Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Semi carrying empty anhydrous tank ends up on train tracks off Highway 7
Traffic was moving slowly through one lane Monday morning as emergency crews dealt with what could have been a horrible situation. According to a Facebook post by the Delisle Fire Department, a semi w...
May 17, 2021 A semi carrying an empty anhydrous tank was found on railroad tracks early on May 17, 2021 near the Cory Potash Mine. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Wild week of weather ahead for Saskatoon and area
Anything can happen when it comes to springtime weather in Saskatchewan. And at least this week, we shouldn't be getting any snow. That's according to Chris Stammers, an Environment Canada meteorologi...
May 17, 2021
Saskatoon, Regina vaccine drive-thru's close early Sunday
Saskatoon's drive-thru vaccine clinic at Prairieland Park closed early Sunday after running out of doses. Around 9:25 a.m. Sunday, a tweet by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) outlined the closu...
May 16, 2021 The lineup at the drive-thru COVID vaccination clinic at Prairieland Park. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Rollover causes delays at Hwy 11 and Circle Drive cloverleaf
Saskatoon police responded to a rollover around 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the cloverleaf of Highway 11 and Circle Drive in the south end. A semi tractor and two trailers rolled over spilling what appeared...
May 15, 2021 A semi rollover caused traffic restrictions at Highway 11 and Circle Drive on May 15, 2021. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Masks to stay on in Saskatchewan for at least 8 weeks
It will still be a while yet before Saskatchewan people aren't required to wear a face mask in public. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. announced that Americans who'd been full...
May 14, 2021
SHA likely to begin school-based COVID vaccinations for kids 12+ in early June
In less than a week, children ages 12 and up in Saskatchewan will become eligible for their first COVID-19 vaccination. In anticipation of that, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is working with the M...
May 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. MLA beats COVID-19 for a second time
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger considers himself lucky to be alive after contracting COVID-19 twice. The 61-year-old NDP veteran from Ile-a-la-Crosse returned to Regina for the final week of the sprin...
May 14, 2021 NDP MLA Buckley Belanger. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. driver justifies speeding by trying to 'knock the rust off the brake rotors'
Police have heard every excuse in the book to justify speeding, but on Wednesday a driver gave Corman Park police a unique explanation. Officers were patrolling on Grasswood Road when their radar cloc...
May 14, 2021 Police radar clocks driver at 159 km/h on Grasswood Road on May 12, 2021 (Corman Park Police)
Rhetoric at legislature gets heated as session nears its end
As the six weeks of the spring sitting have gone on, the barbs traded back and forth in the Legislative Assembly have been getting sharper. In the past week, the speaker has had to stand several times...
May 14, 2021
Sask. won't let those with COVID tickets flout public health orders: Wyant
Saskatchewan Justice Minister Gord Wyant says the province is going to get more aggressive when it comes to people who don't pay their COVID-19 tickets. During Question Period on Monday, Wyant was ask...
May 13, 2021 Justice Minister Gord Wyant. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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