Murray Wood: Packed Mosaic Stadium was cherry on top of big Rider win
Murray Wood says Rider games should be packed; it's all part of being from Saskatchewan. He says Saturday's game proved ...
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Saskatchewan smashes 16 heat records
The September heat wave is officially record-breaking. Environment Canada confirmed that 16 heat records were broken across the province on Wednesday afternoon. Saskatoon reached 34.5 C. The previous ...
Sep 08, 2022
'Words can't express the pain,' says family of James Smith Cree Nation murder victims
Forty-eight-year-old Bonnie Burns was a family matriarch, a foster mother, a community hero and a woman who did her best to take care of her family. Her son, 28-year-old Gregory or "Jonesy" Burns, hel...
Sep 07, 2022 Mark Arcand (right) sits next to Bonnie Burns' husband Brian Burns during a media conference on Sept. 7, 2022. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Stewart Valley students heading for Success after fire
Nearly two weeks after Stewart Valley School was destroyed by fire, the Chinook School Division has found a home for the school's students and its staff. They're heading for Success. In a media releas...
Sep 07, 2022
Bray discusses continuing manhunt for Saskatchewan murder suspect
The manhunt for murder suspect Myles Sanderson entered its fourth day Wednesday and there's still no trace of the 32-year-old man. "We had a couple of updates in the night where we were hopeful that w...
Sep 07, 2022
WATCH: Saskatoon police plane tracks down speeding suspects
The Saskatoon Police Service Air Support Unit is flying overtime this week. The police plane took off Tuesday morning to assist in the manhunt for Myles Sanderson, the suspect wanted in connection to ...
Sep 07, 2022 Saskatoon Police Air Support Unit (@SPSAir1/Twitter)
Sask. government launches plan to expand health-care workforce
The Saskatchewan government has launched a plan it hopes will add more than 1,000 employees to its health-care system. The plan, dubbed the Health Human Resources Action Plan, was included in the 2022...
Sep 07, 2022
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75 per cent
The cost to borrow money in Canada is getting more expensive. The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 3.25 per cent Wednesday morning. The move ...
Sep 07, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
James Smith Cree Nation GoFundMe expected to close after smashing fundraising goal
A successful GoFundMe page that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the victims and victims' families of the stabbing rampage in Weldon and James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) is now being followed...
Sep 07, 2022 James Smith Cree Nation. (Brent Bosker650 CKOM)
Weldon mayor grateful for support, requests community be left alone to grieve
By Nigel Maxwell The mayor of Weldon says the tragic events of this past weekend have shaken the community to its core. Among the 10 people killed in Sunday's attacks was 77-year-old Wes Petterson. Ou...
Sep 07, 2022 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
'He may no longer be in this community,' Bray says of Myles Sanderson
For two days, the Regina Police Service operated on the assumption that murder suspect Myles Sanderson was in the Queen City. That no longer appears to be the case. "Early on Sunday, we had informatio...
Sep 06, 2022
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