Category Archives: CKRM News

Budget to include millions for job retraining, foreign credential recognition
OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the upcoming federal budget will include $75 million over the next three years to boost an apprentice training program focused on the building trades. The propo...
Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Tips for a painless prowl this Halloween
REGINA - CAA Saskatchewan is brewing up a cauldron of safety tips to help both trick-or-treaters and motorists enjoy a night full of fun ... without the fright. Whether you're haunting the sidewalks o...
Sask Today Oct 27, 2025 One tip for a safe Halloween is for motorists to watch for excited children who may forget to look before crossing. Photo courtesy CAA Saskatchewan

Where are they now? Tiki Laverdiere's killers tracked
BATTLEFORDS - Only four of the 10 people convicted in the torture and murder of Tiki Laverdiere haven't been released from federal prison, while others have been released on parole or after serving pr...
Lisa Joy Oct 27, 2025

Carney says Canada, U.S. were close to a deal when Trump ended trade talks
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the United States were close to a deal when President Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks on Thursday. Carney says there were "very deta...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Trump says he won't be meeting with Carney 'for a long time'
KUALA LUMPUR - U.S. President Donald Trump has ruled out a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week while the pair are both in Asia. Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force 1 today en route to ...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help.
TORONTO - Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hi...
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

Bank of Canada expected to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data
OTTAWA - Most economists expect the Bank of Canada will look past strong jobs data and signs of stubbornness on the inflation front to deliver a second consecutive interest rate cut this week. BMO chi...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Oct 27, 2025

'Shocking' data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors
TORONTO - An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for urgent action to provide treatment when they become addicted. "Th...
Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press Oct 26, 2025

Woman recalls night of Saskatchewan highway shooting that left woman dead
Andrea Morrice says she and her friend Tanya Myers had spent an amazing day together, until what should have been a routine drive home turned tragic. Morrice, 46, said it began with a psychic fair in ...
Jeremy Simes Oct 26, 2025 Tanya Myers is seen in a portrait on a phone in Weyburn, Sask., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. On Sept. 12, Myers was fatally shot while travelling on Highway 39 near Weyburn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Humboldt Broncos survivor delivers powerful message to students
TECUMSEH, Ont. - On April 6, 2018, Tyler Smith and his Humboldt Broncos teammates were on their way to a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game. A game they would never play. Smith was one of 13 survi...
Fred Groves / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter / Lakeshore News Reporter Oct 26, 2025
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