Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Harvest nearing the finish line in Saskatchewan
The rain stayed away last week, allowing combines to keep rolling across the province. The weekly crop report from the province has harvest at 83 per cent complete, up from 69 per cent the week before...
Oct 24, 2019
Storm on track for Saskatchewan ahead of Heritage Classic
People heading to the Heritage Classic at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday may be battling the elements. A storm system is expected to enter the province late Friday and stick around through Saturday, accor...
Oct 23, 2019
Lanigan comes up short in Kraft Heinz Project Play contest
A new pool will have to wait a bit longer for the town of Lanigan, southeast of Saskatoon. The community was one of four finalists in the Kraft Heinz Project Plat contest, but didn't receive enough vo...
Oct 22, 2019
Sask. voter turnout beats national average
Voter turnout in Saskatchewan was higher than the national average. A total of 570,505 people in the province made it out to the polls for Monday's federal election. That's 71.7 per cent of eligible v...
Oct 22, 2019
Saskatoon has two new Members of Parliament
There will be two new faces representing Saskatoon in the House of Commons. Conservative Brad Redekopp beat the incumbent, Sheri Benson of the New Democrats, in Saskatoon West in a race that was close...
Oct 21, 2019 Brad Redekopp speaks after winning the Saskatoon West riding on Oct. 21, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Farmers pull together to help family with harvest
This harvest season has been difficult for many Saskatchewan farmers, and especially so for a family near Southey who lost their husband and father earlier this month. Dan Zurowski put a call out to o...
Oct 21, 2019
Crowns, Unifor reach tentative agreement to end strike
Six Saskatchewan Crown corporations have reached a tentative agreement with Unifor to end a 17-day labour dispute, the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) announced Sunday afternoon. The Crown corpora...
Oct 20, 2019 Unifor members picket outside the Poplar River power plant in Coronach on Oct. 19, 2019. (Unifor/Submitted)
Significant increase in Saskatchewan advance voting numbers
During the Thanksgiving long weekend, 149,043 people cast early ballots in Saskatchewan's 14 federal ridings. That compares to 91,891 advance votes in the 2015 federal election. A breakdown provided b...
Oct 18, 2019
Saskatoon recovers more money lost in fraud scheme
The City of Saskatoon has recovered more money that it lost to a fraud scheme in August. Just over two-thirds of the $1.04 million lost has been recovered, bringing the total dollar amount recovered s...
Oct 18, 2019
Millions of Canadians take advantage of advance polls
Elections Canada said Tuesday that preliminary estimates show 4.7 million people cast a ballot at advance polls for this year's election. That's an increase of 29 per cent over 2015's advance poll vot...
Oct 16, 2019
OPINION
Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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