CKRM News

MOOSE JAW — During her appointment speech, 15 Wing’s new Honorary Colonel (HCol) Crystal Froese — who will now be responsible for serving as an interface between the military community and residents of Moose Jaw during a three-year term — shared some history that underlines the valuable role played by Moose Jaw’s military base on Oct. 1. […]

MOOOSE JAW — Police Chief Rick Bourassa is pushing back against a “narrative” that has arisen online suggesting Moose Jaw is a crime-ridden community and is pointing out that the statistics disprove those rumours. The Board of Police Commissioners received the September crime statistics during its Oct. 9 meeting, with the data showing that total […]

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal have halted all overtime work in a pressure tactic targetting management as contract talks continue. The overtime strike by the union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the port kicked off as planned at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the Maritime Employers Association confirmed. The union has said scheduling […]

The parliamentary budget officer says his updated report on the federal carbon price is largely consistent with his earlier findings, even after adjusting for a previous error.  Yves Giroux says today’s report still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay through the carbon price — but once broader […]

Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School. After attending USask in Saskatoon, Robinson began work with what was then, Canadian Pacific Rail. After working with TC Pipeline, she returned […]

REGINA – Wednesday’s council meeting at Regina City Hall is the last scheduled meeting of the term, and it promises to be a long one. Council members have agreed to start the meeting at the earlier time of 9 a.m. instead of the usual 1 p.m., to allow time for council to get through a […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sin City will quite literally blow a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that will reduce to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers are expected to tumble in 22 seconds at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The celebration will […]

MOOSE JAW — City hall plans to apply for more than $6 million in federal funding to support upgrades to the library, the art gallery and museum, Golden Ticket Sports Centre and Kinsmen Sportsplex. The department of community services is seeking $6.2 million from Ottawa’s Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) Program to pursue several […]

REGINA – The City of Regina is conducting a survey starting in October to gather information on how its residents travel daily.    Data results will help with future infrastructure decisions, like transit upgrades and road improvements.  R.A Malatest & Associates Ltd, a Canadian Research film, will conduct the survey on behalf of the city.  Certain households across […]

Last year’s Canadian Western Agribition created lots of positive economic activity for the province. Agribition shared stats from an economic impact study conducted by Praxis Consulting. It showed the 2023 event generated $116.5 million of economic activity in Saskatchewan, including $69.6 million to the provincial GDP. The total economic activity represents a nearly 21 per […]