Saskatchewan

Two adults and a youth charged after man shot in Pierceland

On March 8, RCMP attended a home in Pierceland after the homeowner reported three unknown males entered his home with a gun. According to RCMP spokesperson Rob King, two adult men were in the home at ...

Mar 12, 2020 (file photo/ meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan has first presumptive case of coronavirus

Saskatchewan is confirming the first presumptive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Saskatoon.The person was tested on Monday in Saskatchewan and has been well enough to self-isolate in their home. A...

Mar 12, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)

Juno Awards set for Saskatoon have been cancelled

The Juno Awards, which were to be held in Saskatoon on Sunday, have been cancelled due to concerns surrounding coronavirus.The news was delivered Thursday via Twitter."We are devastated to cancel this...

Mar 12, 2020 (Juno Awards)

Province extends another offer to Sask. teachers

The provincial government is making a new offer to Saskatchewan's teachers.In a media release, the government said Wednesday that it's offering a four-year contract that includes a $1,500 one-time pay...

Mar 11, 2020 Education Minister Gordon Wyant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Sask. gov’t still doesn’t have finished plan to deal with possible coronavirus outbreak

The Government of Saskatchewan still doesn't have a finished plan on how it, and its many arms, would deal with a coronavirus outbreak if it were to happen here.Health Minister Jim Reiter said the pla...

Mar 11, 2020 (CJME News Staff)

Trudeau promises $1 billion to help provinces cope with coronavirus cases

The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers who are ...

Mar 11, 2020 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)

Meili calling for postponed budget in wake of coronavirus-related market drop

With markets and oil prices taking a plunge in reaction to coronavirus in countries around the world, the leader of Saskatchewan's NDP wants the government to postpone the budget and take another look...

Mar 10, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north

"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...

Mar 10, 2020

Petroleum analyst predicting even bigger drop in gas prices

Gas prices are expected to drop significantly in the coming days.Dan McTeague is a petroleum analyst and is part of a group called Canadians for Affordable Energy. He told Gormley that another drop of...

Mar 10, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

Police searching for wanted La Loche man

UPDATE:RCMP reported late Tuesday that on March 10, at approximately 5:40 pm, Nestor Herman turned himself in at the La Loche RCMP Detachment. He will make his first appearance in court at La Loche on...

Mar 09, 2020 Nestor Herman, born 1982, was wanted on a warrant. (submitted photo/RCMP)