Category Archives: Post to Social
Judge throws out municipality's decision to remove elected hamlet board member
A judge has ruled rural municipalities can't remove elected organized hamlet board members without first giving them notice and a chance to respond, after finding one Saskatchewan municipality acted u...
Jun 29, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 36330352 © Flynt | Dreamstime.com)
John Remai leaves lasting legacy after life of building
Another of the Remai brothers, who grew up on a family farm near Carrot River before becoming successful builders and philanthropists, has died. The death of John Victor Remai was noted by the Jim Pat...
Jun 29, 2026 John Remai built 7,000 birdhouses to raise money for Sask. charities, stopped only by a stroke at age 92. He passed away on June 16. (Image Credit: Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation/website)
Riders deal with wide receiver injuries to start practice week for Ottawa Redblacks
The Saskatchewan Roughriders could have an almost entirely new receiver group for Friday's showdown against the Ottawa Redblacks.When the team returned to practice on Monday after its 40-34 loss to th...
Jun 29, 2026 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Daniel Wiebe caught his first CFL touchdown against the Toronto Argonauts. (Image Credit: Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Sask. shifting gears on impaired driving enforcement with proposal of quicker penalties
The Government of Saskatchewan is beginning to implement administrative penalties in an effort to curb impaired driving.Potential changes to The Traffic Safety Act are being considered, and the provin...
Jun 29, 2026 Police during a traffic enforcement blitz in Saskatoon in 2026. (Image Credit: File photo/CKOM)
Saskatchewan’s minimum wage increasing to $15.70/h this fall
Saskatchewan's minimum wage is set to rise on October 1.But even after the increase from $15.35/hour up to $15.70/h takes effect, the province will still have the third-lowest minimum wage in Canada, ...
Jun 29, 2026 Saskatchewan uses the consumer price index and data on average hourly wages to calculate its minimum wage. (Image Credit: File photo/CKOM)
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation signs MOU with City of Saskatoon on downtown entertainment district
The City of Saskatoon has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation to enter negotiations on a potential deal surrounding the city's planned Downtown Event and ...
Jun 29, 2026 Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block (left) Ken Cheveldayoff, Saskatchewan's minister of advanced education (centre) and Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Chief Kelly Wolfe at a signing ceremony in Saskatoon on June 29, 2026. (Image Credit: Mia Holowaychuk/CKOM)
North Battleford man killed in single-vehicle rollover
A 67-year-old North Battleford man has died following a single-vehicle rollover.Battlefords RCMP received a report of the rollover on the Highway 16 bypass in North Battleford at about 5:15 a.m. on Ju...
Jun 29, 2026 (Image Credit: Saskatchewan RCMP)
Dog fatally shot during walk with owner in North Battleford
A routine evening walk turned deadly when a North Battleford man's dog was fatally shot after occupants of a passing truck allegedly threatened him before opening fire.RCMP said they received a report...
Jun 29, 2026 (Image Credit: file photo/battlefordsNOW)
Rare Indigenous sign language revival takes centre stage at Poundmaker Cree Nation festival
A rare Indigenous sign language that organizers say has largely fallen out of use will be taught to the public next month at Poundmaker Cree Nation, where a three-day festival aims to help bring it ba...
Jun 29, 2026 Archival photo of White Bull, a respected Northern Cheyenne medicine man, holy man and warrior, using Plains Indian Sign Language. (Image Credit: Taken by Charles Koroneho/ submitted by Floyd Favel)
Some Indigenous people wary of Order of Canada’s “colonial symbolism”: federal study
OTTAWA - Indigenous community members have encouraged federal officials to reflect on how the Order of Canada can overcome its "deep colonial symbolism and associations," says an internal government p...
Jun 29, 2026 The Order of Canada pin is seen on the lapel of Canadian journalist and musician Nardwuar the Human Serviette at Neptune Records in Vancouver on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns)