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New 1,596-acre conservation area established in Cypress Hills region
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is celebrating the acquisition of a 1,596-acre property in the Cypress Hills area, which will become a conservation area for the preservation of natural plants a...
Oct 19, 2025 The Nature Conservancy of Canada said the Upper Bone Creek property, which features native grasslands, creek systems and hardwood forests, will provide “a much-needed boost for local plants and animals.” (Michael Burak/Submitted)
Saskatchewan shoppers see their grocery bills climb
by Steven Wilson Saskatchewan residents are facing continued pressure at the grocery checkout as new data from Statistics Canada shows significant price increases for many staple items over the past y...
Oct 19, 2025 he cost of a 900-gram container of infant formula hit $46.79 in August, a sharp rise from $36.35 just two years prior. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM) (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
U of S 'first of its kind' study sheds light on children's bone health
A team of University of Saskatchewan researchers will be able to study more about children's bone health without breaking any, with the help of advanced imaging tools. Traditionally, the only way to g...
Oct 19, 2025 Dr. Sajia Kontulainen stands with a second-generation, high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT-II) scanner secured by an investment from CFI-JELF (Erin Matthews/USask website)
Enhanced 9-1-1 system can connect callers to team of nurses in Regina, Saskatoon
A new system will connect 9-1-1 callers who report non-urgent symptoms directly to a team of specially trained nurses. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said the Emergency Communication Nurse System w...
Oct 19, 2025 Dispatchers with the Saskatchewan RCMP respond to everything from car crashes to violent crimes to non emergencies, making sure officers get to the right place at the right time. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Final phase of Highway 5 safety improvements underway
A major highways project aimed to improve safety is in its final phase. The province is working on upgrading Highway 5 between Saskatoon and Humboldt, one of the most dangerous highways in the provinc...
Oct 18, 2025 Members of the Highway 5 improvement team posing with a sign as the final phase gets underway. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Whitecap Dakota First Nation receives pieces of long-lost history
By EFN Media/NC Raine Artifacts missing for more than a century have made their way home. What was returned to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) shocked even those who were working to repatriate...
Oct 18, 2025 Artifacts, some over 100 years old, have been returned to Whitecap Dakota First Nation. (Stephanie Danyliuk/Supplied to PANow)
Province launches two-year Glaucoma Care Pilot Program
People in Saskatchewan will have improved access to glaucoma assessment, monitoring, diagnostic testing and follow-up services thanks to a new pilot program. On Oct. 1, the Ministry of Health and the ...
Oct 18, 2025
Megan Gallagher's family says manslaughter verdict brings relief but not closure
Megan Gallagher's family has been waiting five years for answers after the 30-year-old was killed in 2020. At Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Friday, a jury found Roderick Sutherland guilty of ma...
Oct 18, 2025 Megan Gallagher's family, from left, Deb Gallagher, Brian Gallagher and Lindsey Bishop outside the courthouse after the verdict. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Woman and eight children escape house fire at Sandy Bay
by Nigel Maxwell RCMP believe a house fire on Thursday in the Northern Village of Sandy Bay, that forced a woman and her eight children to flee, was deliberately set. The cause of the fire remains und...
Oct 17, 2025 RCMP believe a house fire on Thursday in the Northern Village of Sandy Bay, that forced a woman and her eight children to flee, was deliberately set. (Submitted to PA Now)
Two men charged after attempting to smuggle 126 bottles, cans of alcohol
Wollaston Lake RCMP charged two men who were planning to bring alcohol into the community of Hatchet Lake First Nation by boat. This happened on Oct. 13, when RCMP used a remotely piloted aircraft sys...
Oct 17, 2025 Wollaston Lake RCMP seized 44 bottles of hard liquor, 42 cans of beer, and approximately 40 cans/bottles of coolers. (RCMP/submitted)
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