Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
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Riders add Super Bowl and Grey Cup champion Shane Ray to defensive line
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Super Bowl and Grey Cup-winning defensive lineman Shane Ray. The 31-year-old Ray was a first-round NFL draft pick and won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos...
Jan 27, 2025 Shane Ray won a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos in 2016 and a Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts in 2022. (Saskatchewan Roughriders/Submitted)
Roy Green Show: Pierre Poilievre says Canada needs 'massive patriotic tax cut'
With the Liberal Party leader race heating up and U.S. President Donald Trump's first week in office, one Canadian political leader is weighing in. Conservative Party Leader, Pierre Poilievre, was a g...
Jan 26, 2025 Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told Roy Green that if he is elected he will 'axe the carbon tax' and 'introduce the biggest crackdown on crime in the history of Canada.' (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Sask. actor Kim Coates calls threats of suing city of LA over wildfires 'garbage'
Saskatoon-born actor Kim Coates is leaning on his community following the devastating fires in Los Angeles. Thankfully for Coates, his home was spared. But some of his neighbours weren't so lucky. "We...
Jan 25, 2025 Actor Kim Coates said he received a call about the fire when he was in New York. (Kim Coates/X)
Roughrider Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be losing a key piece on the field, and an energetic part of the locker room with second-year wide receiver Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Ajou h...
Jan 25, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Ajou Ajou catches his first CFL touchdown pass at Mosaic Stadium on June 23, 2024. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Sask RCMP locates NYE escaped prisoner, charges laid
An inmate who went missing from the Prince Albert Penitentiary on New Year's Eve is once again behind bars. According to Correctional Service Canada, 29-year-old Glen Halkett was found to be missing d...
Jan 22, 2025 During Halkett's arrest, officers found and seized 197 grams of cocaine, 95 grams of methamphetamine, six grams of cannabis and $1,620 in cash from the vehicle he was in with a handful of other people. (Saskatchewan RCMP/submitted)
Saskatoon Police respond to injured person, bear spray, evade in four days
The Saskatoon Police have been busy with calls for the last four days. It responded to multiple bear spray incidents. Two out of three of the incidents involve teenagers and youth. The first call happ...
Jan 22, 2025 Saskatoon Police respond to an injured person on the 1300 Block 8th Street East. The man is expected to be okay. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Doctor says influenza, walking pneumonia cases rising in Sask.
A Saskatoon physician is saying the province is seeing more cases of walking pneumonia, which is abnormal compared to other years. Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said on the Jan. 22, Greg Morgan ...
Jan 22, 2025 Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said the cold temperatures, more people cramming into small spaces to get out of the cold, and the humidity are all reasons why more people get sick in the winter. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
LISTEN: Sask. Braces for warmer days after wild weather ride
Saskatchewan's weather has been like riding a rollercoaster lately, but the coldest part might be waving goodbye to the prairies. After seeing a high of four degrees last week, then dropping into a th...
Jan 21, 2025 Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips said, "I don't have to tell you how fast flesh freezes, exposed flesh. It was brutal and then code to go from a high yesterday of minus 23 to a high today of mine is three. My gosh, this is Saskatchewan's version of a Chinook." (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Cocaine linked to 2021 inmate death at Regina Correctional Centre
A 42-year-old from Moose Jaw was charged with the death of an inmate on February 8, 2021. According to Saskatchewan RCMP, an "Investigation determined an adult male provided cocaine to the deceased pr...
Jan 21, 2025 A 38-year-old male inmate died at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre on Febuary 8, 2021. (980 CJME)
'Beloved' service dog Merlot remembered for comfort in Sask. courts
A beloved four-legged member of the Regina Police Service is being remembered for her years of comforting service in Saskatchewan courtrooms. Merlot, a black Labrador, passed away on Jan. 17 after a b...
Jan 21, 2025 Merlot provided comfort to countless children and adults who had been victims of crime and trauma in Provincial Court and at Court of King’s Bench. (Regina Police Service/Facebook)
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