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Two men wanted after stabbings on Muskaday First Nation: Sask. RCMP
The Prince Albert RCMP is asking the public's help locating two men in connection with alleged assaults that happened Saturday night on the Muskoday First Nation. The Mounties said officers received a...
Jan 27, 2026 Chance Smith (L) is described as six feet, two inches tall, weighing 152 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Jordan Stonestand (R) is described as six feet, two inches tall, weighing 165 pounds with brown eyes and hair. (RCMP/Submitted)
GST credit will help, but more investment needed to reduce grocery prices: Food expert
An expert studying food distribution and policy says the GST credit announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday will help many struggling Canadians afford food, but more needs to be done in orde...
Jan 27, 2026 Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab=, joined the Evan Bray Show to share his thoughts on the GST credit announced on Monday, which is intended to help Canadians afford groceries as prices rise. (650 CKOM file photo)
Swift Current RCMP deploys new impaired-driving drug test
A new piece of equipment will help the Swift Current Municipal RCMP focus on catching drivers impaired by THC and cocaine. The RCMP has purchased a Drger DrugTest 5000, which tests oral fluid samples ...
Jan 27, 2026 Staff sergeant Evan Gordon and constable Dani Zaya showcase their new Dräger DrugTest 5000. (Shawn Mullin/Swift Current Online)
Saskatchewan's power grid 'remaining strong' amid cold snap, SaskPower helping other regions
Saskatchewan's Crown power company says its system is holding up well amid the extreme cold, even as winter storms strain North America's power grid. In fact, SaskPower's stability during the recent c...
Jan 27, 2026 From Friday evening through Monday morning, SaskPower said it has “continuously sold the maximum of 150 MW into the Southwest Power Grid, the grid and wholesale market for 14 states in the United States Midwest.” (SaskPower/Twitter)
Cuts at federal agriculture centres will set sector back, union and farm groups say
The union representing workers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and some farming groups are firing back at Ottawa over abrupt job cuts and closures. The Agriculture Union said Monday the decision t...
Jan 26, 2026 A program dedicated to organic and regenerative practices in Swift Current is ending. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM files)
RCMP hunting for pair charged after stabbing on Muskoday First Nation
Prince Albert RCMP are looking for two men after a stabbing on Muskoday First Nation on Saturday. RCMP said in a news release on Jan. 26 that officers were called to a home on the First Nation around ...
Jan 26, 2026 Chance Smith (left) and Jordan Stonestand are wanted after the stabbing on Saturday on Muskoday First Nation. Police said Stonestand is 6-foot-2, weighs 165 lb with brown eyes and brown hair, while Smith is also 6-foot-2, weighs 152 lb, and has brown eyes and black hair. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Call for independent inquiry into First Nations health care in wake of Trevor Dubois death
The Saskatchewan man who was receiving treatment for a brain tumour and died in a struggle with security at Royal University Hospital earlier this month had already experienced concerns during his tim...
Jan 26, 2026 First Nations Health Ombudsperson Diane Lafond calls for an independent inquiry into how First Nations people are treated in the health-care system in Saskatchewan at the Saskatoon Inn on Jan. 26, 2026. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Police release security video in Prince Albert Salvation Army fire investigation
Prince Albert Police Service has released footage of a man who was near the Salvation Army shortly after a fire started in the building on Christmas Day. Several different angles of footage show a man...
Jan 26, 2026 The Salvation Army building was gutted by the Christmas Day fire. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. government says new grocery benefit will not affect income support and disability programs
After the Canadian government's announcement of a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit, Saskatchewan's government says lower-income residents will not lose out on benefits when the federal support rolls...
Jan 26, 2026 Saskatchewan's Minister of Social Services Terry Jenson said on Jan. 26, 2026 the province welcomes the federal GST credit hike. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
'Fingers were falling off': Volunteer shares realities of deep freeze
The deep freeze is over, but we're now starting to learn about the toll it took on some people. Claire Card is a volunteer with Feed the People, a group that's been providing hot food, clothing and do...
Jan 26, 2026 Claire Card, standing to the left of the NDP's April ChiefCalf, said it's clear that people are suffering. "I, myself, can't imagine trying to be outside without gloves on or anything, especially for hour after hour," Card said. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
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