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Saskatchewan getting new 474 area code
Some Saskatchewan residents will soon be getting new phone numbers.After 10 months of deliberations, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a plan to add t...
May 14, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)
Monday's Scoreboard
Monday's GamesWHL FinalsVancouver 2, PA 3 (OT)PA wins series 4-3 World Hockey ChampionshipUnited States 3 Finland 2 (OT)Canada 6 Slovakia 5Russia 3 Czech Republic 0Sweden 9 Norway 1 Stanley Cup Playof...
May 14, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Sheriff: Carnival worker from Virginia shot, killed 3 women
Authorities in Virginia have linked the slayings of two missing women and a missing teenage girl to a carnival worker who met the victims through the travelling show. The sheriff's office in rural Was...
May 14, 2019
Women's hockey walkout could prematurely end careers
For some women hockey players, the price for demanding a professional league that pays could be not getting a chance to play in it. About 200 women vow to not play in any North American...
May 14, 2019
Chief of defence staff, DND deputy minister brief federal cabinet
OTTAWA - Canada's top general and the deputy minister of national defence are attending the federal cabinet this morning a week after the criminal case against the military's former second-in-com...
May 14, 2019
Nutrien lays off 80 workers at Vanscoy mine
Nutrien says a tight potash market is prompting job cuts at its mine near Vanscoy, Sask.The company announced Tuesday morning that it would be eliminating 20 staff and 60 hourly positions at the mine,...
May 14, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)
Workers safe after fire at Allan potash mine
A fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon saw dozens of workers stuck in refuge stations for several hours Tuesday.Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told 650 CKOM that the blaze broke out sometime af...
May 14, 2019 The Allan potash mine is located just over 50 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. (Nutrien)
Meghan, Harry release baby feet photo for US Mother's Day
LONDON - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have released a photo of their newborn baby's feet to mark Meghan's first Mother's Day as a mom. The image posted Sunday on Instagram showed Me...
May 14, 2019
CFL, CFL Players' Association into marathon collective bargaining talks
TORONTO - The CFL and CFL Players' Association are now into marathon bargaining. According to a pair of sources, the two sides met into the night Monday and got a head start on talks early T...
May 14, 2019
Vaughan Azzurri up for Canadian Championship challenge against HFX Wanderers FC
TORONTO - Head coach Patrice Gheisar and his players have been waiting for this day for three months. The Vaughan Azzurri, champions of League 1 Ontario, host Halifax's HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadia...
May 14, 2019
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