Category Archives: (650 CKOM) Provincial News

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...

Flu season is right around the corner, and starting today residents can do their part to protect themselves from illness. As of Monday the influenza vaccine is available at public health clinics acros...

A standoff on the Big Island Cree Nation ended peacefully with the arrest of a man wanted for murder. On Sunday afternoon, Pierceland RCMP said a dangerous man had barricaded himself inside a home on ...

Battlefords RCMP are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man in Battleford early Friday morning as a murder. The forensic identification unit and the major crimes unit remain on scene and continu...

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...

Saskatchewan canola farmers are working hard to replace Chinese business. China started blocking Canadian exports of the product this spring. Lane Stockbrugger, the chair of SaskCanola, said it does w...

Traditional Metis territories in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta filed a claim covering roughly 122,000 square kilometres, most of which is in oilsands territory, at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskat...

As it had hoped, Minister Dustin Duncan and SaskPower have unveiled a new rooftop solar program before the end of October, but not everyone is happy with how the new program looks. The new net meterin...

A local solar energy company says SaskPower is in the dark on embracing and regulating the technology in Saskatchewan. “If you look at the solar resource map for Canada, Saskatchewan is the swee...

ONION LAKE, Sask. – The RCMP say a young man has died while in custody at their detachment in Onion Lake, Sask. Police say the 19-year-old from Lloydminster, Sask., was found in an unresponsive ...