Category Archives: CKRM News

Solar eruption lights up skies across Saskatchewan with more auroras possible tonight
REGINA - A massive coronal mass ejection has ignited brilliant northern lights across Canada and deep into the southern United States in one of the strongest geomagnetic storms of the current solar cy...
Jon Tupper Nov 13, 2025

Carney to announce latest batch of Major Project Office referrals today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. A senior Ontario governmen...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Health Canada won't explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20 million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national stockpile this year because of what it calls a "temperature deviation." The fi...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Province introduces legislation to modernize naming rules
The provincial government has introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at updating rules around naming standards for births, marriages, and legal name changes. The Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 20...
Sask Today Nov 12, 2025

Affordability gap leaves Liberal budget with middling reviews: Leger poll
OTTAWA - New polling suggests Canadians had a lukewarm response to the federal budget released last week - leading one pollster to argue all parties should think twice before mounting an election camp...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Fondue and dead bread: Roughrider and Alouette superfans prep for Grey Cup Sunday
EDMONTON - Lance Hackewich loves his Saskatchewan Roughriders -- and he's got a 75-year-old desiccated, positively inedible piece of history to prove it. It's a loaf of bread from 1951. It sits among ...
Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Railways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel
SAVONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 l...
Canadian Press Nov 11, 2025
SHA launches daily updates for emergency room disruptions across Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is rolling out a new daily reporting system to help residents stay informed about emergency room service disruptions across the province. Beginning Nov...
Tanner Wallace-Scribner Nov 11, 2025

'You have to adapt': Punk rock concerts, wrestling events keep Calgary legion afloat
CALGARY - Phil MacAulay has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for the past 50 years, and even he's surprised at the measures his local branch has taken to keep the 103-year-old building alive...
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Nov 10, 2025
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