Saskatchewan

New trial ordered following issues in Sask. coroner’s office

The ongoing issues within Saskatchewan's coroner's office will not be resolved for some time yet.It all stems from a jury trial in 2017 which found the province's chief forensic pathologist unfairly a...

Jan 10, 2020 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Hunters cautioned on posting trophies to social media

Posting controversial images of hunted animals online is a risk some people are willing to take. Daryl Minter, a conservation officer with the provincial Ministry of Environment told meadowlakeNOW soc...

Jan 10, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Region static but big job gains on national level

There are some positive numbers on the national job creation front although the rate for the large area in our region known as Prince Albert and the North remains unchanged.Last month, Canada gained 3...

Jan 10, 2020 There was an improvement on the national front but in our wider region things remained unchanged. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Sask. firefighters return from 38-day stint in Australia

Two Saskatchewan firefighters returned to Saskatoon on Thursday night after spending 38 days helping battle the wildfires in Australia."The hardest thing that we saw there was the amount of people tha...

Jan 10, 2020 Firefighters Phane Ray (left) and Kevin Buettner returned home to Saskatchewan after 38 days helping battle the Australia wildfires. (Harrison Brooks/ 650 CKOM)

48 Saskatchewan communities to benefit from photo radar fines

The habits of some aggressive drivers in Saskatchewan will not entirely go to waste. The proceeds of photo speed enforcement (PSE) will be used to help pay for some local traffic safety upgrades.The t...

Jan 09, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Intelligence says Iranian missile downed airliner, perhaps by mistake: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says intelligence from multiple sources indicates that an Iranian missile downed the Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed near Tehran on Wednesday....

Jan 09, 2020 Rescue workers inspect the scene where a Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iron signs three-year contract to call NHL games in Cree

Clarence Iron has confirmed he will be calling six more NHL hockey games this season in the Plains Cree language in conjunction with Sportsnet and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Iro...

Jan 09, 2020 Clarence Iron signed a three-year contract to call NHL games in Cree. (APTN/Facebook)

US officials: ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. officials said Thursday it was "highly likely" that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.The crash came...

Jan 09, 2020 Wax from melted candles sits next to flowers placed at the Canadian Embassy during a national day of mourning in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Saskatchewan banning name changes by sex offenders

Saskatchewan is banning sex offenders from changing their names.Justice Minister Don Morgan told Gormley on Wednesday his ministry was preparing the ban, which could take effect as soon as February."T...

Jan 08, 2020 Saskatchewan Justice Minister Don Morgan. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Snaring expert defends cougar trapper

A man posing with a trapped cougar has stirred up some social media backlash, but a trapping expert thinks the criticism is unfair.Wrangler Hamm, the president of the Saskatchewan Trappers Association...

Jan 08, 2020 (Saskatchewan Trappers Association/Facebook)