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Roughriders add pair of American players
The CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the signings of two players Tuesday, including a former draft pick of the NFL's Chicago Bears. Wide receiver Dazz Newsome was selected by the Bears in the ...
Feb 27, 2024 The Saskatchewan Roughriders added two former NFL prospects to their roster Tuesday. (980 CJME file photo)
'A phenomenal moment:' Homan celebrates fourth Scotties title
With Jennifer Jones in the hack ready to throw her final stone, Rachel Homan didn't have any control over how things were going to play out in the 10th end of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts final. ...
Feb 27, 2024 Rachel Homan (left) and her teammates celebrate a victory at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. (Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver/X)
Sask. performed record number of surgeries between April and December
Saskatchewan cut significantly into its surgical backlog in the first nine months of the fiscal year. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said 71,850 surgical procedures were done be...
Feb 27, 2024 Saskatchewan performed 6,000 more surgeries in the first nine months of the fiscal year than it did in the same time frame in 2022. (ophthalmology muh)
No noon-hour supervision at some Saskatchewan schools Friday
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is planning another day of sanctions on Friday. In a post on its website, the teachers' union announced a one-day withdrawal of noon-hour supervision at schools a...
Feb 27, 2024 The withdrawal of lunch-hour supervision at some schools Friday marks the fifth straight day of sanctions by the teachers. (980 CJME file photo)
Pathologist tells inquest Myles Sanderson died of cocaine toxicity
A pathologist says Myles Sanderson died from cocaine toxicity shortly after his arrest in September of 2022. Dr. Shaun Ladham, Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy on Sande...
Feb 27, 2024
Extreme cold warnings issued for areas across Saskatchewan
Winter storm and snowfall warnings that were in place for areas of Saskatchewan were lifted Monday ... and replaced by extreme cold warnings. Just after 3:30 p.m., Environment and Climate Change Canad...
Feb 26, 2024 The extreme cold warnings were issued Monday afternoon. They cover areas in the far north and in the central part of the province, including Saskatoon. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. teachers to pull noon-hour supervision in some school divisions Thursday
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has announced a fourth straight day of sanctions against the provincial government. In a post on its website Monday, the federation revealed that teachers in six ...
Feb 26, 2024 Teachers won't be providing lunch-hour supervision Thursday in a number of school divisions. (980 CJME file photo)
Two people hurt, 50 displaced after fire near U of R
Two people were hurt while escaping a fire that broke out in a two-storey apartment complex near the University of Regina. According to a social media post by Regina Fire and Protective Services, crew...
Feb 26, 2024 (Regina Fire and Protective Services/X)
Environment Canada warning against travel in central Sask. as winter storm continues
Much of Saskatchewan is waking up to a blast of winter weather Monday. "An Alberta clipper tracking across the Prairies spread heavy snow through the region overnight and will continue into Monday mor...
Feb 26, 2024 Ricky Beninsig shovels snow for a third time before noon at St. Frances Cree Bilingual School after Saskatoon got hit with a major winter blizzard late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Environment Canada said as much as 20 centimetres of snow was expected to fall during the storm. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Homan downs Jones to win fourth Scotties Tournament of Hearts title
Rachel Homan scratched a seven-year itch Sunday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Ontario skip beat Manitoba's Jennifer Jones 5-4 in the final of the Canadian women's curling championship in C...
Feb 25, 2024 Skip Rachel Homan, (left to right), third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes stand with the trophy after defeating Jennifer Jones in the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary on Sunday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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