Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Latest COVID update Nov. 17: Four deaths push Sask. total to 901
Saskatchewan's death toll from COVID-19 went over the 900 mark Wednesday. The Ministry of Health reported four deaths, meaning 901 people from this province have died as a result of the virus since Ma...
Nov 17, 2021
Davidson steps up as safe haven for stranded travellers
Rhyse Dieno is used to helping people in bad weather, but the blizzard on Tuesday was one of the worst he can remember. Dieno and his father, Trevor, own and operate the Tim Hortons and Esso gas stati...
Nov 17, 2021
Sask. Trucking Association looking at alternative routes amid B.C. highway disasters
Flooding and mudslides in B.C. could have an impact on people in Saskatchewan. That's according to Susan Ewart with the Saskatchewan Trucking Association. "We're definitely going to see impacts on the...
Nov 17, 2021
Remnants of winter storm move out of Saskatchewan
Warnings and advisories were lifted Wednesday afternoon as a major winter storm made its way out of Saskatchewan. Areas around Regina, Moose Jaw, Pense, Lumsden, Fort Qu'Appelle, Outlook and Watrous w...
Nov 17, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Drivers on Saskatchewan highways still dealing with poor road conditions
The winter storm that slammed into Saskatchewan on Tuesday was still wreaking havoc on the province's highways Wednesday. At around 9:30 a.m., the Trans-Canada Highway was closed from Regina to Moose ...
Nov 17, 2021 The Trans-Canada Highway at Balgonie. (Highway Hotline)
Latest COVID update Nov. 16: Active cases continue to fall
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has dropped by 72 per cent over the past month. In its daily update Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said there were 1,112 active cases in the provin...
Nov 16, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday
The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday. In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's ...
Nov 16, 2021
Parts of Saskatchewan could see up to 30 cm of snow Tuesday
The entire province of Saskatchewan is preparing to encounter all kinds of winter conditions Tuesday. Both heavy snow and strong wind gusts nearing the 100-kilometre-per-hour mark are expected to arri...
Nov 15, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Amendments made to revenge porn legislation in Sask.
The Saskatchewan government is taking further steps to stop revenge porn. On Monday, the provincial government introduced The Privacy (Intimate images -- Additional Remedies) Amendment Act, which is t...
Nov 15, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. government aims to raise up province's helium industry
The helium industry appears to be entering a new boom time and the Saskatchewan government wants to help it along. On Monday, the province unveiled its Helium Action Plan. The plan includes a handful ...
Nov 15, 2021 The provincial government said Saskatchewan, as Canada's leading helium producer, supplies about three per cent of the total worldwide supply of the resource. (North American Helium/Facebook)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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