Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Scotland's Schafer making history at Scotties
A Scot is playing in the Scotties for Saskatchewan. Seven-time Scottish champion and three-time Olympian Kelly Schafer is currently the third on Robyn Silvernagle’s team, which is to begin play ...
Feb 17, 2023
TeleMiracle Week proclaimed in Saskatchewan as telethon nears
It’s almost time to ring those phones. On Friday, the Saskatchewan government and the Kinsmen, Kinettes and Kin Clubs of Saskatchewan announced TeleMiracle Week is to begin Sunday. The week culm...
Feb 17, 2023
'We're not taking care of them': Family upset as only pediatric gastroenterologist leaves Sask.
Emotion filled Tracy Gartner's voice as she talked about the severe sickness her young daughter dealt with and the one doctor who figured it out and put them on a treatment plan — the same docto...
Feb 16, 2023
RCMP probing three fatal drug overdoses in southern Sask. in past week
Three fatal drug overdoses in the past week have prompted the Saskatchewan RCMP to once again warn people about illicit drugs in the province, particularly in southern areas. In a media release Wednes...
Feb 15, 2023
Auction winds down for first batch of SLGA liquor permits
The first round of SLGA liquor permit bidding is to come to an end Wednesday afternoon. By 2 p.m., it should be known who won the permits that hit the auction block on Feb. 6. In October, the province...
Feb 15, 2023 American alcohol will disappear from liquor store shelves in Ontario and B.C. as the provinces add their own ammunition to a federal plan aimed at getting the U.S. to back down from tariffs. (CKOM files)
SARM joins calls for better RCMP communication
The lack of communication between the RCMP and communities east of Round Lake last week is a big concern for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb, the president of SARM...
Feb 15, 2023
Union president calls for federal money to go to public health care in Sask.
As the provincial government holds out its hands for the federal money just agreed to on Monday, the head of one of Saskatchewan's health-care unions believes that money should be kept in the public s...
Feb 14, 2023
Mounties offer details about deadly break-and-enter near Esterhazy
The RCMP provided some new details Monday on the deadly home invasion south of Esterhazy. In a media release, the Mounties said the man who was shot and killed in the break-and-enter Friday was a 34-y...
Feb 13, 2023
NDP calls for return of local voices to community health-care decision-making
Local health-care leaders are feeling shut out of the process of making decisions that impact their communities, according to the Saskatchewan New Democrats. Vicki Mowat, opposition health critic, sai...
Feb 13, 2023 The Saskatchewan NDP's Matt Love and Vicki Mowat outside the Warman Medical and Urgent Care Centre on Feb. 13, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Moe expects provinces to accept health-care offer even if it doesn't meet expectations
After the long-awaited health-care meeting in Ottawa last Tuesday, the federal government proposed a $196-billion health-care deal to help provinces fund their health-care systems. The provinces origi...
Feb 13, 2023
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