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'Health human resource crisis' affecting rural hospitals too: SUN president
The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses says the government's plan to shift patients from urban to rural health-care facilities isn't feasible -- because Omicron has changed the health-care ...
Jan 26, 2022
Can-do attitude: Great Western helping out Biggar's revitalization project
Something's brewing in Biggar. The Saskatchewan town is looking to make some changes to its downtown and has been raising funds for the revitalization project. It's also hoping people will raise a gla...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gerald Bauman/650 CKOM)
San Diego Padres take a swing at Biggar-born pitcher
Garrett Hawkins got his start in baseball on the diamonds in Biggar. Now, the 21-year-old could be the next Saskatchewan-born player to reach the big leagues. The right-handed pitcher was selected by ...
Jul 13, 2021 Garrett Hawkins pitching for the University of British Columbia (Facebook)
Biggar Revitalization Project supported by Brownlee Family Foundation funding
There's a Biggar future on the horizon for the central Saskatchewan town, which is being supported by a revitalization campaign backed by former resident Wayne Brownlee. Brownlee and his wife, Ina Lou...
Apr 13, 2021 The aim of the Biggar Revitalization Project is to overhaul Main Street and downtown, but the centrepiece of the revitalization will see the Canadian National Railway grounds, an iconic landmark with a deep history in the area, turned into a multi-use park with a festival stage, historic garden and tourism hub.
'The truck went poof, down:' Biggar grandmother recalls slough rescue
"I thought I was going to be holding that man's hand, and that would be the last hand he held." Those were the thoughts of Biggar's Karen Jiricka following a dangerous situation at a slough near the t...
Sep 04, 2020 Quick thinking and timely response saved a man's life near Biggar on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2020. His truck ended up in a slough and quickly submerged into the water. (Facebook/James Stanley Jiricka)
Two men facing drug, weapons charges after raid near Biggar
The RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime unit has laid a number of drug- and gun-related charges in the wake of a raid Friday near Biggar. The RCMP said shots were fired at officers during...
May 19, 2020
Wildfire temporarily closes Highway 14 between Biggar and Perdue
A large brush fire closed Highway 14 between Biggar and Perdue for over an hour on Saturday, as RCMP asked people to avoid the area. Police noted the smoke from the fire was causing "near zero visibil...
May 16, 2020 A large brush fire closed Highway 14 between Biggar and Perdue on May 16, 2020. (Cory Willness/Twitter)
RCMP officer wounded after shooting near Biggar
An RCMP officer suffered a non-life-threatening injury Thursday night after being shot during the execution of a search warrant near Biggar. In a media release Friday, the Mounties said the incident h...
May 15, 2020 RCMP conducted a major investigation at a home near Biggar on May 15, 2020 after an officer was shot there. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
RCMP warn western Sask. communities after string of break-ins
The RCMP have put out a crime watch advisory after a string of break-ins in multiple communities west of Saskatoon. According to Biggar's RCMP Detachment Commander Dereck Crozier, the spree has hit Un...
Jan 03, 2020 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Biggar Fire Department issues warning after false safety inspection
The Biggar Fire Department is asking residents in the area to be on the lookout for a man impersonating members of their department. In a Facebook post on Saturday evening, Biggar Fire said a rural re...
Sep 15, 2019
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