Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update Jan. 4: 1,954 cases reported over New Year's weekend
Saskatchewan is reporting 1,954 new COVID-19 cases were accumulated over a four-day period between Friday and Monday. Single-day case counts were 623 on Friday, 607 on Saturday, 398 on Sunday and 326 ...
Jan 04, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Parents, school divisions react as students return to classrooms
Students, teachers and staff members in more schools throughout Saskatchewan were to make their return to the classroom on Tuesday. Saskatchewan is the only province in the country not pushing back it...
Jan 04, 2022
New mental health beds open in Saskatchewan
More than 70 new mental health beds are now operating in Saskatchewan communities. The beds were announced in the 2019-20 budget, with $6 million in funding over the past two years. Supportive residen...
Jan 04, 2022
THE YEAR AHEAD: Moe looks to economic opportunity in 2022
Where 2021 is now a known quantity, 2022 still has plenty of unknowns to be revealed as the months unfurl. What Premier Scott Moe seems to be hoping for most in those months is economic opportunity an...
Jan 04, 2022
Armed and dangerous suspect arrested following alleged shooting, murder
A cross-border manhunt has ended in the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect. In a news release just after midnight Sunday, police announced the arrest of Xander Tardiff. He is suspected of a shooting in ...
Jan 01, 2022
Latest COVID update Dec. 31: Record-high 735 cases reported
Saskatchewan has recorded its highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health reported Friday there were 735 new cases, breaking the previous record of 601. There also were 74 recov...
Dec 31, 2021 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
'Demoralizing:' Nurses' union frustrated with province's COVID response
Nurses in the province are feeling disappointed and demoralized after Thursday's COVID-19 update. Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president and registered nurse Tracy Zambory said nurses are "very ...
Dec 31, 2021 Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (File photo/650 CKOM)
YEAR IN REVIEW: Ryan Meili hopes 2021 was a turning point
The past year has been a tough one for Saskatchewan and, NDP Leader Ryan Meili said, for him as well. "I really care about what happens here," said Meili, "and in particular, as somebody who's a doc(t...
Dec 31, 2021
Opposition NDP disappointed in province's Omicron response
Saskatchewan is doomed to repeat the failures of the first four waves of COVID-19, according to the province's official opposition. NDP Leader Ryan Meili said the province has had weeks of forewarning...
Dec 30, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 30: 589 new cases, 2,176 active cases
Saskatchewan reported its second-highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases on Thursday. There were 589 cases reported, the most since 601 were announced on Sept. 30. There were 650 cases announced on...
Dec 30, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
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