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Crown employees voting on proposed deal

Unionized employees at Saskatchewan Crown corporations have started the ratification process on a new collective bargaining agreement.A tentative deal was reached between Unifor and six Crowns - SaskT...

Oct 28, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Ministry to undertake audit of Sask. Hospital after water advisory

The Ministry of Central Services will undertake a complete audit of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) after a string of complications at the new $407 million facility.Warnings have gon...

Oct 25, 2019 The entire roof on the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford has to be replaced. It opened in November 2018. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Meadow Lake set to host a Diwali celebration in November

Residents in Meadow Lake are preparing to celebrate Diwali.On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Meadow Lake Senior Citizen Activity Centre will host a Diwali celebration. Diwali is a four to five-day long festiva...

Oct 24, 2019 130932341 © Avishek Das - Dreamstime.com

RCMP investigate after home shot at in Meadow Lake

Police in Meadow Lake are looking for a light tan, possibly white-coloured SUV that is believed to have been involved in a shooting in Meadow Lake. No one was injured after a home on the 600 block of ...

Oct 21, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Standoff on Big Island Lake Cree Nation ends peacefully; man wanted for murder in custody

A standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a home on the Big Island Cree Nation Sunday has ended peacefully, RCMP said. Officers were called to home 111 in the community at around 2 p.m.Jonat...

Oct 21, 2019 Jonathan Dufraine is wanted by the Saskatchewan RCMP. (supplied/RCMP)

Crowns, Unifor reach tentative agreement to end strike

Six Saskatchewan Crown corporations have reached a tentative agreement with Unifor to end a 17-day strike, the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) announced Sunday afternoon.The Crown corporations - S...

Oct 20, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Mayors discuss construction PST, prompt payment and 2024 election

Prompt payment to contractors, ongoing objections to Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on construction projects, and the 2024 provincial election were among the topics up for discussion by the 16-city Mayors...

Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Majority of Sask. cannabis shops open 1 year after legalization

When marijuana was legalized in October 2018, only seven of the 51 licensed stores across Saskatchewan were open and ready for business.One year later, there are 39 cannabis retail stores in operation...

Oct 17, 2019 (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Métis groups file historic inter-provincial land claim through oil sands country

Traditional Mtis territories in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta filed a claim covering roughly 122,000 square kilometres, most of which is in oil sands territory, at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskat...

Oct 16, 2019 A Métis land claim for roughly 122,000 square km was filed at Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Leave the leaves behind this autumn says land conservation organization

Keep the rake in the shed.That is what the Nature Conservancy of Canada says when it comes to people considering-or procrastinating-about cleaning up their yards this fall.Director of Conservation Cam...

Oct 16, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)