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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Sask. implements new testing and isolation guidelines, but no new restrictions
Saskatchewan has changed its guidelines for COVID-19 testing and isolation, but not its public health measures. "We are continuing to watch our hospitalizations and our intensive care numbers very clo...
Dec 30, 2021
Saskatchewan sets record for peak power use
There must be something about Dec. 29 in Saskatchewan. On Wednesday at 5:27 p.m., homes and businesses in the province were using 3,868 megawatts (MW) of power to deal with the cold weather, setting a...
Dec 30, 2021
YEAR IN REVIEW: Moe says 2021 was a 'challenging' year
Looking back on the past 12 months, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said it has been a challenging year, but he's staying positive. "We're making some headway with respect to COVID; we're most certainl...
Dec 30, 2021
Heat dome, flooding top weather stories of the year: David Phillips
It was another interesting year for weather in Canada. While record temperatures and drought-like conditions were among the top news stories from 2021, there was also a massive flood that tore through...
Dec 30, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 29: 293 new cases, 4 deaths
Saskatchewan has reported its highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than two months. The Ministry of Health's update Wednesday said there were 293 new cases, the most since there were 300 ...
Dec 29, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Five Saskatchewan residents named to Order of Canada
Five people from Saskatchewan have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Author Yann Martel, who now lives in Saskatoon, was named a Companion of the Order of Canada. According to a media release Wed...
Dec 29, 2021 Yann Martel. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Liam Richards)
NDP leader says premier needs to get a handle on rising Omicron numbers
NDP Leader Ryan Meili is concerned Premier Scott Moe is downplaying another COVID-19 wave. The province released the latest case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths Tuesday after a four-day Christmas...
Dec 28, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 28: Number of Omicron cases rises to 824
Saskatchewan has recorded 676 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant over the past five days. In its first daily update since Thursday, the Ministry of Health said 824 cases of the new variant have bee...
Dec 28, 2021
Deep freeze expected to last until 2022
The brutally cold conditions are expected to last until next year. That’s according to Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Shaer, who says people throughout the province will have to wait a ...
Dec 28, 2021
Sask. diamond cutter reinvents the wheel of jewelry industry
A diamond cutter based in Prince Albert believes he has developed a new method of setting diamonds that will revolutionize the jewelry industry. Ten years ago, Mike Botha and New Zealand jeweller Ian ...
Dec 28, 2021 Mike Botha CEO of Embee Diamonds Technologies (paNOW)
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