Saskatchewan

Victim services group welcomes new staff member

Gateway Regional Victim Services' (GRVS) newest employee is now on the job.Facility Dog Quinn has been reporting for duty for around five days now at the organization's P.A. office. Jillian Doucet, Qu...

Sep 04, 2019 Quinn, a trained facility dog, is now working with Gateway Regional Victim Services. (Twitter/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

Police investigate alleged voyeurism at Saskatoon gas station

Saskatoon police are investigating a troubling incident that occurred at a gas station over the weekend.Officers were called to the 400 block of Circle Drive East around noon Sunday after a 29-year-ol...

Sep 03, 2019 Photo of the Fas Gas on Circle Drive in Saskatoon (Gabby Starr/Facebook)

Sask. has highest rate of childhood obesity: Report

According to a new report, 33.4 per cent of children in Saskatchewan are obese.That's one of the findings contained in the report released Tuesday by the non-profit organization Children First Canada,...

Sep 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Labour Day long weekend spells unofficial end to the Sask. camping season

Saskatchewan's short camping season is unofficially coming to an end this Labour Day weekend.While campers can continue to use the provincial parks, many amenities will be shut off on Tuesday.Southwes...

Sep 02, 2019 (File Photo/CJME News Staff)

Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal

Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax.The province says the Supreme Court recently issued an order stating the...

Aug 31, 2019

Ranchers urged to check animals after anthrax report

The general manager of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association was reminding ranchers in the area to monitor their stock after a report of anthrax in the province."If people are in the general area...

Aug 30, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

More electric car chargers in Sask. give owners more chance to roam

Saskatchewan is a land of straight highways and wide empty spaces - not exactly a paradise for electric vehicles - but as chargers get more common, it's opening up possibilities.Petro-Canada recently ...

Aug 30, 2019 Petro-Canada recently opened its new EV Fast Charge stations at its store on Coleman Crescent in Regina. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

City continues to recover money lost to fraudster

The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme.Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order.On Aug. 12 the city discovered tha...

Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Feds invest $3.4M in rail safety projects in Saskatchewan

The federal government is investing more than $3.4 million in a number of rail safety projects in Saskatchewan.In a media release Thursday, the government listed 21 infrastructure projects that will r...

Aug 29, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

Province still eyeing balanced budget after first-quarter update

The province believes its budget is slated to remain on track after releasing its first update of the fiscal year on Thursday.Speaking at a cabinet office in Saskatoon, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer...

Aug 29, 2019 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer provides a first-quarter update to the province's 2019-20 budget on Aug. 29, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)