Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Agribition: How cows get immunized
When you need to get immunized you go to the doctor for a shot, but cows get a much larger needle fired from a dart gun.Graham McKenzie with Target Cattle Company is selling remote drug delivery syste...
Nov 30, 2019 Graham McKenzie (L) and Dale Watson (R) at the Target Cattle Concepts booth at Agribition. (Andrew Shepherd/CJME)
Scheer cautions against internal fighting in speech in Conservative heartland
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dismissed those calling for him to step down after last month's election loss as elites and "talking heads" who know he'll never relent in his oppositio...
Nov 30, 2019 Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer speaks to a crowd of vocal supporters at the Saskatoon Farmers' Market on Sept. 28, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/CKOM)
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
WATCH: Melfort area man's video of close brush with deer goes viral
It's not every day you experience a close encounter with a deer. It's even more rare to have one close enough to reach out and grab it by the horns.But that's exactly how close Glen Fredin got as he w...
Nov 29, 2019 (submitted photo/Glen Fredin)
First Nations communities calling for government support for suicide problems
Chiefs and council members from Saskatchewan First Nations communities gathered for a media conference at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) office in Saskatoon on Thursday.Among th...
Nov 29, 2019 Makwa Sahgaiehcan Chief Ron Mitsuing (left), FSIN Vice-Chief David Pratt (middle) and Fond du Lac Chief Louis Mercredi (right) gathered at the FSIN office in Saskatoon to address the growing suicide concerns in Saskatchewan First Nations communities on Nov. 28, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
U of S prof predicts wild pigs will show up in Sask. cities
The death of a woman who was killed by wild pigs in Texas should be a warning for Saskatchewan residents.That's the word from University of Saskatchewan researcher Ryan Brook, who spent a decade track...
Nov 28, 2019 A mature adult wild pig in Saskatchewan. (Klint Brownridge)
Saskatchewan chief disappointed at lack of long-term help to stop suicides
REGINA - The chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation says he is disappointed at the lack of long-term help from the provincial and federal governments to deal with what he says&nb...
Nov 28, 2019 (Submitted photo/The Canadian Press)
Former staff initiates Christmas cards for kids in despair
A former Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation School staff member is responding to youth who are in crisis. Linda Johnson, former admin staff at the school, now working at the University of Saskatchewan beg...
Nov 27, 2019 Linda Johnson and her children Janessa,18, Jayda,5, and Jayvin,12.(Submitted/Linda Johnson)
Stabbed, headbutted, feces thrown; CUPE reports violence in Sask schools
Schools are a place to learn and grow, but they can also be violent for education support workers in Saskatchewan.CUPE did a confidential survey involving more than 1,000 education support workers, hi...
Nov 27, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Premier speaks to business leaders at Agribition
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe addressed business leaders, politicians and others at the Food, Fuel and Free Trade breakfast at Canadian Western Agribition (CWA).Moe discussed pressing issues includin...
Nov 26, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)