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...
Category Archives: Local News
Inflation slows for third consecutive month despite surging food prices
Stats Canada's monthly consumer index report showed a deceleration for the third consecutive month. The annual inflation rate dropped slightly in September to 6.9 per cent, but the cost of groceries c...
Oct 19, 2022
First Nations policing not the only support needed, says File Hills police chief
Calls for more Indigenous police forces have grown louder in Canada since the stabbing rampage on the James Smith Cree Nation and recent assaults on other First Nations. Even though the File Hills Fir...
Oct 18, 2022 (File Hills First Nations Police Service/Facebook)
Warrant reissued for Saskatoon man connected to stabbing incident at P.A. store
By Nigel Maxwell For the third time since being arrested, the man charged after a stabbing incident in Prince Albert's Superstore parking lot is on the run. Eagleclaw William Sanderson, 22, failed to ...
Oct 18, 2022 A picture taken of the scene of a stabbing incident outside a Prince Albert store in March. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW)
'Look and see': Microbiologist says it's unclear what COVID will do this flu season
As the weather gets colder and flu season returns, it's not entirely clear what the COVID-19 virus is going to do. This will be the first flu season since the pandemic started that COVID will be watch...
Oct 18, 2022
'We can do better': Public safety minister talks First Nations policing during visit to Sask.
By Derek Craddock The path towards more Indigenous police services in Saskatchewan took another step forward Monday. In a special ceremony in Prince Albert, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) sign...
Oct 17, 2022 Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino (right) signs a Letter of Intent with PAGC Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte and Saskatchewan Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Christine Tell on Oct. 17, 2022. (Derek Craddock/paNOW)
Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, SHA sign MOU for new urgent care centre in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan's health minister says a memorandum of understanding between the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation and the Saskatchewan Health Authority is a "huge step" towards the building of an urgent care cent...
Oct 17, 2022 Ahtahkakoop Chief Larry Ahenakew (left) and Health Minister Paul Merriman (right) in Saskatoon on Oct. 17, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
P.A. woman's body found along Highway 16 near Maymont
The discovery of a woman's body led to traffic restrictions on a Saskatchewan highway on Sunday. In a media release Monday, the RCMP said the body of 24-year-old Wendy Bird was found just after 8 a.m....
Oct 17, 2022 (650 CKOM files)
After downturn next week, warm temperatures to return in Sask.
David Phillips believes this week may be summer's "last hurrah" in Saskatchewan, but nice fall weather won't be gone for long. "The models seem to suggest that this kind of unusual warmth is not finis...
Oct 17, 2022
Loblaw announces price freeze on No Name brand products
One of Canada’s biggest grocery store chains is taking steps to help shoppers battle inflation. Loblaw Companies Ltd., announced Monday it’s freezing prices on all of its No Name products ...
Oct 17, 2022
Saskatchewan's top doctor explains new COVID report format
Saskatchewan is once again reporting COVID-19 information in a new way. As of last Thursday, the Ministry of Health launched a new report - the Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRIS...
Oct 17, 2022 Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, June 30
Evan celebrates Canada Day with a test of your citizenship knowledge, hears about the latest happenings in the Canadian ...
