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Where can you have a campfire in Saskatchewan?
It is another hot weekend in Saskatchewan, with heat warnings covering much of the province. While many people have headed to the lake to cool off, sitting by a campfire toasting smores or telling sca...
Jul 20, 2024 Sitting by a campfire toasting smores or telling scary stories this weekend will be off the menu, as fire bans blanket many northern parts of the province (650 CKOM file photo)
Problems at Sask.'s Healthline 811 due to global IT outage
People calling Healthline 811 Friday morning in Saskatchewan were left looking elsewhere for advice, thanks to the worldwide IT outage. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said the resource was un...
Jul 19, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
Q&A: Mirasty celebrates five years as Sask.'s lieutenant governor
Sixty years ago, Russ Mirasty was just like any other little boy growing up on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Today, he sits in the office of the lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan, occupying a role h...
Jul 17, 2024 Russ Mirasty was sworn in as Saskatchewan's 23rd lieutenant governor on July 17, 2019. He expects a replacement will be named soon, and plans to move home to La Ronge with his wife Donna once a new lieutenant governor is sworn in. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Sask. carbon tax injunction hearing cancelled
The hearing over the Government of Saskatchewan's injunction against the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that was expected to begin on Friday morning has been cancelled. Shortly before the start time of 1...
Jul 12, 2024
Allen Sapp Gallery vying for provincial heritage designation
Allen Sapp made his final visit to the gallery that bears his name shortly before he died in 2015. "I hadn't seen him in a while and I wasn't sure what the state of his health was. We had a school gro...
Jul 11, 2024 Allen Sapp is remembered as a world-renowned painter and a man of fashion. He let his hair grow long, plaiting it into neat long braids daily. He would top his outfit with a stylish cowboy hat. (Submitted)
Saskatoon wrestler heads to Pan American Championships
Canadian athletes are making their way to Peru for the Pan American Championships. Team Canada's women's wrestling team features only one Saskatchewan wrestler. That wrestler is Sierra Mullin who curr...
Jul 07, 2024 As the University of Saskatchewan Huskies competes in the Huskie Dual Canada West wrestling action in Saskatoon, SK, November 24, 2023.
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Business makes Taylor Swift corn maze in hopes singer will return to Sask.
Saskatchewan is in its Taylor Swift era, as the #BacktoSaskatch campaign takes over. The team at Cedar Creek Gardens wanted to join in the fun, entering their 'corn era.' They added a Taylor Swift com...
Jul 07, 2024
Saskatchewan's Jessica Campbell becomes first female assistant coach in NHL
A Saskatchewan woman is making history in the NHL. Jessica Campbell, who is originally from Moosomin, has been named an assistant coach by the league's Seattle Kraken. According to the NHL, that makes...
Jul 03, 2024 Jessica Campbell, left, assistant coach for the Coachella Valley Firebirds, works alongside Seattle Kraken coaches behind the bench during the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game against the Calgary Flames, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
Binding arbitration on the table for Sask. teachers, STF to meet with members
After, at first rejecting the provincial government's offer, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) is now considering binding arbitration for its collective bargaining agreement. On Tuesday, the...
Jun 12, 2024 The teachers' union will vote next week on whether sanctions could continue beyond the current school year. (650 CKOM file photo)
'We have work to do': Groups react to Sask. report on state of MMIWG
The province provided a progress report on its efforts to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women on Thursday. This week marks five years since a national inquiry drew 231 calls to ...
Jun 06, 2024 Federation of Indigenous Sovereign Nations' third vice chief Aly Bear speaks on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited people in Canada in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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