Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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SARM satisfied with funding increase in budget, other groups not as pleased
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is pleased to see more money flowing to municipalities in the 2023-24 budget. The municipal revenue-sharing pool was increased from just ove...
Mar 23, 2023
Saskatchewan gov't sees rail merger as opportunity
Saskatchewan's minister of agriculture is seeing opportunity in the recent approval of a move by Canadian Pacific Rail (CP Rail). The company's takeover of Kansas City Southern Railway has now been ap...
Mar 17, 2023 Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. sisters celebrating two years in business this International Women's Day
Saskatoon's funkiest car wash was created by two sisters who were raised by a dad with a concrete business and a mom that traveled the carnival circuit. Drivers can see the influence of both of Jamill...
Mar 08, 2023 Jamille (right) and Jacoba Taylor are sisters who own and oeprate JJ's car wash in Saskatoon. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Local bakeries continuing to struggle with inflation
If you've gone to the grocery store over the past year, you've noticed your grocery bill has gone up quite a bit. For those who own a bakery and deli like Barry Wilkie, it means his bill has skyrocket...
Mar 03, 2023
Northern Sask. flight company says demand overwhelming amid pilot shortage
Barry O'Brien spent last summer flying solo as the only full-time pilot at his own company. As the owner and operator of Voyage Air, O'Brien said he'd like to employ four full-time pilots in addition ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Transportation Safety Board)
Cameco to become sole supplier of Ukraine's nuclear power plants
Cameco has secured a major supply contract with Ukraine. The Saskatoon-based mining company announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Energoatom, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy utilit...
Feb 09, 2023 A worker at Cameco’s uranium milling operation in Key Lake, Sask. (Cameco/supplied)
Pilot shortage, charter closure could devastate Saskatchewan outfitters
Outfitters in Saskatchewan say a shortage of pilots has business owners worried about how they'll get supplies and customers to their lodges this season. New Canadian aviation regulations, which came ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Osprey Wings/Submitted)
Mercury Cafe survives pandemic but not unscathed
One year ago, Regina's Mercury Cafe & Grill was in danger of shutting down. It put out a plea on Facebook outlining just how dire its situation was. What happened next completely changed the resta...
Jan 30, 2023
Saskatoon food cluster promoting mentorship gets new name
After its previous name proved too long to be viable, an agri-food networking group shared its new title at an event at the University of Saskatchewan on Wednesday. Prairie Food Link, as it is now cal...
Dec 15, 2022 Blair Knippel speaks as the new name, Prairie Food Link, for their agri-food networking group is revealed at Innovation Place on the U of S campus on Dec. 14, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Major northern Sask. charter flight service grounding fleet for good
A major air charter service for northern Saskatchewan is grounding its planes for good. Osprey Wings, a family-run charter flight service that covers La Ronge and northern parts of the province, is in...
Nov 22, 2022 (Osprey Wings/Submitted)
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...
