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Feds, province invest in 28 infrastructure projects in Sask.
A project at Regina’s YWCA is among the 28 infrastructure projects getting funding from the federal and provincial governments. The YWCA Regina is building a healing space and ceremony lodge as ...
Oct 06, 2022
Harvest in Saskatchewan nearing completion
Harvest is edging closer to completion in Saskatchewan. The weekly crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture says 90 per cent of the crop is in the bin, up from 81 per cent last week and ahead of t...
Oct 06, 2022
P.A. police identify dead woman found in burning vehicle
A woman that was found dead in a burning vehicle on Sunday morning has been identified by Prince Albert police. Police said the woman was 36 years old, but a name has not been released. Her identity w...
Oct 06, 2022 A picture of the scene on Monday, Oct. 3. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Buffalo River Dene First Nation Chief reissues state of emergency after Elders attacked
The Chief of the Buffalo River Dene First Nation in northern Saskatchewan is reissuing a state of emergency after two Elders were hurt in separate attacks last weekend. Norma Catarat initially issued ...
Oct 05, 2022 Buffalo River Dene First Nation Chief Norma Catarat. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'It's disheartening:' Gas prices creep higher as long weekend approaches
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the price of gas is rising as fuel gauges are falling. On Wednesday, gas prices at some Saskatoon stations were at $1.75.7 per litre, while drivers in Regina were paying...
Oct 05, 2022
Friendship Inn preparing to feed 1,500 at Thanksgiving
The turkeys are thawing and the potatoes and carrots are being peeled, but the Saskatoon Friendship Inn is looking for donations before serving up one of its biggest free meals of the year. The commun...
Oct 05, 2022 Around 70 turkeys were prepared for the Annual Friendship Inn's Thanksgiving meal. Photo by Celine Grimard.
Two more charged with first-degree murder in Megan Gallagher investigation
Two more people have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Megan Gallagher. One of the accused, 44-year-old Roderick William Sutherland, previously was charged with offering an indigni...
Oct 05, 2022 Summer-Sky Henry pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in the first degree murder trial of Megan Gallagher on Jan. 16, 2025. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon police deploy taser on armed man
Saskatoon police say officers used a taser to bring down an armed man Tuesday night. Police were called to the 2300 block of 22nd Street West just after 9 p.m. about a man assaulting a woman with an "...
Oct 05, 2022
Sask. to become home to 'transformative' rare earth production facility
A feat of ingenuity is creating what could be the province's next major resource thanks to a plant and technology -- the first of its kind being developed right here in Saskatchewan. The foundation of...
Oct 05, 2022 One of the steps to turning two separated rare earth minerals into a metal that can be then utilized in the creation of electric vehicles in Saskatchewan. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. farmer donates accessibility equipment to younger farmer with disability
Merle Malin came across the photo of a young farmer using a mobility assist purely by accident in a local newspaper. Once he saw Levi Jamieson, though, Malin knew he had a unique ability to help. Mali...
Oct 04, 2022 Levi Jamieson using the hydraulic lift gifted to him by Merle Malin. (Diane Jamieson/Submitted)
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