Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Water Security Agency says reservoirs in southwest Sask. likely won't fill up
Most of Saskatchewan's reservoirs are brimming with water -- or will be -- when summer arrives. However, the Water Security Agency (WSA) said in an update Wednesday that six of 45 major reservoirs in ...
Apr 03, 2024
SHA says private care homes decide which transitional patients to accept
As part of the Saskatchewan Health Authority's "capacity pressure action plan," care homes have been asked to take on acute-care patients transitioning out of hospital settings. 650 CKOM confirmed tho...
Apr 03, 2024 An undated letter sent to Diamond House residents and families in late March 2024 from CEO Heather Haupstein revealed the care home will provide transitional care for older adults who no longer require hospital care. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
982 new drivers suspended for exceeding alcohol, drug limits in 2023: SGI
Almost 1,000 new Saskatchewan drivers had their licences suspended in 2023 for exceeding provincial limits on alcohol or drugs. According to SGI, 982 new drivers were penalized in that way last year. ...
Apr 01, 2024
Sask. people feel the pinch at the pumps after carbon tax hike
People in Saskatchewan are facing more pressure at the pumps after the federal carbon tax increase hiked gas prices by three cents per litre. On Monday, the federal carbon tax went up from $65 per ton...
Apr 01, 2024
Saskatchewan wins Canadian wheelchair curling championship
Saskatchewan 1 repeated at the Canadian wheelchair curling championship at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre on Saturday. The team of Gil Dash, Marie Wright, Moose Gibson, Sheryl Pederson and coach Lorrain...
Apr 01, 2024
Wolseley loses to Elliot Lake, Ont., in Kraft Hockeyville voting
Wolseley won't be Kraft's Hockeyville. The Saskatchewan community was one of four finalists in the annual contest, but lost to Elliot Lake, Ont. in online voting that was conducted Friday and Saturday...
Mar 30, 2024
Raiders rally from 2-0 deficit to beat Blades 4-3 in Game 1
The start to the WHL playoffs didn't go how the Saskatoon Blades and their fans thought it would. The 6,757 fans at SaskTel Centre on Thursday night saw the No. 1-ranked team in the WHL lose Game 1 of...
Mar 28, 2024 Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders battle in Game 1 of their first round WHL playoff series. Credit: Steve Hiscock
Prices to jump at the pump as carbon tax rises Monday
Saskatchewan drivers will have to brace themselves for a jump at the pump as the federal carbon tax rises 23 per cent on Monday. The increase in the carbon tax will hike the price of gas by three cent...
Mar 28, 2024 Gage Haubrich, prairie director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says the carbon tax will cost the average Saskatchewan family $525 more a year than they receive in rebates. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
RCMP says four deaths near Neudorf were result of murder-suicide
The RCMP revealed Thursday that its investigation into four deaths near Neudorf on Sunday has determined the incident was a murder-suicide. In an update, police said a 67-year-old man, a 58-year-old w...
Mar 28, 2024
Saskatchewan posts increases in agri-food exports to three more countries
Saskatchewan increased its agri-food experts to three key trading partners in 2023. In a media release Thursday, the provincial government said exports were up to Algeria, Indonesia and Morocco compar...
Mar 28, 2024
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