Category Archives: (650 CKOM) Provincial News

With a steamy weekend ahead, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency isn't playing with the heat. The provincewide fire ban will continue until at least Monday, according to Saskatchewan Public Safety A...

Under new government regulations, Saskatchewan truck drivers currently do not have to use an electronic logging device (ELD). According to Truck News, ELDs are: “A piece of hardware which connec...

Neil Sasakamoose has heard the stories from survivors that there are people buried in residential school sites in the Battlefords area. “I’m in shock,” he said. “(It’s di...

Corner Gas Animated is coming to an end, with its upcoming fourth season being its last. The 17-year run for the Corner Gas franchise has been a huge success story for Canadian and Saskatchewan televi...

By Ian Gustafson, paNOW   Cooler, and perhaps wetter weather is coming but for the time being there are at least two wildfires of note being observed by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPS...

The sweltering heat continues to rewrite daily temperature records in Saskatchewan. According to Environment Canada, 34 communities across the province broke daily maximum temperature records Friday, ...

OTTAWA - Betting on single games of football, hockey and other sports is about to become legal in Canada. The Senate has approved Bill C-218, a private member's bill that amends Criminal Code provisio...

It is official: COVID measures will be a thing of the past in Saskatchewan on July 11. In a news release Sunday, the province announced that all restrictions, including mandatory masks and gathering l...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The huge jackpot has remained unclaimed for several weeks now. The draw also offered a record 70 Maxm...

A serious collision Friday afternoon killed one man, according to Wynyard RCMP. Officers responded to Highway 16 just west of Kandahar around 12:45 p.m. and discovered a car and semi had collided. The...