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Spring safety risks

Spring cleaning is around the corner, but falling snow is still a risk as seasonal melts begin. Snow and ice can build up on roofs over winter. With warm weather, ridges can form and trap water, which...

Mar 12, 2019 Melting temperatures could cause ice dams on your roof. (Ronald Quaroni/ paNOW Staff)

SARM President expects 'lively discussion' at convention

Delegates attending this week's Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Saskatoon are hoping for more details on some big issues affecting the province.SARM president Ray...

Mar 12, 2019 SARM President Ray Orb speaks in Regina on Dec. 4, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Multiple Sask. communities to receive family resource centres

Families with young children will soon be able to access reliable information, services and support to help raise healthy kids in the community. The province announced that The Battlefords, Meadow Lak...

Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan) : Tyler Marr

A look at the Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Details are emerging about the 18 Canadian victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash in Addis Ababa that left 157 people dead. Here is what we know so far: Pius Adesanmi: Adesanmi was a...

Mar 10, 2019

Tommy Douglas recognized as nationally historically significant

When people are asking to come up with some important Canadians, it won't be too long before someone brings up Tommy Douglas.This week in Regina, the late politician was honoured with a plaque and rec...

Mar 10, 2019 Ministers and representatives unveil the plaque commemorating Tommy Douglas as a person of national historic significance. Mar. 7, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks

Eighteen Canadians among 157 people killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his thoughts are with the victims of a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash today, including the 18 Canadians on board. They are among the victims of a crash that ki...

Mar 10, 2019

Search and Rescue teams visit White City area for training

Ian McNeil's first mission as a search and rescue volunteer in La Loche 37 years ago was to find a missing friend he had met just one month earlier.That friend had gone canoeing on a hunting trip and ...

Mar 09, 2019 Search and Rescue volunteers from all across Saskatchewan came to the White City area on March 9 for a training exercise. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks

Provincial jobless down year-over-year but local stats remain high

The Saskatchewan government is hailing the latest job stats that show a year-over-year net increase of 9,000 jobs. However, the opposition New Democrats are focusing on the month-over-month stats whic...

Mar 08, 2019 (File photo/Tyler Marr paNOW Staff) : Glenn Hicks

‘Mission accomplished’: Province celebrates official opening of Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford

Mission accomplished.Those were the words of former Prairie North Health Region CEO David Fan as politicians and health care workers gathered to mark the grand opening of the Saskatchewan Hospital Nor...

Mar 08, 2019 Premier Scott Moe was on hand for the official grand opening of the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr

Trudeau not the prime minister of Quebec: Saskatchewan premier

Two Western premiers say the SNC-Lavalin affair is distracting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a time when he should be focused on jobs in their region.Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe took aim Thursda...

Mar 07, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM)