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Sask. Public Safety Agency preparing for wildfire season
After a record-setting wildfire season in 2023, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) gave an update on the upcoming season, saying it’s currently expected to be average or above average....
Apr 08, 2024
Boulet family hoping to continue to inspire on Green Shirt Day
Sunday is Green Shirt Day across Canada. The special day was started by the family of Logan Boulet after he was one of 16 people who died as a result of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018...
Apr 07, 2024 Toby and Bernadine Boulet holding one of 16 blankets received by families of the Humboldt Broncos Bus tragedy. Sixteen blankets were delivered to Humboldt, Sask, a gift from the Waywayseecappo First Nation community to give to victims’ families of the deadly bus crash in April 2018. Credit: Green Shirt Day
Saskatchewan provides funding for short line railways
Saskatchewan is contributing more than half a million dollars to help keep the province's short line railways moving. On Friday, the provincial government announced $530,000 in investments for 13 rail...
Apr 05, 2024
Contract talks between STF, provincial government remain at standstill
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation didn't make it back to the bargaining table with the provincial government this week as it had hoped. On Friday, STF president Samantha Becotte spoke with the Eva...
Apr 05, 2024
Sask. joins recovery-oriented provincial addictions partnership
Three provincial mental health and addictions ministers gathered in Calgary on Thursday to announce an information-sharing partnership on their shared move to a recovery-oriented system of care. Saska...
Apr 04, 2024
RCMP says one person dead after house fire in Lipton
One person is dead after a house fire in Lipton on Tuesday. The Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP, Lipton Volunteer Fire Department and Lipton EMS responded to the home on Erin Avenue. According to the RCMP&...
Apr 03, 2024
Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won't fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water -- or will be -- when summer arrives. However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in ...
Apr 03, 2024
SHA says private care homes decide which transitional patients to accept
As part of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's "capacity pressure action plan," care homes have been asked to take on acute-care patients transitioning out of hospital settings. 650 CKOM confirmed tho...
Apr 03, 2024 An undated letter sent to Diamond House residents and families in late March 2024 from CEO Heather Haupstein revealed the care home will provide transitional care for older adults who no longer require hospital care. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
982 new drivers suspended for exceeding alcohol, drug limits in 2023: SGI
Almost 1,000 new Saskatchewan drivers had their licences suspended in 2023 for exceeding provincial limits on alcohol or drugs. According to SGI, 982 new drivers were penalized in that way last year. ...
Apr 01, 2024
Sask. people feel the pinch at the pumps after carbon tax hike
People in Saskatchewan are facing more pressure at the pumps after the federal carbon tax increase hiked gas prices by three cents per litre. On Monday, the federal carbon tax went up from $65 per ton...
Apr 01, 2024
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