Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
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Final day of advance polling in Saskatchewan
After opening up on Friday, advance polling will wrap up Monday at 9 p.m. Vaccination or proof of vaccination is not required to vote. Poll workers will not be asking for any vaccine-related documenta...
Sep 13, 2021 (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Bale fire causes traffic restrictions in Saskatoon
A bale fire Friday night caused traffic restrictions in Saskatoon's west end. Eastbound lanes onto 11th Street West from Highway 7 were closed for several hours as firefighters battled the blaze at a ...
Sep 11, 2021 (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Hundreds gather to support family after 9-year-old's death
Family members sobbing over the sound of children drumming a song of healing. Hugs between loved ones throughout the sea of people gathered to honour the life of a young child lost. That was the scene...
Sep 11, 2021 The mother of Baeleigh Maurice embraces a friend on the night of her daughter's vigil. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
SMA president 'discouraged' by lack of gov't measures
Discouraged, shocked and stunned. Those were just some of the words the president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association used to describe his reaction to Saskatchewan choosing to introduce few measur...
Sep 10, 2021
FSIN first vice-chief tests positive for COVID-19
A prominent Saskatchewan First Nations leader has been diagnosed with COVID-19. In a news release, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations First Vice-Chief Morley Watson said he received a positive...
Sep 10, 2021 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice-Chief Morley Watson. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Witnesses called in Fertuck murder trial share details of search, loader scale
Gary Decker told Greg Fertuck's first-degree murder trial Friday that Sheree Fertuck had told him she would never reconcile with her estranged husband. Decker, who's from a Hutterite colony near Shere...
Sep 10, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 10: 432 new cases, 190 in hospital, 1 death
Saskatchewan announced 432 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the second-highest single-day total in the province since the pandemic started. The highest daily total remains 439 on Nov. 21. A resident o...
Sep 10, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Immersive Van Gogh exhibit coming to Saskatoon
People in Saskatoon can soon get an up-close look at some of the most famous paintings ever created. Touted as "an immersive experience," Imagine Van Gogh arrives Sept. 30 and runs until Nov. 7 at the...
Sep 10, 2021 The Imagine Van Gogh exhibition also features features music from Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Bach and others. (Imagine Van Gogh/Facebook)
Sask. gov't announces some COVID measures, but masks not mandated
The Government of Saskatchewan is taking steps to address rising COVID-19 cases in the province - but those steps don't include new public health orders such as mandatory masking or vaccination incent...
Sep 10, 2021
Woman killed in collision on Highway 5 near Wadena
A 65-year-old woman from the Wadena area is dead after a two-vehicle collision Thursday on Highway 5 east of Wadena. According to the RCMP, officers responded just before 4 p.m., to a report of a coll...
Sep 10, 2021
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