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SGI celebrates $7M in foiled fraud
As part of marking Fraud Prevention Month, SGI has released tales of some of the biggest cases of fraud its investigators caught this year. Overall, the company said its special investigations unit sa...
Mar 15, 2018
Sask. sets legal pot age at 19, lays out framework
Green is the colour - controlling legal cannabis is the game. The provincial government announced Wednesday the minimum legal age for consuming non-medicinal marijuana will be 19 years old in Saskatch...
Mar 14, 2018
Deadlines loom for Sask. anglers to remove ice shelters
With spring quickly approaching, time is running out for Saskatchewan anglers this winter season. The deadline to remove ice shacks and shelters for lakes south of Highway 16 is March 15. For shacks n...
Mar 14, 2018
Help pours in for Sask. teen after rock shop robbery
An outpouring of support in the wake of an ugly case of theft is helping a young Saskatchewan entrepreneur get back on his feet. Judah Tyreman, 13, runs the Sesula Mineral & Gem Museum in the town...
Mar 13, 2018 A January 2017 photo of 13-year-old Judah Tyreman posing next to a fossil featured at the rare stone and gem shop and museum he runs in Radisson, Sask. (Sesula Mineral & Gem Museum/Facebook)
Health officials urge drug users, family to get Naloxone kits
As Saskatoon grapples with a new development in the opioid crisis, health workers hope to distribute more life-saving kits to reverse overdoses. Saturday morning saw police and paramedics rush to thre...
Mar 13, 2018 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
Fan brawl breaks out at Sask. hockey game
A senior men's hockey game in Turtleford turned violent on Saturday, but it wasn't the players throwing the punches. Video posted online by a spectator shows fans of the Edam Three Stars and Debden Je...
Mar 12, 2018 Fans push and hit each other after a hockey game in Turtleford, Sask. on March 10, 2018. (Brennan Seipp/YouTube)
Writer says Sask. falling behind on Gladue reports
The woman responsible for the majority of Gladue reports in Saskatchewan is calling on the province and First Nations communities to provide more funding to give Indigenous offenders the supports they...
Mar 05, 2018 Christine Goodwin reviews information on Gladue reports during an interview on Feb. 28, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Sask. Pulse Growers not concerned by Indian chickpea tariffs
While some of India's trade policies are hurting Saskatchewan's farmers, the organization representing the province's pulse producers is downplaying the impact of higher chickpea tariffs on the indust...
Mar 03, 2018 Saskatchewan producers harvest at sunset. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
Snowy weekend expected for Saskatoon
With winter storms already hitting central Alberta, Environment Canada's chief meteorologist says Saskatoon can expect heavy snow this weekend. David Phillips told 650 CKOM's Brent Loucks Thursday the...
Mar 01, 2018
Saskatchewan flu numbers nearly double in last monthÂ
Whether it be a cough or a sniffle, flu cases have run rampant across Saskatchewan this year. Numbers published by the ministry of health show confirmed flu cases rose by more than 94 per cent in the ...
Feb 21, 2018 The province says more than 1,000 flu cases have been confirmed since Jan. 10, according to updated numbers released Feb. 20. (Saskatchewan Ministry of Health)
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