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'What we need is hope' NDP Leader Carla Beck addresses delegates at party convention
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has the highest post-election leadership review in party history. The NDP convention at TCU Place in Saskatoon this weekend brought in over 600 delegates, the larges...
Oct 04, 2025 NDP Leader Carla Beck says she is ready to "hit the ground running" if her party forms government after the next provincial election (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
More bat encounters raise rabies concerns in Saskatoon
Health officials say Saskatoon has seen a sharp rise in bat encounters this year, and several of those bats have tested positive for rabies. Dr. Simon Kapaj, medical health officer with the Saskatchew...
Oct 04, 2025 Even minor or unnoticeable contact can pose a risk and bat bites are often so small that they may go unseen, especially if the animal brushes against someone outdoors or enters a home while people are sleeping. (VitalisG /Depositphotos.com)
Sask. Water Security Agency completes Raffery Dam repairs
Saskatchewan's Water Security Agency is pouring $15 million into water infrastructure projects around the Raffery Dam, just west of Estevan. Of that amount, more than $10 million went to repairing the...
Oct 04, 2025 The Water Security Agency announced it completed work near the Raffery Dam in summer 2025. (Water Security Agency)
Pedestrian killed in collision east of Nipawin
by Nigel Maxwell Nipawin RCMP and a Saskatchewan RCMP collision reconstructionist are investigating a collision that claimed a pedestrian's life on Thursday. Police were called to the scene on Oct. 2 ...
Oct 04, 2025 (Andrij-Ter / Depositphotos.com)
Saskatchewan's first snow of the season could arrive this weekend
by Nick Nielsen Over the course of this weekend, a weather system travelling into Saskatchewan from the west is expected to hit the West Central Saskatchewan area near the Battlefords, then up to the ...
Oct 04, 2025 A weather system from the west is expected to drop the first flakes of snow on some communities in the province this weekend. (IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com)
VIDEO: One family's reality of the chaos in Royal University Hospital hallway
When video footage from Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital first appeared online in late September, it stunned people across the province. The short clip, filmed Sept. 25 and published below, showe...
Oct 03, 2025 A Royal University Hospital hallway crowded with patient beds and equipment. (Tim Lang/Submitted)
Saskatoon Food Bank breaks ground for new facility in Pleasant Hill
It took nearly 13 years of discussions and looking for potential sites, but finally the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre has broken ground on a new home. The new facility will be built in the P...
Oct 03, 2025 From left: Chris Reynolds, executive vice president of Nutrien; Senos Timon, Ward 2 councillor; Laurie O'Connor, executive director of SFBLC; and Scott Masson, SFBLC board chair at the new Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre site in Saskatoon on Oct. 3, 2025. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. NDP prepares transition plan to form government after next election
Although the next provincial election isn't for another three years, the Saskatchewan NDP are already prepared with a transition plan in case they win. During the first day of the party's annual conve...
Oct 03, 2025 NDP leader Carla Beck, pictured with Ron Styles to the left, said in Saskatoon on Oct. 3, 2025 that transition planning this far in advance shows people how the party isn't 'going to waste a minute.' (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
'These findings cannot be dismissed or minimized': FSIN 4th Vice-Chief responds to federal audit
Just one day after the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) issued a statement downplaying an audit that flags over $30 million dollars in spending, there appears to be some division with...
Oct 03, 2025 Craig McCallum was elected as FSIN 4th Vice-Chief on Oct. 5, 2023. (Facebook)
New U of S diagnostic equipment will help treat animals with cancer
Saskatchewan offers the best cancer care in the North America for household pets. The Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan unveiled a new MRI and linear accelerator...
Oct 03, 2025 While Dr. Monique Mayer said the new machines will largely be used with cats and dogs – like Timber here – she said she’s also treated birds, rescue squirrels and a rabbit. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
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