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Two people are facing charges after a traffic stop by Saskatchewan conservation officers on Wednesday morning. According to the RCMP, Mounties were called to a grid road west of Nipawin at around 8 a....

The Nutrien Fireworks Festival returns to Saskatoon this weekend, with two shows on Friday and Saturday. Shad Ali, one of the festival's organizers, joined Mark Loshack on the 650 CKOM Morning Show to...

Firefighters in Saskatoon retrieved an empty vehicle from the South Saskatchewan River on Thursday morning. According to the fire department, a call came in reporting a vehicle in the river near the B...

Harvest is 12 per cent complete across the province, but is still lagging behind the five- and 10-year averages. According to the weekly crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, whic...

Murray Wood says this weekend marks the biggest Rider game of the regular season, as the team faces off against the Bombers in the 60th Labour Day Classic. Wood says he considers it a warmup for the G...

It has been six years since a major change to Saskatchewan's trade barriers around alcohol. But, as Sarah Mills argues in today's Mills Minute, there's been little change all these years later. The Mi...

The Roughriders may play in Regina, but the Bridge City is showing its Rider pride as well. Ahead of the 60th Labour Day Classic - which will see the Riders square off against their arch rivals, the W...

Mosquito counts are up in Saskatoon, but an entomologist says they're still a lot lower than last summer. The week ending on Friday saw the city collect an average of 24.97 biting mosquitos in its tra...

A recent investigation by the Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Service resulted in a Red Pheasant Cree Nation man being charged with unlawful hunting and several other offences. The man was charged a...

Murray Wood says the only thing as amusing as the reaction of fans to Taylor Swift's engagement announcement on Tuesday was the reaction from the people who aren't Swifties. Murray Wood delivers sharp...