Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Latest COVID update Dec. 30: 589 new cases, 2,176 active cases
Saskatchewan reported its second-highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases on Thursday. There were 589 cases reported, the most since 601 were announced on Sept. 30. There were 650 cases announced on...
Dec 30, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
WHL puts Swift Current on pause due to COVID
The Swift Current Broncos are in lockdown. In a media release Thursday, the WHL announced what it called "the pausing of team activities" for the Broncos after four players were put on the league's CO...
Dec 30, 2021 (Swift Current Broncos/Twitter)
Sask. implements new testing and isolation guidelines, but no new restrictions
Saskatchewan has changed its guidelines for COVID-19 testing and isolation, but not its public health measures. "We are continuing to watch our hospitalizations and our intensive care numbers very clo...
Dec 30, 2021 Premier Scott Moe. (980 CJME file photo)
City of Humboldt fined $133,000 in connection with worker's death
The City of Humboldt has been fined $133,000 for a workplace accident that killed a city employee. On Sept. 18, 2019, Ian Irwin was called to help connect a property to the city's water system at an e...
Dec 30, 2021
Extreme cold warnings still in place across Saskatchewan
Environment Canada once again offered some hope to Saskatchewan residents Thursday. The weather service extended extreme cold warnings for much of the province, but added: "A respite from this unusual...
Dec 30, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan sets record for peak power use
There must be something about Dec. 29 in Saskatchewan. On Wednesday at 5:27 p.m., homes and businesses in the province were using 3,868 megawatts (MW) of power to deal with the cold weather, setting a...
Dec 30, 2021
City of Regina trying to tackle ice control in extreme cold
Many Regina streets are looking very slick and shiny after the weekend's snow and extreme cold this week. Chris Warren, the director of roadways and transportation with the City of Regina, said in thi...
Dec 29, 2021
Opening of Iceville pushed back due to extreme cold
It's too cold ... even for Iceville. Regina Exhibition Association Limited announced Wednesday the skating rink at Mosaic Stadium will not open Friday at noon as scheduled due to the extreme cold. Als...
Dec 29, 2021 (Sandra Jackle/Twitter)
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)
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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