News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 35 min ago
Regina’s police chief said the law will ultimately decide whether any future permits will be issued to a downtown mosque to conduct an amplified call to prayer. On Friday, Regina City Jamia Masjid... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 45 min ago
Sarah Mills says driving the wrong way with alcohol and cannabis in his car led to the death of an innocent victim. But for all those left behind, judgement is not what is needed. The Mills Minute is a daily commentary heard on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME, where Sarah Mills offers sharp... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 1 hour ago
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to new official data, a grim toll in what has already been declared the... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 1 hour ago
A Saskatoon motorcyclist and a senior from Outlook are dead after a crash on Highway 219 that happened last week. Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release on July 20... Read more

Global Saskatoon - 4 days 1 hour ago
Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist found Boden Umpherville suffered a cardiac arrest due to drug use and a restricted airway while held down by police.

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 1 hour ago
U.S. President Donald Trump has set his sights on generic drug imports into the U.S. amid the latest bout of trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. In a social media post, Trump said that as of Aug. 1, 2028, generic drugs being brought into the U.S. will face a 100 per cent tariff, which will... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 2 hours ago
Commuters who make use of Wanuskewin Road in Saskatoon should prepare for some detours and potential delays over the coming months. The road will be closed for about three months starting next week as city workers complete open-cut pipe installation work as part of... Read more

Global Saskatoon - 4 days 2 hours ago
The 'escalation in cases and severity of intervention required' from Friday to Monday prompted the ministry to issue the advisory.

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 2 hours ago
United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says he hopes to provide “options” by the end of the year to U.S. President Donald Trump, Canada and Mexico on renewing the continental trade pact. At the start of July, Greer said the United States would not renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 2 hours ago
Several premiers said they remained united against a common adversary in the U.S. as they kicked off talks Wednesday with the goal of working together on domestic issues like health care and energy security. An annual summer gathering of the premiers was upended after... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 3 hours ago
A 44-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly stealing a City of Saskatoon truck and heading out of town.... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
A 20-year-old man wanted for murder in Ontario was arrested by Saskatoon police last week. The arrest was made in co-operation with the Durham Regional Police, in connection with a 2023 killing. Durham is located in southern Ontario, northeast of Toronto.
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News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources is listing more than 180 wildfires as active this morning in Ontario's north, including 12 that had been sparked in the last 24 hours. Early estimates suggest the flames have ravaged more of the province's forests this season than any previous year on record... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski is standing behind the decision of the city’s board of police commissioners, as fired police chief Farooq Sheikh appeals his dismissal. Sheikh was ... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
8:30 – On Monday, President Donald Trump imposed even more tariffs on Canada, claiming we are treating American goods and companies unfairly. This has given the Premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney a LOT to talk about at the Premiers’ meeting in PEI this week. ... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
Statistics Canada says both the crime rate and the severity of crimes decreased in 2025. The agency says Canada’s crime severity index dropped five per cent last year for the second annual decline in a row, after the index increased over the previous eight years. Read more:... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
TORONTO — A baby swarmed by smoke. A toilet of bloody urine. A cancerous colon. These are among the new series of 13 graphic images that are required to be printed on cigarette packages across Canada by Aug. 1. This is the fourth set of warnings mandated by Health Canada since 2000, aiming to... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 4 hours ago
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says both the crime rate and the severity of crimes decreased in 2025. The agency says Canada's crime severity index dropped five per cent last year for the second annual decline in a row, after the index increased over the previous eight years. The conventional crime... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Canada by threatening to use an obscure Great Depression-era legal tool to impose new tariffs — and it’s not clear whether there are any guardrails to rein in the president’s power. Trump on Monday signed orders to use Section 338 of... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 5 hours ago
TORONTO — A baby swarmed by smoke. A toilet of bloody urine. A cancerous colon. These are among the new series of 13 graphic images that are required to be printed on cigarette packages across Canada by Aug. 1. Read more:
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News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 6 hours ago
CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada’s premiers will continue meetings in Prince Edward Island this morning, the second day of an annual summer gathering. All 13 leaders will spend several hours behind closed doors today before speaking to reporters this afternoon. Read more:
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News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 6 hours ago
The sound of hammers is replacing the silence left behind by last year’s devastating wildfire in Denare Beach.... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 13 hours ago
A man accused of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park has been found unfit for trial by the British Columbia Review Board and has been ordered held in custody. The ruling, which went into effect on July 16, will keep Jongwon Ham at the... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 14 hours ago
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, a fierce ally of President Donald Trump and former head of the House Freedom Caucus, won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor Tuesday. Biggs defeated fellow U.S. Rep. David Schweikert in the primary and... Read more

Global Saskatoon - 4 days 15 hours ago
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will honour crash victim Bhishma Rajyaguru before their game Thursday night against the Edmonton Elks.

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 17 hours ago
Agricultural spray drones are drawing attention at... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 17 hours ago
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health (SHA) has issued an urgent alert following a surge in overdoses in Saskatoon, saying the city’s fire department responded to 90 calls between July 17 and July 20. The unknown substance that is circulating has meant first responders are having to administer... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has confirmed that a third service member is believed to be dead in Friday’s attack on a base in Jordan and identified them as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York. The confirmation brings the death toll to 18 U.S. service members... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 18 hours ago
Sitting on a stand at the till in Sticks & Doodles is a Christmas ornament with a red maple leaf and the word “Home.” Both that home and the wood-cut art business in Regina’s east end are being... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 19 hours ago
OTTAWA — The federal government said Tuesday that in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, Canada will not be celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International bridge with the United States. "It would be inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event between the... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 20 hours ago
It’s been a feeling a few members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have had to deal with before. Members of the CFL club are dealing with the death of linebacker... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 20 hours ago
Canadian premiers say they have removed a major barrier to interprovincial sales of alcohol. Under a new deal, nine premiers say they are updating rules to allow more Canadian brewers and distillers to sell alcohol directly to Canadian consumers outside of their home provinces. Read more:... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 20 hours ago
Donald Trump was elected to a second term in 2024 and it’s been a roller-coaster ever since for Canadian leaders and businesses. He has threatened, enacted, modified and delayed multiple rounds of tariffs, only to announce additional protectionist trade policies are to come. Here’s a timeline of... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 21 hours ago
Four more lives have been taken this week, after fatal crashes on Sunday and Monday. Rosthern RCMP responded to a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on Highway 212, about eight kilometres west of Duck Lake. Read more:
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News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 21 hours ago
British Columbia's Crown power utility is planning to add more than 2,500 public charging ports for electric vehicles, tripling the size of its network by 2035. The province's Transport Ministry says the expansion of BC Hydro's network to 3,500 ports will be along major highway corridors and in... Read more

Global Saskatoon - 4 days 21 hours ago
Under a new deal, the premiers say they are updating rules to allow more Canadian brewers and distillers to sell alcohol directly to Canadians outside of their home provinces.

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 21 hours ago
Saskatchewan has had a number of fatal crashes on its roads over the past couple of weeks. On July 16, Mounties responded to a crash just east of Outlook where a car and a motorcycle collided, leaving two men, ages 57 and 99, dead. The following day, Prince Albert police released information on an... Read more

News Talk 650 CKOM - 4 days 21 hours ago
A pair of construction projects will lead to road restrictions on Wednesday.... Read more

Global Saskatoon - 4 days 21 hours ago
Police said an investigation determined a semi-truck was parked on the side of the highway when an SUV collided with it.

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