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With Sobeys recently announcing that it is eliminating all single-use plastic bags from its stores, the hope is more people will choose reusable grocery bags. While we may feel good about doing our pa...

The RCMP has charged a seventh person in connection with the homicide of Tiki Laverdiere - 31-year-old Nikita Sandra Cook now faces a first-degree murder charge. Nikita Sandra Cook is the seventh pers...

A professor from Colorado Mesa University thinks mosquitoes are the deadliest predator in human history. Dr. Timothy Winegard told 650 CKOM’s Gormley that approximately half of all humans since ...

The last remaining building from Saskatchewan’s first black settlement was named a provincial heritage site last weekend. The Shiloh Baptist Church was once the pillar of a community made up of ...

The Saskatchewan government is working on legislation to change how family disputes like divorce are settled. It’s looking to make it mandatory for couples to go through a third party process, l...

The hunt for two B.C. murder suspects resulted in a heart-stopping event for a Saskatchewan couple. On July 31, Dakota Shepherd and Jade Primeau were on their way to a powwow in Kawacatoose when they ...

With people flocking to beaches and campgrounds this August Long Weekend a Saskatchewan conservation officer is asking people to pay close attention for bears. Brett Diemart told 650 CKOM if you encou...

A well-respected leader and elder in Saskatchewan has died. Tony Cote passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. "We lost a great man today," Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Camero...

Mounties from Saskatchewan and Manitoba have retrieved a body from Blackstrap Lake, south of Saskatoon. A news release from the RCMP said the body was located along the lake Wednesday afternoon. Mount...

The RCMP has completed an underwater search for a missing 36-year-old man in Blackstrap Lake. In an update Wednesday afternoon, the RCMP said its underwater recovery team wrapped up its search on Tues...