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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Sask. govt celebrates September employment gains as province adds 1,700 full-time jobs
The Government of Saskatchewan is celebrating strong job numbers for September. According to data released on Friday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan added 1,700 full-time jobs between August and Se...
Oct 11, 2025 “Saskatchewan continues to experience strong year-over-year job growth,” Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan’s minister of immigration and career training, said in a statement. (650 CKOM file photo)
U of S researchers creating 3D-printed model to better study lung diseases
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) are developing a new model that could be used to improve the study of lung diseases. Lung disea...
Oct 11, 2025 A 3D printed “scaffolding” designed to mimic the extracellular matrix in which lung cells live. (Canadian Light Source/Submitted)
Israel-Hamas peace deal greeted with cautious optimism in Sask.
The two-year war between Israel and Hamas has been paused, with both sides agreeing to the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. But, even in the first phase of a peace de...
Oct 10, 2025 Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Constant Reminder band members killed in crash near Melfort
by Nigel Maxwell Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a two-vehicle crash just outside of Melfort that claimed three lives - two men from James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and another man from Kinistino. Eme...
Oct 10, 2025 Constant Reminder band members Rene Constant (middle right) and Seth Constant (far right) were killed in a car crash outside of Melfort yesterday evening. Here, the band is seen accepting their BOB award after being voted Best Band in 2020. (paNOW files)
Four dead, four injured after two highway crashes on Thursday: Sask. RCMP
Two separate crashes on Saskatchewan highways left four people dead and four others were injured on Thursday. The first crash, a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 4, left a 30-year-old woman dead and...
Oct 10, 2025 One of the four people injured in the crash on Highway 4 on Thursday was airlifted to hospital by STARS with serious injuries, the RCMP said. (STARS/X)
Witness recalls the night Megan Gallagher was tortured, killed in Saskatoon garage
CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains graphic depictions that might be disturbing to some readers. It was a drug and alcohol fueled garage party that became more sinister the night Megan Galla...
Oct 09, 2025 Megan Gallagher was last seen in 2020 on video surveillance at a convenience store on Diefenbaker Drive. Her remains were found two years later along the South Saskatchewan River. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP issues travel warning following six fatal collisions in six days
Saskatchewan RCMP said the province has seen a rise in fatal and serious-injury collisions, reaching a six-year high in 2025. Officers reported ten people were killed on RCMP-patrolled roads in Septem...
Oct 09, 2025 Mackay visited the petting zoo at the Saskatoon exhibitio with his parent and sibling. Mackay loved feeding the baby cows. (Payton Zillich/650 CKOM)
'No grounds to believe an offence was committed' during 2023 Estevan police shooting: SIRT
A Saskatchewan police watchdog agency says there are no grounds to believe a crime was committed when an Estevan police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old man inside police headquarters in 2023. Ac...
Oct 09, 2025 SIRT said there are no grounds to believe a crime was committed, and the case will not be referred to Saskatchewan’s attorney general. (980 CJME file photo)
Witness says she can't recall details about Megan Gallagher's death
A key witness in the jury trial of Roderick Sutherland said she doesn't remember what happened to Megan Gallagher the night she was killed. Gallagher was murdered in a garage on Weldon Avenue where Su...
Oct 08, 2025 Cheyann Peeteetuce testified she couldn't remember what happened to Megan Gallagher the night she was killed. (Bre McAdam650 CKOM)
Sentencing delayed for former Saskatoon Christian school director
The former director of a Saskatoon Christian school was sentenced on Wednesday after his conviction for assaulting former students at the school. John Olubobokun, who served as director of Legacy Chri...
Oct 08, 2025 John Olubobokun outside Saskatoon Provincial Court on June 19, 2024. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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