Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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High Commissioner for Canada in U.K. discusses King Charles' visit, throne speech
A historic royal visit is kicking off on Monday. King Charles is visiting Canada for the 20th time, but this trip marks his first visit to the country since his coronation two years ago. Charles will ...
May 26, 2025 Britain's King Charles, left, is presented with the Key to Canada House by High Commissioner for Canada, Ralph Goodale, during a visit to Canada House to mark 100 years since it opened, at Trafalgar Square, in London, Tuesday May 20, 2025. (Arthur Edwards/Pool via AP)
List of losses and evacuations due to wildfires in the north grows
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) confirmed Sunday evening that 23 camping units and one trapper's cabin have been lost to the Shoe Fire, north of Lower Fishing Lake. Approximately four cab...
May 26, 2025 A file photo of a wildfire burning in Saskatchewan. (SPSA)
Meet the alpacas turning heads on a Saskatchewan grain farm
PERDUE, SASK. - Just a half-hour drive from the hum of city life, tucked amid fields of wheat, there's a little farm that promises something a bit more whimsical than your average rural escape. Prairi...
May 26, 2025 Karen Pashovitz, proud matriarch of Prairie Fire Alpacas, has been known to brag about her herd like a stage mom at a llama pageant. One of her alpacas snagged a Supreme Champion ribbon in 2010. "It was just like I won a beauty pageant," she said with a laugh. "It was so awesome.” (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
What are the threats, opportunities and challenges created by solar flares?
Powerful solar flares erupted on the surface of the Sun on May 10 and 11, spitting out a burst of radiation that caused short radio blackouts on the sunlit side of the Earth and spectacular northern l...
May 25, 2025 Powerful solar flares erupted on the surface of the Sun on May 10 and 11, spitting out a burst of radiation that caused short radio blackouts on the sunlit side of the Earth. (Nasa/X)
Saskatchewan's young entrepreneurs getting support from provincial government
A new program from the Government of Saskatchewan will provide support for young entrepreneurs working to take their businesses to the next level. The New Young Entrepreneur Bursary, which was unveile...
May 25, 2025 The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce will administer the new bursary program, along with local chambers, and the provincial government will fund the program to the tune of $285,000 annually for the next three years, along with administration costs. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Staff scheduling challenges lead to delayed opening of new pool
Swimming at the new Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre will wait until mid-August, according to a City of Prince Albert news release on Friday. Options exist, however, as the outdoor Kinsmen Park pool ...
May 25, 2025 Aquatic Centre at Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre in Prince Albert. (City of Prince Albert)
Don't interfere with baby wildlife, Sask. Government urges
With the weather warming up, it's not uncommon to spot a baby animal on its own in the wild. But the Government of Saskatchewan is encouraging the public to leave baby wildlife alone, even though the ...
May 25, 2025 A fawn sleeps in the warm sunny grass at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. A mother deer usually leave their fawns for a period of time to forage for food. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Man's mission to visit every Old Spaghetti Factory in the world makes final stop in Sask.
Andrew Mancini remembers the first moment he twirled his fork into pasta from the Old Spaghetti Factory at the age of 10 in southern California. Since then, the 22-year-old pasta lover from San Franci...
May 25, 2025 Andrew Mancini (centre) has made it his mission to visit every Old Spaghetti Factory across the globe. (Andrew Mancini/Submitted)
Sask. RCMP warns AI sketch of child luring suspect on social media is inaccurate
The Saskatchewan RCMP is warning people that an AI-generated sketch circulating on social media is inaccurate. RCMP said in a news release on May 24 that the sketch has been associated with a child lu...
May 24, 2025 RCMP said the man is about 6-foot with a medium build, light complexion, medium-length curly blond hair and clean shaven. This image is the official police sketch created by an RCMP forensic artist. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
University of Sask. receives funding for two new agricultural research facilities
Agriculture students and researchers at the University of Saskatchewan will soon have access to two new facilities dedicated to crop and soil science. The university has received $11.8 million in fund...
May 24, 2025 The Soil Science Field Facility will allow scientists to work on issues related to soil health and sustainability, soil fertility and plant production, as well as Indigenous agriculture and environmental issues like mitigating the impacts of climate change on agriculture. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
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