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Sask. hospitality industry facing inhospitable circumstances
Businesses within Saskatchewan's hospitality industry have been struggling to keep plates in the air since the pandemic, but they might be facing their hardest season yet. Jim Bence, CEO of Hospitalit...
Jan 27, 2024 Saskatchewan hospitality businesses are trying to break even as inflation barrages their bottom lines. (650 CKOM file photo)
Extreme weather opposites challenge Saskatchewan ranchers
The summer's drought was bad, so a little extra snow would help Garner Deobald in his farmyard. "In our part of the world here, there is very little snow," he said on Wednesday's Greg Morgan Morning S...
Jan 24, 2024
'A long time:' Regina woman waits 10 months for mammogram
A Saskatchewan woman is calling the province's health-care system broken after waiting 10 months for a diagnostic mammogram. Nadine Baker, 61, said she first began to show signs of breast cancer in th...
Jan 22, 2024
Ocean Man First Nation part of new solar power project near Estevan
The Ocean Man First Nation is set to play a major role in Saskatchewan's largest solar facility to date. The First Nation partnered with Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure and Saturn Power Inc. to c...
Jan 22, 2024
Sask. families taking advantage of warmer weather
The light at the end of the extremely cold tunnel that all of Saskatchewan has dealt with appears to be getting brighter. Now that the weather is getting nicer, more families appear to be taking advan...
Jan 20, 2024 The sun shines on the South Sask. River during the winter (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Province, physicians reach tentative agreement
A tentative deal has been reached between the province and its physicians. The provincial government announced Wednesday a tentative four-year contract agreement between itself and the Saskatchewan Me...
Jan 17, 2024
Sask. teachers hit the picket line Tuesday in one-day strike
Saskatchewan education minister Jeremy Cockrill isn't happy to see teachers walk off the job in a one-day, province-wide strike Tuesday. "It's disappointing it's gotten to this point," said Cockrill. ...
Jan 16, 2024 Teachers were picketing in Saskatoon despite the -36 C temperatures on Tuesday morning. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Grieving mother hopes James Smith inquest leads to better supports for victims
By Nigel Maxwell Acknowledging feelings of anxiety, Vanessa Burns says she is looking forward to an inquest that will hopefully provide her with some closure and allow her to move on with her life. Bu...
Jan 12, 2024 Vanessa Burns with her five children. (Submitted/ Vanessa Burns)
Extreme cold gets warm welcome from Sask. farmer
After an abnormally warm start to the winter season, Saskatchewan's normal winter has finally hit. Lots of snow and extreme cold temperatures blanket the province. Farmer Travis Sanderson said it's a ...
Jan 11, 2024 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
STF says Sask. teachers to hold single-day strike on Tuesday
Saskatchewan teachers will hold a single-day strike on Tuesday. Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, made the announcement during a virtual news conference Thursday mo...
Jan 11, 2024 Thousands of teachers and supporters rallied in front of the legislative building in Regina in April. (980 CJME file photo)
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