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NDP candidate in Sask. races to the doorsteps days before federal election
It's a race against time for federal candidates as they try to turn every doorstep visit into a vote. In the Saskatoon South riding, first-time NDP candidate Jacob Gadzella and his team of volunteers ...
Apr 25, 2025 Jacob Gadzella is a first time NDP candidate running in the 2025 federal election. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. RCMP investigating death, altercation in town of Marshall
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is now investigating an altercation in Marshall, Sask., that ended with one man dead. Maidstone RCMP responded to the incident on April 24, around 4:30 a.m., where injur...
Apr 24, 2025 (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Councillor removed from Saskatoon homelessness subcommittee
A Saskatoon city councillor, known for his opposition to the 106-bed Fairhaven emergency shelter and for speaking out on crime in his community, will not be part of a recently created subcommittee tas...
Apr 24, 2025 "Saskatoon city coun. Robert Pearce will not be appointed to the city's sub-committee on homelessness after council unanimously voted to instead appoint two other councillors. It comes after comments Pearce made during the SUMA convention in Saskatoon." (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'I'm grateful they survived': Mother reflects on daughter's accident in Vegas
By Nigel Maxwell Recalling a phone call she received at 3:30 in the morning from a police officer, informing her daughter had been injured, Roberta Sinclair says she experienced every parent's worst n...
Apr 24, 2025 Katrine Sinclair and her friend Charlie Lastowsky are on the road to recovery. (Roberta Sinclair/Submitted)
Ranchers concerned after case of bovine tuberculosis detected in Saskatchewan
Cattle ranchers in Saskatchewan were hoping to start the season on a high note, but now they are facing concerns around a serious disease. According to Chad Ross, chair of the Saskatchewan Cattle Asso...
Apr 24, 2025 A case of bovine tuberculosis in east-central Saskatchewan was detected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last fall. (650 CKOM file photo)
Pierre Poilievre stopping in Saskatoon Thursday as campaign enters final days
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to make his first Saskatchewan stop of the 2025 federal election campaign in Saskatoon on Thursday night. Poilievre will hold a rally at a warehouse on...
Apr 24, 2025 The visit by Pierre Poilievre comes just one day after Premier Scott Moe officially endorsed the Conservative leader in a video shared to social media. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Western alienation plays key role for Sask. in 2025 federal election campaign
Western alienation is a common theme among western Canadian provinces, going back decades. In the context of Canadian politics, it can be defined in several ways. According to Duane Bratt, Mount Royal...
Apr 24, 2025 Premier Scott Moe speaks at a news conference in Saskatoon April 4, 2025. He says who ever becomes the next prime minister should put their own ideology aside and work on behalf of all Canadians. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Prairie spring: Southern Saskatchewan gets over a foot of snow
Mother Nature's early spring snowstorm blanketed some parts of southern Saskatchewan yesterday with more than a foot of snow. According to Environment Canada, its report released just before noon on W...
Apr 23, 2025 Although the snow at this time of year is rare, Environment Canada meteorologist Danielle Desjardins said storms like this tend to happen from time to time. “It’s not ideal timing, but it’s not unheard of,” Desjardins explained. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Premier Scott Moe endorses Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party
Saskatchewan's premier endorsed the Conservative Party of Canada on Wednesday. Speaking from his hometown of Shellbrook in a video shared to social media, Scott Moe announced that he intends to vote f...
Apr 23, 2025 In a video posted to social media on April 23, 2025, Premier Scott Moe said it’s time that the province had “a government that treats us like we’re a part of Canada." (Premier Scott Moe/Facebook)
SaskPower's first 'microgrid' now powering Descharme Lake
Residents of Descharme Lake are drawing their electricity from SaskPower's first-ever independent community power system. SaskPower's Descharme Lake Microgrid is now online, combining solar power with...
Apr 23, 2025 The microgrid consists of 474 solar panels, 96 lithium phosphate batteries and a pair of diesel generators. (Saskatchewan Research Council)
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