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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Sask. gov't providing new space for STC shelter as Lighthouse beds are moved
The Saskatoon Tribal Council will have a new space for its emergency shelter, as the last beds are transferred to that facility from the Lighthouse. According to the Ministry of Social Services, the l...
Oct 28, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Road improvements done around Battlefords Provincial Park
Campers will find things a little smoother in and around Battlefords Provincial Park. Construction is complete on $9.5 million worth of road improvements in the area. The project includes almost 24 ki...
Oct 28, 2022
Armed suspect killed after confrontation with Saskatoon police
The Regina Police Service is investigating a fatal police shooting in Saskatoon Thursday evening. Police were called at 5:45 p.m. about reports of a male firing a gun inside a residence in the 1300 bl...
Oct 28, 2022 The corner of 35th Street and Avenue E North in Saskatoon (Google)
Pedestrian killed by Saskatoon bus was 15-year-old boy: Police
The victim of a fatal collision involving a City of Saskatoon transit bus was a 15-year-old boy, according to Saskatoon police. The boy was a pedestrian when he was struck by the bus around 9 p.m. nea...
Oct 27, 2022
Police ask public to avoid part of Avenue Q
Saskatoon police are asking the public to avoid the 100 block of Avenue Q, where a police incident is in progress. While very few details were shared, police said the Gangs and Guns Unit was on site, ...
Oct 27, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
One man dead after four-vehicle collision on Highway 16 Wednesday
A four-vehicle collision on Highway 16 near Marshall early Wednesday morning left one man dead and another person injured, the RCMP said. According to police, the collision occurred while a controlled...
Oct 27, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
COVID, influenza both on the rise in Saskatchewan: Ministry of Health
COVID-19 cases, outbreaks and deaths are all on the rise in Saskatchewan, according to the Ministry of Health. In the latest biweekly update, the ministry reported 1,154 new cases - 488 in the week of...
Oct 27, 2022
Three charged after RCMP drug bust in Melfort area
A five-month-long investigation has resulted in charges against three people alleged to be involved in a drug trafficking operation in the Melfort area. In a media release Thursday, the RCMP said the ...
Oct 27, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
New Crown corporation to oversee lotteries, gaming in Sask.
A new Crown corporation will be established this spring to oversee gaming and lotteries in Saskatchewan. The new Crown -- which will be known as Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS) -- will be laun...
Oct 27, 2022 The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation, which operates Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan. (File photo/650 CKOM)
Flex ED hoping to remain independent of Sask.'s new centralized online learning model
An online school in Saskatchewan will remain independent of a new provincial online learning system. Parents, students and staff were all concerned that pioneering online education provider Flex ED wo...
Oct 27, 2022 Jennifer Luchia with her husband and two daughters, Elizabeth and Adele. (Jennifer Luchia/Submitted)
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