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Sask. education minister confident in cell phone classroom policy
One week before school is back in session, Saskatchewan's education minister is confident teachers will be able to successfully implement the province's new cell phone policy when students return to t...
Aug 27, 2024 Sask. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill is confident teachers and schools will be able to implement the provinces new cell phone policy next week when students return to the classroom. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
RCMP investigate drive-by shooting on highway near Big River First Nation
Mounties are investigating an apparent drive-by shooting on a highway near the Big River First Nation. According to the RCMP, officers were called to a home on the First Nation on Sunday evening for a...
Aug 27, 2024 Police say a man was shot while walking on Highway 793 on Sunday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man, woman arrested after allegedly slashing tire, firing shot in Westmount
A man and a woman were arrested in Saskatoon on Monday evening after allegedly slashing a tire, and then firing a gunshot into the air. According to police, officers were called to Avenue P North in t...
Aug 27, 2024 'Initial information stated a male and female slashed a tire and when confronted, pulled out and discharged a firearm into the air,' the Saskatoon Police Service said. (FotoPrivet / Depositphotos.com)
City Hospital Foundation raising $3M for state-of-the-art CT scanner
The Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation is working to raise millions of dollars for a new, state-of-the-art CT scanner. The foundation said it wants the hospital to have the very best technology, in or...
Aug 27, 2024 The scanner at City Hospital helped more than 15,000 patients in 2022-23. (Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation/Submitted)
More than 100 Cold War fallout shelters mapped in Sask. by military historian
By Teena Monteleone They are hidden pieces of history scattered throughout Saskatchewan. Fallout shelters, also known as fallout reporting posts (FRPs), were built during the Cold War to thwart the ef...
Aug 27, 2024 A typical interior of a fallout shelter, also known as a Fallout Reporting Post. (Gordon Goldsborough/Manitoba Historical Society)
Maple creek company fined for illegally importing Alberta pine logs
A Maple Creek firewood, logging and sawmill company has been ordered to pay nearly $10,000 after illegally importing pine logs from Alberta. According to Saskatchewan's environment ministry, the inves...
Aug 27, 2024 The company was fined $9,700 after pine logs imported from Alberta were discovered. (The Canadian Press)
Saskatoon rent prices add to student stress ahead of school year
Rent prices are just one more thing adding to students' stress levels as the new school year starts. Shaelynne Zyznomirski entering the graduate program in clinical psychology at the University of Sas...
Aug 27, 2024 "Finding a place was very terrifying... I was considering not going to school because of the cost of living here," says University of Saskatchewan student Shaelynne Zyznomirski. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
La Ronge man charged after fatal rollover in Bell's Point
A 24-year-old man from La Ronge is accused of impaired driving after a fatal rollover in Bell's Point on Saturday morning. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the scene of a single-vehicle ...
Aug 27, 2024 Police said one person was killed in the crash, and two others were taken to hospital for treatment. (paNOW file photo)
WATCH: Aggressive pack of dogs has Allan mayor 'panicking'
ALLAN, Sask. - Ask many people from Allan what it's like living in the small town about 35 minutes southeast of Saskatoon, and they'll tell you they love it there. Most residents know each other - the...
Aug 27, 2024 Allan residents are concerned for their safety, as a pack of aggressive dogs regularly escape and roam through the town. (Gloria Stephanson/Submitted)
Ground broken for 'revolutionary' Sask. Polytech campus in Saskatoon
Ground was officially broken for Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Joseph A. Remai Campus in Saskatoon, with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe saying the facility "will revolutionize the way Saskatchewan can co...
Aug 26, 2024 An artist's rendering of the future Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Saskatoon. (Supplied)
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