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Saskatchewan NDP pledges to improve rural health-care if elected
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Scott Moe and the Sask. Party to do more when it comes to getting health care back on track in rural Saskatchewan. NDP health critic Vicki Mowat suggested these issu...
Sep 13, 2024 Vicki Mowat, the Saskatchewan NDP's health critic, said that if elected, her party will make rural health care improvements an immediate priority. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
13 Sask. emissions reducing projects named for $25M funding
Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are getting an investment of $25 million from the Government of Saskatchewan. The focus is on a range of market-ready technologies, innovations and improveme...
Sep 13, 2024
The Saskatchewan Technology Fund (STF) will receive funding to support 13 industry-driven projects. The focus is on a range of market-ready technologies, innovations and improvement projects. (650 CKOM)
Police investigate suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Territory
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is investigating a suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Territory. According to police, a report came in on Thursday afternoon saying someone had been seriously inju...
Sep 13, 2024 Police say a woman's remains were found at a home on Thursday, and she has not yet been identified. (650 CKOM file photo)
CN spokesperson shares perspective on rail dispute
The labour disputes at Canada's two biggest railways have gone to binding arbitration after the federal government stepped in to end a lockout at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kan...
Sep 13, 2024 Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesperson for CN Rail, joined the Evan Bray Show on Thursday to share his perspective on the labour dispute at Canada's two largest rail lines. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Company ordered to pay $100,000 after worker injured in fall
A Calgary-based company has been ordered to pay $100,000 after a workplace fall on the Thunderchild First Nation left a worker badly injured in 2022. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and ...
Sep 13, 2024 The charge stemmed from an incident in Saskatchewan when a worker was badly injured after falling from a work platform. (650 CKOM file photo)
OSB mill construction set to begin in Prince Albert in 2025
By Nigel Maxwell The stage has been set for an oriented strand board (OSB) mill to begin construction in Prince Albert. Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday afternoon that the province has allocated n...
Sep 13, 2024 Premier Scott Moe said 800 jobs will be created when One Sky Forest Products begins construction on an OSB plant in Prince Albert next year. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Sask. NDP commits to PST cuts at the grocery store
Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck says if elected as premier, she would cut provincial sales tax (PST) from many of the grocery items families rely on. "Saskatchewan families are struggling with the ...
Sep 12, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP leader Carla Beck says if elected as premier, she would cut provincial sales tax (PST) from many of the grocery items that families rely on. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. residents lost $3.4 million in cryptocurrency frauds this year: RCMP
The Saskatchewan RCMP say scammers have ripped off residents of the province for more than $3.4 million in cryptocurrency since the start of 2024. "Between January 1 and July 31, 2024, Saskatchewan RC...
Sep 12, 2024 “Between January 1 and July 31, 2024, Saskatchewan RCMP had investigated 116 files involving cryptocurrency fraud, and in total, victims had reported more than $3,400,000 in cryptocurrency fraud losses,” the Saskatchewan RCMP said in a statement. (The Canadian Press)
STF asks voters to support education in municipal, provincial elections
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation asking teachers, businesses owners, and everyone else in the province to vote for public education this fall. Federation president Samantha Becotte said the union...
Sep 12, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has shared three commitments it wants from all candidates in Saskatchewan's upcoming elections. (Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation/Twitter)
Buffalo, Progressive Conservative parties rule out merger
Two Saskatchewan political parties have decided against merging to form a coalition ahead of the fall election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and the Buffalo Party held talks abou...
Sep 12, 2024 Progressive Conservative leader Rose Buscholl says the two parties are too far apart in their platforms to merge at this time. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
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