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Saskatoon Transit route changes due to College Drive construction start Thursday
Saskatoon Transit routes will be seeing additional, temporary route changes due to the construction ongoing along College Drive and into downtown starting on Thursday, May 7.
650 CKOM's newscast, special coverage and feature reporting shortlisted for awards
650 CKOM is in the finals of the Best Newscast category at the Radio Television Digital News Association Canada awards with a broadcast the morning after the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup.
Saskatoon prepares for Shoal Lake and Red Earth Cree Nation flood evacuees
Up to 1,000 evacuees from Shoal Lake and Red Earth Cree Nation are heading towards Prince Albert and Saskatoon after record flooding along the Shell and Carrot rivers forced them from their homes.
Saskatoon MLA Betty Nippi-Albright to quit NDP, sit as independent
Betty Nippi-Albright - MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative - is quitting the NDP caucus, saying she can no longer support Carla Beck's leadership.
SASKATCHEWAN NEWS
Regina city council gives green light to Brandt for purchase of REAL District buildings
Regina city council voted in favour 8-3 for a portion of REAL District to be acquired by Brandt Properties. Thirteen delegates had the chance to speak to councillors about the decision on Wednesday.
How police used search technology to find a missing Regina boy
Regina police used drones, air support, community tips and a lost-person behaviour program to aid officers in locating a missing eight-year-old boy on Tuesday, who had gone missing near a school.
Sask. premier discusses flooding, compassionate intervention, social media ban on Evan Bray
The premier's Wednesday-morning interview covered spring flooding, Betty Nippi-Albright's decision to leave the Sask. NDP and the province's survey for parents about a possible social media ban for kids.
Sask. parents have split reactions on need for social media ban for minors
Saskatchewan parents are at odds over a possible ban on social media for kids under the age of 16. On Monday, Premier Scott Moe said the provincial government will poll the public on how it feels about prohibiting s...
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, May 6
Evan welcomes Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to tackle the current hot topics in the province on Wednesday, plus discusses Saskatoon's Cache and Release event and gets the latest in oil patch news from Brian Zinchuk...
THE GREEN ZONE REPLAY
The Green Zone Replay - Tuesday, May 5
Britton Gray details five storylines for Riders Rookie Camp that begins on Wednesday in Saskatoon, Terry Koshan looks at Toronto Maple Leafs, and Braeden Cootes has all the info on Prince Albert Raiders.
SPORTS
Canadian receiving prospects push for spots on opening day of Riders rookie camp
Rookie camp opened Wednesday for the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a trio of former Canada West rivals now wearing green and white together, all looking to make the jump to become full-time CFL players.
2026 Riders training camp preview: The Blitz: The Podcast
The main training camp for the Saskatchewan Roughriders gets underway on Sunday as the team looks to go back-to-back as Grey Cup champions. Jamie Nye and Britton Gray preview it in this week's The Blitz.
Five positions to keep an eye on at the Saskatchewan Roughiders' rookie camp
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will welcome rookies to camp on Wednesday. There are a few positions where rookies will look to stake their claim to try and get onto the regular-season roster.
'Important that we unite': Canadians cheering on Canadiens in Stanley Cup bid
Montreal's series against the Buffalo Sabres begins Wednesday night. If they win it all, they would be the first Canadian team to capture the Cup since 1993, when Montreal defeated the L.A. Kings.
CANADA & WORLD
Carney, Liberals say they're waiting on committee report to decide on MAID extension
A parliamentary committee is studying whether the country is ready to expand medical assistance in dying, or MAID, to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness.
Inside the Rolling Stones' exclusive new album event: What we know about 'Foreign Tongues' so far
"Foreign Tongues" also include a special appearance from the band's late drummer Charlie Watts, which was lifted from one of his final recording sessions before his death.
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
Health officials said passengers and crew members still on the ship are without symptoms. Their journey to the Canary Islands will take three or four days, Spain's health ministry said.
Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour named as next governor general
She will replace Mary Simon, who became Canada's first Indigenous Governor General when Justin Trudeau tapped her for the role in 2021. Simon attracted controversy for not being fluent in French.
AGRICULTURE
From lake to plate: Sask. Polytechnic bringing innovation to tired wild rice industry
A new design for a wild rice harvester built by Saskatchewan Polytechnic could disrupt the industry in Northern Saskatchewan, which has long stalled when it comes to innovation. Part 2 in a series.
Some Saskatchewan farmers dealing with timeline worries due to snowy spring
The extra moisture is always welcome in Saskatchewan but being behind in the spring can put a farmer's entire year behind, says Jeremy Welter of APAS.
Monette Seeds elevator licence to lapse as company enters creditor protection
Jeremy Welter, a vice-president with APAS, said the loss of an operating elevator in the Swift Current area could affect the competition and prices for area farmers' crops.
Drought fears linger as seeding begins on southwest Saskatchewan farms
Farmers in southwest Saskatchewan are seeding after a very volatile spring, and they say a lack of subsoil moisture and outdated support programs leave the season and their future uncertain.
SASKATCHEWAN STORIES WITH BRITTANY CAFFET
How Ronald McDonald House became the home a Melville family needed
As McHappy Day is marked at McDonald's, the Stewart family from Melville reflects on the support they received from Ronald McDonald House during a medical journey far from home.
Caswell Hill in Saskatoon has gone to the birds - on purpose
On Tuesday mornings at Ashworth Holmes Park in Caswell Hill, Saskatoon birders gather for a weekly walk that turns the ordinary park into a place for discovery, community and a closer look at nature
Osler's sweet surprise: Made in Saskatchewan maple syrup
Think maple syrup only comes from Quebec or Ontario? Think again. Osler's Josh Wiebe is boiling sap from Manitoba maple trees into delicious syrup, right here on the prairies.
Meet the Langham taxidermists preserving stories, not just trophies
At Tough Tines Taxidermy in rural Saskatchewan, Jolene and Cory Kallis turn harvested animals into lasting memories. From a hunter's first deer to exotic species, every mount preserves a story.
