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Saskatchewan opens permanent lab for ballistics testing
Saskatchewan's first permanent ballistics lab is officially open. The provincial government announced the opening of the permanent location of the Saskatchewan Ballistics Laboratory on Monday in Saska...
Oct 20, 2025 The guns pictured here are located in the laboratory's tool room. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Meet the guardians of the Saskatoon Police Service's Lost & Found
When you think of detectives, what comes to mind? Maybe trench coats, crime scenes and grizzled police officers holding flashlights under flickering streetlights. But tucked away behind the scenes at ...
Oct 20, 2025 Carolyn Hyshka and Noe Hernandez have made it their mission to return lost items to their rightful homes through their roles with the Saskatoon Police Service Lost and Found. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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)
Back in brass: Saskatoon musician's tuba returned after six years
It vanished on a freezing February morning in 2019 - a professional-grade tuba, quietly lifted from the back of a vehicle and swallowed by the Saskatoon winter. No witnesses. No suspects. Read more Sa...
Oct 14, 2025 Michael Raney's tuba vanished on a cold winter's night in 2019. After being recovered in an abandoned apartment more than half a decade later, the instrument has been reunited with its rightful owner. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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)
Meals in the field and hats in combines: A look at end-of-harvest traditions
The end of harvest is a special but stressful time in Saskatchewan. For farmers, it's the busiest season of the year, a time when a full spring and summer's worth of work culminate in the final push t...
Oct 10, 2025 After tossing his hat in the combine to signify the end of harvest, Robert Horner wears what's left of it. (Vera Horner)
Meet the Sask. strongwoman redefining strength one lift at a time
When Jackie Osczevski walks onto the competition floor, there's no glitter, no spotlight choreography and no scorecards. Just steel, stone, rubber, gravity and the quiet confidence of a woman who know...
Oct 09, 2025 Lifting heavy as a woman still challenges outdated ideas about femininity. The strength of strongwoman athletes is a statement: women don’t have to shrink to fit into anyone’s expectations. (Submitted)
Rolling the dice: Inside a Saskatchewan outfitter's daily hunt
LEOVILLE, SASK. - Before the sun touches the treeline, a truck is already rumbling down a gravel road, decoys loaded in the back, headlights bouncing as it rolls over field stubble. The prairie is sti...
Oct 07, 2025 The final photo snapped after a morning in the field is a trophy. For many hunters, this sport is less about the harvest and more about the shared experience. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Sask. govt lays out lithium royalty structure as demand for critical minerals grows
With lithium mining emerging as an important industry for Saskatchewan, the provincial government is working to create "a clear and consistent royalty framework" for lithium and other minerals sourced...
Oct 06, 2025 The new framework sets a Crow royalty rate of three per cent of the value of brine mineral sales, with a “two-year holiday for new productive capacity.” (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
More than a dozen temperature records broken as Sask. says goodbye to summer
Monday marks the first day of autumn, but it still feels a lot like summer in many parts of Saskatchewan. A hit of hot weather was felt in the province over the weekend, toppling several temperature r...
Sep 22, 2025 A 108-year-old record was broken in the Scott area on Sunday when the mercury hit 30.1 C, toppling a record set in 1917. (milangucci / Depositphotos.com)
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