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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Moe ‘disappointed’ in Sask. gov’t carbon tax challenge loss
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has denied the provincial government's challenge on the federal government's carbon tax. In a decision released Friday in Regina, the judges voted 3-2 to reject the Sask...
May 03, 2019
Secret recording could be tossed in Vey-Nicholson re-trial
The case against two Saskatchewan lovers facing a re-trial for conspiring to murder their spouses may be in jeopardy, as a Court of Queen's Bench judge considers whether to throw out the key piece of ...
Apr 30, 2019
Preliminary design unveiled for Martensville multi-purpose facility
Simply put, Martensville has outgrown its hockey arena. "Definitely in a pinch for ice, but we also understand there are other needs for the community. This is us trying to be prepare and be proactive...
Apr 13, 2019 Conceptual drawing of Martensville multi-purpose facility. (Submitted)
Public Health Agency of Canada says salmonella outbreak in 6 provinces, 63 sick
WINNIPEG - Health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella in six provinces that has sickened 63 people, including 18 who have been hospitalized. The Public Health Agency of Canada said F...
Apr 06, 2019
Moe: 'Some type of irony carbon tax comes in on April Fool's'
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe hopes the April Fool's start date of the federal carbon tax is an omen. "It's some type of irony that the carbon tax comes in on April Fool's," Moe told 650 CKOM's John ...
Apr 01, 2019 Premier Scott Moe speaks to reporters at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) annual convention in Saskatoon on Feb. 5, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
‘You made us bury our brother’: sentence hearing for man accused in hunting death
A Melfort Provincial Court was filled to capacity Monday for the sentence hearing of the man who shot and killed a Prince Albert hunter. The statement of facts presented in court said Jordan Darchuk,2...
Mar 26, 2019 Melfort Provincial Court House. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Concerns about moisture as spring melt begins
There is a lot of talk of spring now that the weather is starting to warm up. When it comes to the big melt, the Water Security Agency (WSA) is predicting a fairly normal runoff across the province in...
Mar 08, 2019
Gradual warm-up on the way for Saskatchewan
After a historically cold February in Saskatchewan, the first full week of March is expected to offer some relief, but temperatures will still be well below average for several days. In Saskatoon, nor...
Mar 04, 2019 (ReginaBypass/Twitter)
Telemiracle 43 raises more than $5 million
People in Saskatchewan stepped up to ring those phones for the province's favourite annual telethon. Telemiracle 43 wrapped up Sunday at TCU Place in Saskatoon after raising $5,619,214 over the course...
Mar 03, 2019 (Telemiracle/Facebook)
Separatist billboards pop up in Regina, Saskatoon
A small group of western separatists are spreading awareness of their cause this week by purchasing billboard space that asks a simple question: "Should Saskatchewan leave Canada?" The message is disp...
Mar 01, 2019 An electronic billboard displays a message from Sask. Fights Back and the Prairie Freedom Movement near the intersection of 51st Street and Faithfull Avenue in Saskatoon. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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