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After announcing resignation, Scheer misses last question period before break
OTTAWA - The day after Andrew Scheer abruptly announced he won't be leading the Conservative party for much longer, he is leaving his deputy to lead the charge against the government in question perio...
Dec 13, 2019

Statistics Canada, SPS look back at the first year of legalization
Statistics Canada released its one-year report on pot sales and people in Saskatchewan aren't doling out major dollars like their provincial neighbours.Nearly $908 million was spent at the more than 4...
Dec 13, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

UPDATE: Two found dead at Kindersley home following police standoff
Two people are dead following a long police standoff at a Kindersley home.According to a release from Saskatchewan RCMP, a man and a woman were located deceased in the home around 3 p.m.No other peopl...
Dec 13, 2019 Kindersley RCMP respond to report of a gunshot at a home on 1st Street West on Thursday, December 12, 2019. (submitted/Jenny Hagan)

Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers extend contracts of coach and general manager
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are rewarding general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O'Shea for helping the team win the Grey Cup last month. The CFL team says Walters' contract&nb...
Dec 13, 2019

Brad Wall not interested in Conservative party leadership
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he's not interested in running for the Conservative party leadership. His is one of the names being tossed around in Conservative circles ...
Dec 13, 2019

Exciting 4-H Curling Event Coming to North Battleford
District #34 and District #35 4-H Clubs are excited to be partnering with 4-H Saskatchewan to host the 2020 Provincial 4-H Curling from February 14-16, 2020 in North Battleford at the Twin Rivers Curl...
Dec 13, 2019

Police investigate after woman, two young sons found dead in east-end Montreal home
MONTREAL - Police officers who showed up at an east-end Montreal home Wednesday morning to break the news of a family member's death instead discovered the bodies of a 42 year-old-woman and ...
Dec 13, 2019

Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Opposition parties' public fretting over aspects of the newly revised North American free-trade deal - a pact tweaked this week to win American lawmakers' support - suggests the agreemen...
Dec 13, 2019

AG Lametti looking ahead to larger reforms on doctor-assisted death
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking his justice minister to move quickly to respond to a recent court ruling on doctor-assisted death. David Lametti received his new mandate let...
Dec 13, 2019

Crown corporation immune from taxation, but still might have to pay GST: Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting the goods-and-services tax to the fe...
Dec 13, 2019