Sarah Mills: Driver education shouldn't just be for high-school students
A soon-to-be learner driver in Sarah Mills' house is making her pause and think about some of the bad habits drivers dis...
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Vintage WWII bomber to visit Saskatoon
A piece of Canadian history will be landing in Saskatoon today. A Lancaster Bomber, on route from Hamilton to Cold Lake, will make a short pit stop at the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum allowing the pub...
Jul 18, 2024 Hundreds flock to get a glimpse of the WW2 Lancaster Bomber. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Pass the hooch! Sask. marks 100 years since end of prohibition
100 years ago in 1924, Saskatchewan was booming. It had the third-largest population amongst the provinces, farms were becoming mechanized and airplanes started to appear in our skies. And the prohibi...
Jul 18, 2024
Back to Batoche Days aims to reinvigorate Métis culture
Michelle LeClair has been steeped in Mtis culture her entire life. "We didn't have a TV when we were young, so my dad used to put a curtain up and a light, and he would do little puppet shows behind t...
Jul 18, 2024
Man arrested after bomb threat at Royal University Hospital
Royal University Hospital (RUH) in Saskatoon was on high alert for about three hours Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat. According to Saskatoon police, officers were called to the hospital campus...
Jul 17, 2024 SHA is asking anyone requiring emergency medical attention to go to St. Paul's Hospital or Saskatoon's City Hospital. For those with appointments, SHA is saying they will be rescheduled at a later date. (Mia Holowaychuck/ 650 CKOM)
Ag in Motion: Are drones the future of farming?
Drones are starting to become more prevalent in North America when it comes to farming and some of the newest practices are being explored by farmers. This year at Ag in Motion, you can see a plethora...
Jul 17, 2024
Q&A: Mirasty celebrates five years as Sask.'s lieutenant governor
Sixty years ago, Russ Mirasty was just like any other little boy growing up on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Today, he sits in the office of the lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan, occupying a role h...
Jul 17, 2024 Russ Mirasty was sworn in as Saskatchewan's 23rd lieutenant governor on July 17, 2019. He expects a replacement will be named soon, and plans to move home to La Ronge with his wife Donna once a new lieutenant governor is sworn in. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
"It's safe for now." province says about carbon levy deal with Feds
"It's safe for now," is what Saskatchewan's Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre said about the province's bank account in regards to the carbon tax. The Federal Government and the provi...
Jul 16, 2024
Sask. ambulance service sees increase in calls during last heat wave
The last heat wave that hit Saskatchewan last week led to some busy days for paramedics in Prince Albert. "It was a wide range of people that suffered from the heat last week," said Lyle Karasiuk who ...
Jul 16, 2024
How to keep your family safe in the water this summer
Saskatchewan has seen five water-related deaths this month. The founder and CEO of K&K Swim School, Kaylee Kennedy, shared with 650CKOM her tips on how to keep others safe in and around water. "Th...
Jul 16, 2024
North Battleford man dead after single-vehicle rollover: RCMP
A 32-year-old man from the North Battleford area died in a single-vehicle rollover on Monday evening. According to the RCMP, the crash happened north of the city on Highway 378 about one kilometre eas...
Jul 16, 2024
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Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 21
On Tuesday, Evan speaks with Premier Scott Moe from the Food, Fuel and Fertilizer Global Summit, explores nuclear power ...