Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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World juniors cancelled due to COVID cases
After three games were cancelled due to COVID-19, the International Ice Hockey Federation has decided to pull the plug on the 2022 world juniors championship. The IIHF indicated the decision came afte...
Dec 29, 2021 Canada celebrates its victory over Austria at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton on Dec. 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Latest COVID update Dec. 29: 293 new cases, 4 deaths
Saskatchewan has reported its highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in more than two months. The Ministry of Health's update Wednesday said there were 293 new cases, the most since there were 300 ...
Dec 29, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Five Saskatchewan residents named to Order of Canada
Five people from Saskatchewan have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Author Yann Martel, who now lives in Saskatoon, was named a Companion of the Order of Canada. According to a media release Wed...
Dec 29, 2021
Saskatoon man charged after RCMP investigates assault allegation against officer
A 50-year-old Saskatoon man has been charged with public mischief after an investigation determined he made a false statement accusing an RCMP officer of assault. According to the Mounties, the Saskat...
Dec 29, 2021
Sask. gov't data shows increase in flights carrying passengers with COVID
More than 100 flights into or out of Regina and Saskatoon in December carried someone who later tested positive for COVID-19. On Wednesday morning, the Government of Saskatchewan's website showed 130 ...
Dec 29, 2021
SJHL postpones four games due to COVID-19
A pair of home-and-home sets in the SJHL have been postponed. The league said players may have been in close contact with positive COVID-19 cases, with the move made under precautionary measures. The ...
Dec 29, 2021
Pats' Bedard scores four in Canada's rout of Austria
While some Canadian players had a good game Tuesday at the 2022 world junior hockey championship, Connor Bedard had a great one. The Regina Pats star became the first 16-year-old since Wayne Gretzky i...
Dec 28, 2021 Connor Bedard (second from right) and some of his teammates celebrate a goal against Austria during first-period world junior hockey championship action in Edmonton on Dec. 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jason Franson
SLGA investigating after computer system hacked
The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority was hacked on Christmas Day. In a media release Tuesday, the SLGA said it "took steps to secure its systems and mitigate the impact to their data and opera...
Dec 28, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 28: Number of Omicron cases rises to 824
Saskatchewan has recorded 676 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant over the past five days. In its first daily update since Thursday, the Ministry of Health said 824 cases of the new variant have bee...
Dec 28, 2021 (The Canadian Press file photo)
Police, coroner investigating man's death at reintegration unit
An investigation is underway after a 59-year-old male inmate died at the Regina Reintegration Unit on Smith Street. According to a release from the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety,...
Dec 28, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
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