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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Brandt to hire more than 1,000 people, including hundreds in Sask.
The Regina-based Brandt Group of Companies has announced plans to hire more than 1,000 new employees this year, including hundreds in Regina and Saskatoon. The new positions will span the company's 10...
Jun 02, 2021
Saskatchewan gov't says mask measure could be lifted by July 11
Saskatchewan residents could be unmasked by July 11. On Tuesday, the provincial government set out vaccination targets required to prompt the removal of public health measures such as mandatory maskin...
Jun 01, 2021
Latest COVID update June 1: Active cases fall below 1,300
Saskatchewan reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than three months Tuesday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said there were 86 new cases, the fewest in a day sinc...
Jun 01, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
'Very alarming:' Overdoses rise in Saskatoon last week, with 5 deaths in 6 days
The overdose crisis in Saskatchewan isn't going anywhere. According to a release from Saskatoon police Tuesday, members responded to 10 overdoses between Tuesday and Sunday of last week. Of those 10 o...
Jun 01, 2021 According to a release from Medavie Health Services West, Saskatoon community paramedics experienced an increase in responses from 3623 in 2023, to 8032 events in 2024. (Medavie Health Services West/Facebook)
Caretakers pay respects at former Regina residential school site, cemetery
The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., hits close to home for some in Saskatchewan. Just off Pinkie Road on the outskirts of Regina stands a sma...
Jun 01, 2021
21-year-old man drowns in Swift Current Creek
A 21-year-old Alberta man drowned Sunday in the Swift Current Creek near Simmie. According to the RCMP, officers from the Shaunavon detachment got a call at about 5 p.m., that a man had gone missing w...
May 31, 2021
Latest COVID update May 31: Sask. sets new daily record for second doses
Saskatchewan reported the delivery of a record number of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines Monday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health said a single-day high of 5,450 people had received their...
May 31, 2021
Sask. gov't joins FSIN to demand more investigation of residential school sites
The Saskatchewan government is joining the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) in calling for radar ground searches of residential school sites in the province. After the remains of 215 ...
May 31, 2021 Premier Scott Moe wears an orange ribbon as he announces the province will support the FSIN in the search for unmarked graves at residential school sites on May 31, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
COVID vaccination programs begin in some Saskatchewan schools
The biggest school mass vaccination campaign Saskatchewan has ever seen is getting underway in some parts of the province, including Regina. High school students are expected to get their chance at a ...
May 31, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
What you missed this weekend: Looking at Saskatchewan's COVID statistics
Remember November? In a weekend where Saskatchewan saw active cases jump slightly, we're trending on our way to seeing November levels. Saskatchewan gained 350 new cases of COVID on Saturday and Sunda...
May 31, 2021
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