Saskatchewan

Sask. entrepreneur’s DIY candles to be featured in Oscar swag bags

At this time last year, Michelle Bieber was just starting to learn how to craft candles. Fast forward to today, and - less than six months into her new business - the Wolseley entrepreneur's sending h...

Feb 08, 2020 Do-it-yourself candle kits made by Wolseley's Michelle Bieber, the CEO and founder of Mood The Candle Revival Co., are being featured in the 2020 Oscar swag bags, given to award nominees. (Michelle Bieber/Submitted)

Alberta judge grants enforcement order against Unifor blockade in Carseland

An Alberta judge has granted police the ability to enforce a court ruling to remove Unifor barricades at Federated Co-operatives Limited's (FCL) fuel distribution terminal in Carseland, Alta.On Thursd...

Feb 08, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Town of Nipawin responds to the motion defeat of researching a SUMA/SARM amalgamation

The Town of Nipawin headed home a bit saddened, but not completely surprised, following a motion defeat at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention.During the SUMA conventio...

Feb 07, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Three Sask. communities hoping to be first in province named Kraft Hockeyville

A rink from Saskatchewan has never won Kraft Hockeyville.Three communities from the province are looking to be the first.Dinsmore, Moose Jaw and Pense are all hopeful 2020 is the year a Saskatchewan c...

Feb 07, 2020 The village of Dinsmore (top left), City of Moose Jaw (bottom left), and Town of Pense (top right) are all competing for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. (krafthockeyville.ca)

Guernsey residents allowed home 34 hours after oil car derailment, fire

Nearly 90 people who live in Guernsey, Sask. are allowed to return to their homes after an evacuation order was lifted by emergency officials at 4 p.m. Friday.The order was initially placed Thursday m...

Feb 07, 2020 A track view of the derailment on the eastern outskirts of Guernsey on Feb. 6, 2020. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)

FCL executive addresses fuel shortages, Unifor proposal

Gas pumps are running dry at numerous Co-op locations across Western Canada and the company's chief executive officer says Unifor's blockade of key facilities are to blame for constricting its ability...

Feb 07, 2020 The Co-op refinery in Regina. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Morgan again nixes idea of binding arbitration

The Government of Saskatchewan weighed in Friday on Unifor's latest plan to end the lockout at the Co-op refinery in Regina.On Thursday, the union issued a statement in which it laid out a plan - the ...

Feb 07, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Fire keeping investigators away from train derailment in rural Saskatchewan

GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in Saskatchewan and investigators can't access the site. It says one investigator...

Feb 07, 2020

eHealth admits information leaked in ransomware attack

It appears some information from eHealth may have been compromised in last month's ransomware attack after all.The organization had been saying that there wasn't any evidence the attack on Jan. 5 had ...

Feb 07, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Sask. Health: 13 people tested, but no confirmed cases of coronavirus

There still aren't any confirmed cases of coronavirus in Saskatchewan, but 13 people have been tested because they reported symptoms after travelling to China.At the weekly provincial influenza update...

Feb 06, 2020 Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)