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WestJet closes deal to buy Sunwing Airlines

May 1, 2023 | 10:23am

The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first announced in March last year. The company says that, initially, the airlines will continue independent operations. However, WestJet says the two airlines will move from being competitors to collaborators. Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, […]

PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for 120,000 workers

May 1, 2023 | 6:36am

The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers who are now required to return to work at 9 a.m. on Monday or their next scheduled shift. PSAC […]

A Radio Legend is Signing Off

Apr 28, 2023 | 6:00am

It is the end of an era at 620 CKRM.  Today is the last day of work for Agricultural News Director Jim Smalley. After 50 years in broadcasting, and 40 years at 620 CKRM, Jim is retiring. Jim started in radio in Dryden Ontario in 1973.  He eventually found his way home to Saskatchewan and […]

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation

Apr 27, 2023 | 11:32am

The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 17 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Mounties have said Myles Sanderson, who later died in police custody, carried out the attacks. Here are […]

The man in a hurry: King Charles III rushes to make a mark

Apr 24, 2023 | 8:46am

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is a man in a hurry. After waiting nearly 74 years to become king, Charles has used his first six months on the throne to meet faith leaders across the country, reshuffle royal residences, stage his first overseas state visit and hold a sleepover at Windsor Castle that included the coach of the England soccer team. […]

Two people stabbed, injured at Dene High School in La Loche

Apr 21, 2023 | 3:06pm

The mayor of  La Loche says a student has been arrested after two people were stabbed at the high school, leaving community members shaken and retraumatized. Mayor Georgina Jolibois said a student and a staff member were attacked Thursday at the Dene High School. The two victims were being treated and the suspect was in […]

Sask-Party government votes down NDP Indigenous consultation bill

Apr 21, 2023 | 10:07am

Opposition NDP legislature member Betty Nippi-Albright says she isn’t surprised the Saskatchewan Party government defeated her bill that aimed to bolster relations with Indigenous people. Nippi-Albright said Thursday the bill would have made for a more robust consulting process with Indigenous groups when the province sells Crown land and changes policies that affect the environment. […]

Federal Court will hear arguments on deportation of truck driver in Broncos crash

Apr 20, 2023 | 11:33am

The Federal Court has agreed to allow the lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash to argue against his possible deportation. In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the crash that killed 16 people and […]

Vital Metals pauses construction of Saskatoon critical minerals facility

Apr 20, 2023 | 9:10am

Canada’s only rare earths mining company is pausing all construction at its Saskatoon processing facility. Vital Metals said in a news release Wednesday the pause will allow the company to conserve cash and seek other sources of funding to potentially build a sustainable business model for the facility. The company had planned to complete a […]

Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected

Apr 19, 2023 | 12:40pm

More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. Here’s an updated list of what […]