Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Province invests $700K in community airports
Upgrades and more money are on the way for Saskatchewan's community airports, as the province is giving them $700,000 in funding through the Community Airport Partnership (CAP) cost-share grant progra...
May 10, 2019 Saskatchewan MLA Greg Ottenbreit announces that the Yorkton Regional Airport will receive $257,000 in grant funding for improvements. (Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Twitter)
Estevan Police Service to conduct investigation into La Loche RCMP incident
The Estevan Police Service is launching an investigation in regards to an incident last month between La Loche RCMP and a member of the public. According to an RCMP news release, La Loche RCMP witness...
May 10, 2019 It's unknown how long the investigation by the Estevan Police Service will take. (file photo/larongeNOW Staff)
Nation posts strongest job gains since 1976, little change regionally
A welcome surprise came in Canada's latest job numbers, with the nation posting the strongest surge in employment since the government started tracking the data in 1976.The monthly labour force survey...
May 10, 2019 (file photo/The Canadian Press)
Saskatchewan facing calls to better protect wildlife habitats
Climate change keeps Peter Prebble awake at night and is jeopardizing the future of civilization, according to the Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) board member.He's calling on the provincial ...
May 10, 2019 Greater sage-grouse. (Wikimedia Commons)
Large disparity between rural, urban and northern, southern crime: StatsCan
New data from Statistics Canada shows a large disparity between rural and urban crime rates in the province, and a much greater differential when comparing the North to the South. Released Tuesday by ...
May 09, 2019 (file photo/CKOM Staff)
New head of Sask. RCMP eyes high crime rates
The new commander for the RCMP in Saskatchewan is jumping in with both feet, looking to rural crime and high crime rates as some of his biggest challenges.Assistant Commissioner Mike Fisher was signed...
May 09, 2019 RCMP F Division's new commander, Assistant Commissioner Mike Fisher, was formally signed into his post in a ceremony with the RCMP Commissioner. May 9 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
FSIN says trespass legislation ‘not First Nations-friendly’
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is preparing to launch a legal challenge against the provincial government's trespassing law."It's unconstitutional, it's not First Nations-friend...
May 09, 2019 Chief Bobby Cameron says the FSIN will challenge the province's trespassing law in court. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Humboldt Broncos’ Twitter and Instagram accounts hacked
Fans and followers of the Humboldt Broncos on some social media got an unusual surprise late in the afternoon on Wednesday, May 8.The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) team had its Twitter and ...
May 09, 2019 The Humboldt Broncos' Twitter account showed a new avatar picture and self promotion from a hacker in the late afternoon on May 8 (@HumboldtBroncos/Screenshot).
Broncos tragedy leads to focus on first responders’ mental health
The Humboldt Broncos bus crash was a dark day in the province, but the tragedy has helped shed light on the mental health of first responders.On Wednesday, the province announced $250,000 in funding f...
May 08, 2019 Kelly Prime and Jessica Brost at the SEMSA conference in Saskatoon on May 8, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Sask. police collect 283 firearms during gun amnesty
Police services across Saskatchewan plan to hold another province-wide gun amnesty next year even though numbers are declining.Regina took the lead, launching its first gun amnesty program in 2017 and...
May 08, 2019 Firearms collected during a gun amnesty on display at the Regina police headquarters on May 8, 2019. (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)