Sarah Mills: Early wildfire season raises questions about prevention
Wildfires have forced thousands of people in Saskatchewan to leave their homes, and the summer hasn't even started yet. ...
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First Nations groups upset government is appealing compensation
In September, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordered the federal government to pay billions of dollars in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were separated by the child-...
Oct 07, 2019
Strikers allegedly demanding ID at the picket line
SaskTel picketers in Saskatoon are allegedly demanding ID from people sharing their office space. Both Sentinel Financial Group and a SaskTel office are based out of a building near the intersection o...
Oct 07, 2019 Unifor national president, Jerry Dias, speaking to media ahead of a possible Crown strike. Oct. 3, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Hunt ends for 2 escaped inmates from Sask. prison
Two escaped inmates from a Prince Albert prison are back behind bars. In a media release, the RCMP said 20-year-old Jesse Favel and 19-year-old Noah Lemaigre-Elliot were captured Sunday morning by Sas...
Oct 07, 2019
Singh fields questions in Saskatoon West town hall
Downtown Saskatoon was flooded with enthusiastic New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters on Friday morning. Party leader Jagmeet Singh took questions at the Saskatoon Francophone Federation's Le Relais ...
Oct 04, 2019
Coroners service rules death at Royal University Hospital a suicide
An investigation by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service has found a death at Royal University Hospital (RUH) earlier this week was a result of self-harm. Allan Landrie went missing from his home in the ...
Oct 04, 2019
New citizens excited to have their voices heard at the polls
Saskatoon welcomed its newest group of potential voters at a citizenship ceremony at TCU Place on Thursday. As exciting as it is for people like Raihan Bashir to officially become a Canadian after liv...
Oct 04, 2019 Raihan Bashir poses for a photo after becoming a Canadian Citizen at TCU Place in Saskatoon. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Rain and snow continue to delay harvest
The 2019 harvest continues to be a frustrating one for Saskatchewan farmers. Harvest had already been delayed due to wet field conditions, and was not not helped by the snowfall earlier this week. In ...
Oct 03, 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to host town hall in Saskatoon
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to visit Le Relais - Federation Des Francophones De Saskatoon on Friday for a town hall style event. Singh is scheduled to share his party's vision for a m...
Oct 03, 2019
Missing man found dead at Saskatoon hospital
A 72-year-old man reported missing over the weekend was found dead in a publicly accessible area at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital on Tuesday, three days after he went missing. Allan Landrie we...
Oct 02, 2019 Allan Landrie (Saskatoon Police/Facebook)
U of S political expert foresees tough times ahead for NDP
With the federal election more than halfway done, one Saskatchewan-based political expert thinks the New Democratic Party (NDP) could be in trouble. "They won't have a seat in the Maritimes, they won'...
Oct 02, 2019
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