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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Sask. rancher says changes needed to trespassing law
A Saskatchewan rancher says he's frustrated with how the province's landowners are allowed to deal with trespassers. Layne Abrahamson, 23, is a part-time rancher in the rural municipality of Rosedale....
Mar 26, 2018 Rancher Layne Abrahamson says many of the signs prohibiting trespassers on his property in the RM of Rosedale have many defaced, shot at or completely ignored. (Layne Abrahamson)
Snow to make for tricky travel on Sask. roads this weekend
Snow might intervene in weekend travel plans across parts of southern and central Saskatchewan. Up to 15 cm of snow is expected in the southwest corner of the province throughout Friday, while Saskato...
Mar 22, 2018 Icy covered highway in Saskatchewan on January 30th, 2018 (Twitter/@RCMPKindersley)
U-turn, you pay: Police stepping up school zone enforcement
The Saskatoon police traffic unit will be paying extra attention to school zones this week. In particular, they'll be looking for people making U-turns, which are illegal in a school zone and subject ...
Mar 19, 2018
Lafleche named one of four finalists for Kraft Hockeyville
Lafleche, SK. might not be known for much, but in a few weeks, that could all change. The village of 400 people in southwest Saskatchewan became one of four finalists for Kraft Hockeyville during Satu...
Mar 18, 2018 The small town of Lafleche,SK. was announced as one of four finalists for Kraft Hockeyville on March 17, 2018. (Kraft Hockeyville)
Overdoses suspected in deaths of 2 Sask. men
The RCMP is out with a public safety warning as more suspected fentanyl-laced drugs are discovered in Saskatchewan. In a media release, RCMP said officers responded to a sudden death call at a home in...
Mar 16, 2018
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)
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