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Meet the Sask. strongwoman redefining strength one lift at a time
When Jackie Osczevski walks onto the competition floor, there's no glitter, no spotlight choreography and no scorecards. Just steel, stone, rubber, gravity and the quiet confidence of a woman who know...
Oct 09, 2025 Lifting heavy as a woman still challenges outdated ideas about femininity. The strength of strongwoman athletes is a statement: women don’t have to shrink to fit into anyone’s expectations. (Submitted)
Rolling the dice: Inside a Saskatchewan outfitter's daily hunt
LEOVILLE, SASK. - Before the sun touches the treeline, a truck is already rumbling down a gravel road, decoys loaded in the back, headlights bouncing as it rolls over field stubble. The prairie is sti...
Oct 07, 2025 The final photo snapped after a morning in the field is a trophy. For many hunters, this sport is less about the harvest and more about the shared experience. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Sask. govt lays out lithium royalty structure as demand for critical minerals grows
With lithium mining emerging as an important industry for Saskatchewan, the provincial government is working to create "a clear and consistent royalty framework" for lithium and other minerals sourced...
Oct 06, 2025 The new framework sets a Crow royalty rate of three per cent of the value of brine mineral sales, with a “two-year holiday for new productive capacity.” (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
More than a dozen temperature records broken as Sask. says goodbye to summer
Monday marks the first day of autumn, but it still feels a lot like summer in many parts of Saskatchewan. A hit of hot weather was felt in the province over the weekend, toppling several temperature r...
Sep 22, 2025 A 108-year-old record was broken in the Scott area on Sunday when the mercury hit 30.1 C, toppling a record set in 1917. (milangucci / Depositphotos.com)
Poems for $1: Meet the Saskatchewan girl selling kindness by the line
CORMAN PARK, SASK. - On a sunny weekend at a small-town flower market, nestled between rows of blooms and handmade crafts, one table stood out. Not for its size or decorations, but for the unexpected ...
Sep 11, 2025 With a poem in hand and a smile as bright as her verses, Genevieve Lacelle proves that even the smallest voices can spark joy. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Northern skies, family ties: The Paceys and the legendary Beaver
Beside a quiet dock in La Ronge, a floatplane bobs gently on the surface of the lake. It's old, unmistakably so, its paint faded from decades of sun, wind and water. The engine is loud, the cockpit sm...
Sep 09, 2025 Father and son, side by side — one keeps it flying, the other keeps it running. Between them, a legacy that still climbs skyward. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
'In this together': Historian reflects on Saskatchewan's 120th birthday
This week marks 120 years of Saskatchewan. On Thursday, an event was held at Saskatoon's Remai Modern gallery, with speakers from across the province sharing the history of Saskatchewan, its treaties ...
Sep 05, 2025 Historian Bill Waiser speaks at an event in Saskatoon marking Saskatchewan's 120th birthday on Sept. 4, 2025. (Steve Hiscock/Submitted)
Carney sending MP Blois to China to help Saskatchewan push back on canola tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he is sending his parliamentary secretary to China to join Saskatchewan's efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other "trade irritants...
Sep 04, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at Elmsdale Lumber Yard with then-agriculture minister Kody Blois during a campaign stop in Elmsdale, N.S. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Artists wanted: YXE community colouring book accepting submissions
What does a better world look like? A Saskatoon artist is inviting other creatives in the city to help draw the answer. A seasoned graphic designer with more than 15 years of experience, Mal Cloke onl...
Sep 03, 2025 Mal Cloke, the artist behind a new community colouring project, believes art can do more than decorate walls — it can build bridges. Now, she’s inviting Saskatoon to draw a better world, together. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Once upon a classroom: A touch of Tinkerbell at Wildwood School
In the middle of a math problem, or maybe while reviewing the weekly spelling list, there's going to be a magical moment. It hasn't happened yet. But Emma Tink knows it's coming. She waits for it ever...
Sep 02, 2025 Students smile at her last name. “Like Tinkerbell,” she tells them. And in her classroom, belief really does make you fly. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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