Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Moe shuffles Saskatchewan cabinet
With a very short ceremony and a few handshakes, the pre-election cabinet shuffle for the Saskatchewan government was finished Tuesday.Three ministers moved positions like a merry-go-round: Lori Carr ...
Aug 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Convicted killer will spend remainder of sentence in federal penitentiary; plans to appeal
A young offender convicted in the killing of a La Ronge businessman will stay at a federal penitentiary for the remainder of his sentence. The man, who was 17 years old at the time of the crime, was s...
Aug 12, 2019 A young offender convicted in the manslaughter of Simon Grant (pictured) will serve the remainder of his sentence at the federal penitentiary. (file photo)
Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight
One of the best annual astronomical events will light up the sky this week. The summertime meteor shower, the Perseid, is set to peak Aug. 12 and 13. Though already underway, as Earth moves further in...
Aug 12, 2019 (Brady Bateman/paNOW Staff)
Man charged with impaired driving following rollover near Kinistino
Melfort RCMP has laid charges after a single-vehicle collision in the R.M. of Kinistino. Creedon Dipaolo, a 23-year-old man from James Smith First Nation, was charged with impaired driving causing bod...
Aug 12, 2019 STARS airlifts one occupant of a half-ton truck following a rollover near Kinistino. (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)
All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.
History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...
Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)
Meadow Lake resident recalls spotting B.C. murder suspects, informing RCMP
As coroners in Manitoba perform autopsies on two bodies believed to be that of Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, the resident who spotted them in Meadow Lake is now reflecting on the interaction.RCMP ...
Aug 09, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky were both wanted on Canada-wide warrants. (supplied/RCMP)
Nation sheds over 24K jobs in July, more positive data regionally
While July saw wage growth accelerate more than it has in a decade, the nation shed 24,200 jobs.The drop of 11,600 full-time positions and 12,600 part-time roles pushed Canada's unemployment rate to 5...
Aug 09, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Province reveals losses of public money for first quarter
Incidents ranging from the misappropriation of gas to the presumed theft of two-way radios cost the Government of Saskatchewan more than $66,000 in public money in the first quarter of 2019.The provin...
Aug 07, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Onion Lake Cree Nation again ordered to release financial statements
A Queen's Bench judge has found the Onion Lake Cree Nation to be in civil contempt of court and ordered it to release financial documents to a local activist and online.Saskatoon Justice Meghan McCrea...
Aug 06, 2019 A member of The Canadian Taxpayers Federation stands with Charmaine Stick of the Onion Lake Cree Nation to highlight a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision in 2018. (file photo/CKOM Staff)
Veterinarian says ranchers should reconsider cattle branding
A longtime veterinarian wants beef producers to reconsider whether they really need to brand their cattle anymore.On The Greg Morgan Morning Show this week, Roy Lewis said branding is becoming an outd...
Aug 06, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)