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Sarah Mills: Trump's Canada tariffs return without logic
Sarah Mills says Trump's 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, set for August 1, makes little sense and don't address real issues. She says the move feels more like a gamble than a serious trade poli...
Jul 14, 2025 Listen to daily commentary from 650 CKOM (980 CJME) Provincial News Director Sarah Mills.
Prince Albert National Park under wildfire emergency alert
Just after 6 p.m. on Sunday, Parks Canada issued a Wildfire Emergency Advisory Alert for Prince Albert National Park. According to the alert, the Buhl Wildfire is currently 40 km from the townsite of ...
Jul 13, 2025 Wildfire smoke advisories were in place at Prince Albert National Park on July 11, 2025. (Parks Canada, Saskatchewan/X)
Research from USask looking at impact of wildfire smoke on songbirds
For one researcher in Saskatoon, caring for the birds she studies is a top priority. She cares so much, she doesn't just call them "birds," but rather her friends. Dr. Catie Ivy is an assistant profes...
Jul 13, 2025 Ivy said bird lungs allow for a more effective one-way breaking system. It needs to be as efficient as possible for tasks like flight, which seh believes is more demanding than running for animals. (Mshake / Depositphotos.com)
Vassy Kapelos Show: prairies oppose banning gas-powered vehicles
Nik Nanos, founder of Nanos Research, joined Tim Powers - filling in for Vassy Kapelos on her show - to discuss its recent study, revealing that a majority of Canadians are against banning the sale of...
Jul 13, 2025 According to polls done by Nanos Research, Canadians living in the praries rank the highest in opposition towards a gas vehicle ban. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP investigating sudden death, fire on rural Beaver River property
Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a 25-year-old woman from Big Island Lake Cree Nation. On Friday, at around 1:30 p.m., Pierceland RCMP got a call about a sudden death at a rural...
Jul 13, 2025 RCMP are hoping anyone with information or anyone who spoke with the woman before her death to contact them or Crime Stoppers. (980 CJME file photo)
Prince Albert Police still investigating unsolved 2018 homicide of Jordan Ballantyne
The Prince Albert Police Service continue to search for answers in the 2018 homicide of Jordan Ballantyne. It put out a news release on Sunday renewing its request for assistance from the public. Read...
Jul 13, 2025 Police provided this photo of Jordan Ballantyne. It's asking for assistance from the public for any information about his death in 2018. (Prince Albert Police Service)
WATCH: New generation of hybrid rye brings breeding innovation to the field
By Bernard Tobin This story was first published on RealAgriculture.com on July 7, 2025. Back in the days of summer fallow, rye covered more than three million acres of cropland annually in Canada. One...
Jul 13, 2025 Kenny Piecharka said it's important to bring new innovations to the market. He said the fall rye hybrid has a higher yield advantage. (Bernard Tobin/RealAg)
4.9 million illegal cigarettes seized in traffic stop: Indian Head RCMP
Two men from Ontario were arrested and charged following a traffic stop on Highway #1. On July 7, at around 9 p.m., Indian Head RCMP stopped a tractor-trailer unit. Read more: Regina's Urgent Care Cen...
Jul 12, 2025 The two men stopped by Indian Head RCMP were travelling from Ontario and British Columbia when they were stopped and searched in Saskatchewan. (Indian Head RCMP/submitted)
Regina aims to help keep city's trees and plants healthy with annual ladybug release
More than 200,000 ladybugs will be doing their own small part to keep Regina's trees and plants healthy this summer. The city's annual ladybug release was held in Victoria Park on Thursday morning. Ma...
Jul 10, 2025 Kids release ladybugs in Regina's Victoria Park on July 10. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
Provincial fire ban starting Thursday, no ATV ban yet: SPSA
For the second time this summer, the province is implementing a fire ban in northern Saskatchewan. In a release from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), it announced the fire ban would be ef...
Jul 09, 2025 Fires burn near Flin Flon, MB. (Martin Spies/X)
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