Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
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Law expert explains bail process ahead of Dawn Walker's hearing
A hearing is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. to answer the question of whether Dawn Walker will be released from custody. Walker, 48, is facing criminal charges including abducting a child before fleei...
Sep 02, 2022
Eight daily heat records broken in Saskatchewan on Thursday
Regina and some parts of southern Saskatchewan saw new daily temperature records set on Thursday. Regina reached 35.6 C, which broke the previous record high of 35 C set in 1929. Rockglen was the hot ...
Sep 02, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Matthias Schrader
Summer in Saskatoon to go out with a bang
Saskatoon's riverbank will be lined with thousands of people this weekend to watch a world class pyrotechnic show light up the night sky. The Nutrien Fireworks Festival runs Friday and Saturday. Addit...
Sep 02, 2022 The annual fireworks festival returns to Saskatoon on Sept 2 & 3. (Nutrien Fireworks Festival website)
Six heat records broken Wednesday around Saskatchewan
It was a hot one around the province Wednesday, and in six parts of the province, it was the hottest Aug. 31 ever recorded. According to preliminary data from Environment Canada, heat records for that...
Sep 01, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. to get 90,000 doses of bivalent COVID vaccine in first two shipments
On Thursday morning, Health Canada approved the first vaccine against COVID-19 that targets both the original virus and Omicron. The new shots from Moderna, called bivalent vaccines, are designed to r...
Sep 01, 2022
Total fire ban in effect for RM of Corman Park
Dry conditions have prompted a total fire ban for the Rural Municipality of Corman Park. According to a municipal order issued Thursday by RM administration, the fire ban goes into immediate effect an...
Sep 01, 2022
Crop report shows harvest progressing well, but still behind five-year average
Harvest is almost a quarter complete in Saskatchewan, but it's not going as quickly as previous years. That's according to the provincial crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture. According to the...
Sep 01, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Regina, Saskatoon offering ways for people to beat the heat
As heat warnings continue Thursday across Saskatchewan, Regina and Saskatoon are offering help for people to deal with the temperature. Environment Canada said daytime highs would hit the low to mid-3...
Sep 01, 2022
Year-round 30 km/h speeds in effect in Saskatoon school and playground zones
As kids head back to the classroom on Thursday, Saskatoon drivers will have to get used to slowing down again. The speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour resumes in school zones and will be in effect y...
Sep 01, 2022 Saskatoon school zone. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'They needed help': P.A. business owner lends his car to complete strangers
By Derek Craddock A Prince Albert business owner said it was the right thing to do when a couple heading to Saskatoon needed a vehicle. Ron Miller, who owns the Taco Time on Second Avenue West, was in...
Aug 31, 2022 The Taco Time on the corner of Second Avenue and 17th Street West. (Derek Craddock/paNOW)
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