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Severe thunderstorm watches, warnings in effect for areas of Saskatchewan
Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches for large areas of Saskatchewan Wednesday afternoon, and a severe thunderstorm warning for one small region. The watches, which mean conditions ar...
Jun 29, 2022
Purdue Pharma Canada agrees to settlement for damages caused by opioid addiction
Opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma Canada has agreed to a first-of-its-kind settlement over damages caused by addiction, after a proposed class-action lawsuit from multiple levels of government aiming ...
Jun 29, 2022
Innovative Saskatchewan companies get funding to help recruit skilled workers
PrairiesCan is putting money into the hands of Saskatchewan entrepreneurs to foster skilled labour in the province. The interest-free loan of nearly $26,000,000 is being given to 11 "innovative busine...
Jun 29, 2022 Katherine Regnier, CEO of Coconut Software, speaks at a PrairiesCan funding announcement in Saskatoon on June 29, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
SaskTel donates $50,000 to Ukrainian Canadian Congress, offers free service to Ukrainians
SaskTel is supporting Ukrainians coming to Saskatchewan with a big donation, waived fees, and free wireless service. Through contributions from the company, employees, and the SaskTel Pioneers, the Cr...
Jun 29, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Woman and boy arrested after firearms investigation in Saskatoon
A boy with a sawed-off rifle and a woman carrying ammunition were arrested Tuesday in Saskatoon. Police said officers with Saskatoon's Gangs and Guns Unit were watching a home on Avenue J South Tuesda...
Jun 29, 2022
Gaming grants supporting nearly 1,000 organizations around Sask.
Almost 1,000 different groups around Saskatchewan are benefiting from more than $2 million in charitable gaming grants. Each quarter, 25 per cent of all net proceeds from SLGA-licenced charitable gami...
Jun 29, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon senior with dementia duped by elaborate phone scam
Judy King and Mitch Empey say they are disturbed by how far people will go to take advantage of vulnerable people. Their father, 88-year-old Harold Empey, is out $2,500 after the siblings claim he was...
Jun 29, 2022 Mitch Empey, Judy King, and their father, Harold Empey. (Submitted)
Students of all ages thrilled for summer break
As school wraps up for the year, students of all ages said they're glad to see the year behind them and summer plans unfolding ahead. Matthew James Hutcheson just finished Grade 1 at Buena Vista Schoo...
Jun 29, 2022 Matthew James Hutcheson walks home from school with his mom, Marie, on June 28, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Construction complete on VIDO vaccine manufacturing facility
Construction on a $28-million vaccine manufacturing facility at the University of Saskatchewan has been completed. Media and government dignitaries including Federal PrairiesCan Minister Dan Vandal, P...
Jun 28, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
21-year-old woman killed in collision with semi near Rosetown: RCMP
A 21-year-old woman is dead after her car and a semi collided at an intersection near Rosetown Tuesday morning, RCMP said. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 7 and Marshall Avenue about...
Jun 28, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
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