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A 128-year-old heat record was broken in Saskatchewan on Saturday
It was a hot weekend in Saskatchewan, with weather records falling like dominoes around the province. According to Stephen Berg, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, 14 communit...
May 05, 2025 A number of Saskatchewan communities set heat records over the weekend as a low-pressure system brought a rush of warm air into the province. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Sask. woman makes trip to the Netherlands for 80th anniversary of liberation
Monday is the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day in the Netherlands. The anniversary marks the date in 1945 when German forces were forced to surrender, officially liberating the country. Two days lat...
May 05, 2025 Marion Scott (left) and Rena Wilke, Scott's daughter Pam flew to the Netherlands for 80th anniversary of Liberation Day. (Pam Scott/Submitted)
Evacuations ordered as 4 homes burn in uncontained wildfire on James Smith Cree Nation
By Logan Lehmann Four homes have been destroyed, and around a dozen others were evacuated as an out-of-control wildfire tore through James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN), displacing roughly 30 people. The b...
May 05, 2025 The out-of-control 25PA-JSIR01 fire has destroyed three homes and forced the evacuation of around a dozen others. (Melfort Fire & Rescue/Facebook)
Four record highs broken in Saskatchewan on Sunday
By Shawn Slaght Four weather records were set in the province on Sunday as a heatwave passed across Saskatchewan over the weekend. Coronach set a record high of 30.5 C, breaking the previous record of...
May 05, 2025 Four record highs were set in the province on Sunday. (Discover Moose Jaw)
Red Dress Day offers opportunities for reflection and learning across Saskatchewan
Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people (MMIWG+) will be raised on May 5, which is known in Saskatchewan and across Canada as Red Dress Day. A total of 1324 mi...
May 05, 2025 A lone red dress symbolizing the cause of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hangs from a tree on the Skye River Trail on National Indigenous Peoples Day in We'koqma'q First Nation, N.S. on Friday, June 21, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese)
Wildlife rehabilitation centres in Regina, Saskatoon issue warning as bird flu spreads
Saskatoon's Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitiation and Regina's Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation centres are warning the public about handling sick or dead wild birds and mammals as cases of bird f...
May 05, 2025 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI (H5N1) is suspected in many snow geese returning to Saskatchewan. (vagabond54 / Depositphotos.com)
First Pop Con YXE a big hit with comic and cosplay aficionados in Saskatoon
It was a busy weekend at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon, as the first Pop Con YXE was held on May 3 and 4. The pop culture event similar to Comic-Con provides a space for comic lovers and cosplay enthu...
May 04, 2025 Evan Burr (left) and Chris Frisen were dressed up as characters from Ghostbusters at Pop Con YXE this weekend. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Garden Talk: What is the best way to deal with ant hills in my yard?
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Here are some questions and answers from the May 4 show: These qu...
May 04, 2025 Applying nematodes will eradicate ants in your yard if they are watered in with a special sprayer. (koshin / Depositphotos.com)
Canada faced America's pressure before - Diefenbaker's story is a reminder to stand tall
As the dust settles and Canadians reflect on the new Liberal minority government, many felt as though this election was a consequential one for the country. Nowhere in history has an American leader t...
May 04, 2025 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker sits beneath a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald. (Duncan Cameron / Library and Archives Canada / PA-057939)
The Vassy Kapelos Show: Don't count out Pierre Poilievre, Andrew Scheer says
Not only did the Conservative Party of Canada lose the federal election, leader Pierre Poilievre also lost his seat and is planning to run in a byelection in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in Albert...
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