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'Incredibly difficult': Wildfire evacuation order issued for Southend
For the second time in two weeks, the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has ordered the evacuation of one of its communities due to a wildfire. An evacuation order for Southend was issued on Wednesday afte...
Aug 29, 2024 An evacuation order for Southend was issued on Wednesday due to an uncontained wildfire. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
NDP says conditions deteriorating, ERs overflowing at Sask. hospitals
The Saskatchewan NDP says a troubling situation is unfolding at hospitals in Saskatchewan. On Tuesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat said conditions at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon are worse now t...
Aug 29, 2024 Ambulances lined up outside St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. The Saskatchewan NDP says St. Paul's and other hospitals are seeing serious issues with crowding and staffing. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Council moves forward with $1.22B arena funding plan
Saskatoon city council voted to proceed with a proposed funding strategy for a brand new arena and entertainment district. Last week, the city announced the district would cost an estimated $1.22 bill...
Aug 28, 2024 A design rendering for Saskatoon's proposed Downtown Event and Entertainment District. (City of Saskatoon)
Wilkie care facility worker faces sexual assault charges: RCMP
Wilkie RCMP said they've determined at least four adult residents in a care facility located in Wilkie, Sask. were assaulted, sexually assaulted and/or threatened between January 2023 and February 202...
Aug 28, 2024 Wilkie RCMP said they've determined at least four adult residents in a care facility located in Wilkie were assaulted, sexually assaulted and/or threatened between January 2023 and February 2024. (Townofwilkie.com)
Road closures planned during fireworks festival this weekend
Some road closures will go into place around downtown Saskatoon on Thursday and Friday ahead of the Nutrien Fireworks Festival. The free festival runs on Friday and Saturday nights, featuring two uniq...
Aug 28, 2024 Spectators take in the dazzling displays from the banks of the South Saskatchewan River. (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
25-year-old Macklin firefighter charged in hay bale arson case
A 25-year-old firefighter from Macklin, Sask. is facing arson and theft charges after allegedly lighting a hay bale fire in a field near Macklin and Evesham on July 31. According to the RCMP, the inci...
Aug 28, 2024 Police said they've received 15 reports of deliberately set hay bale and grass fires in the Macklin area over the past month. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
14 new internationally trained docs now working in rural Sask.
Fourteen new internationally trained doctors are working in rural parts of the province. According to the Ministry of Health, the doctors completed the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice As...
Aug 28, 2024 Doctors working in rural Saskatchewan are also eligible for some major incentives, as the province continues its efforts to get more physicians working in rural and remote areas. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
PHOTOS: Peek inside the 2024 Hospital Home Lottery grand prize home
The Hospital Home Lottery is back in Saskatoon, with a grand prize show home up for grabs in Edgemont Park Estates, south of the city. The proceeds from the lottery support the hospital foundations fo...
Aug 28, 2024 The grand prize show home in Edgemont Park Estates is awarded fully furnished, decorated and landscaped. (Hospital Home Lottery)
Sandy Bay evacuation continues as wildfire continues to burn
By Nigel Maxwell Nearly two weeks after a lightning strike sparked a massive fire in northeastern Saskatchewan, more than 1,400 members of a nearby Indigenous community remain displaced. According to ...
Aug 28, 2024 A picture taken on Aug. 20 of the fire outside Sandy Bay. (paNOW)
Provincial laws need to change to help dog problems like in Allan: SUMA
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) has been advocating for better, more effective bylaw enforcement and adjudication in towns like Allan, but the "wheels of justice" so to speak,...
Aug 28, 2024 Neighbours in the town of Allan, Sask. say the dogs regularly escape the home through an upstairs window. (Nicole DeCorby Hubbs/Submitted)
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