61 government-funded spaces, the provincial government has redistribute...
Oct 28, 2022 The building owned by Saskatchewan Housing Corporation will become the new home of the STC's Wellness Centre (Google).
Young mom considers moving after suspect fatally shot by police next door
Julia Gamble's front door is covered in fake yellow caution tape for Halloween. It makes the real police tape roping off the house and yard next door blend right in. The young mother said she couldn't...
Oct 28, 2022 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Month-long search uncovers remains possibly connected to 2011 murder investigation
After a search lasting nearly a month, the RCMP found the remains of a man believed to have been murdered in 2011. In February, the RCMP charged two people -- Robert (Bob) Wesley Pich and John Robert ...
Oct 28, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Jerry Lee Lewis, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87
Pioneering rock 'n' roll artist Jerry Lee Lewis has died. Lewis, known for his on-stage antics and high-energy piano playing, died Friday morning at age 87. Nicknamed "The Killer," Lewis began his car...
Oct 28, 2022 Jerry Lee Lewis at two different stages of his lengthy career. (JerryLeeLewis.com)
Broncos families concerned gov't may loosen requirements for truckers
The families of those hurt or killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash have sent a letter to the Saskatchewan government, raising concerns about potential changes to requirements for truck drivers. In...
Oct 28, 2022
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