CKRM News

As the eagerly anticipated hunting season approaches in Saskatchewan, it’s time for hunters to start preparing. The first step is to purchase the necessary hunting licenses. Big Game Draw and regular licenses are available for purchase beginning August 1, with the quota-limited antlerless mule deer licenses available on a first-come, first-served basis starting August 15. […]

Tonight will be the first night of the Pile O Bones Rodeo at the Brandt Centre as part of this year’s edition of the Queen City Ex. There will be all of the events you connect to a professional rodeo like barrel racing, bull riding steer wrestling and more. It gets underway at 6 o’clock […]

On June 13, Russell RCMP arrested 81-year-old Constantin Turcoane from Regina. The arrest is related to reports of sexual assaults dating back to the early 1970s when Turcoane was a priest at St. Elijah Romanian Orthodox Church in Lennard, Manitoba. A woman in her 60s reported being assaulted multiple times by Turcoane when she was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive prisoner swap involving the United States and Russia was underway Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because details had not been publicly disclosed, did not specify who is included in the deal. But Americans considered by the U.S. to […]

It didn’t take long for Namneet Singh to find full-time employment again, after a fire in Jasper, Alta., last week destroyed the hotel he had worked at for more than a year. Singh, who was among hundreds of temporary foreign workers earning a living in the picturesque Rocky Mountain town, was on shift when the […]

Kharun ends Canadian men’s dry spell in the pool The moment wasn’t too big for Ilya Kharun. While La Defense Arena whipped itself into a frenzy over his college teammate and host-country hero Leon Marchand, the 19-year-old from Montreal kept his nerve and produced the first Olympic swim medal by a Canadian man in a […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas’ top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will exact a very heavy […]

After the horrible devastation in Jasper, people in Saskatchewan and Alberta have come together to help the beleaguered residents of the iconic, picturesque town in Jasper National Park. Harvard Media and its radio and digital outlets in two provinces teamed up with other radio stations to promote the website albertadayofcaring.com. People in Alberta and Saskatchewan […]

The opening of the Queen City Ex in Regina is also the “unofficial” halfway point of summer. By tomorrow, July will be in the rear view mirror and September lurks on the horizon, but for this long weekend, there is the touchstone of summer in Regina, the QCX. The gates are open now, as the […]

Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m., Wadena RCMP responded to a collision on Highway 35 near Hendon. A motorcycle struck a cow on the road, killing the driver and passenger. EMS declared both, a 45-year-old man from Spalding and a 51-year-old woman from Acherwill deceased at the scene. Their families have been notified. Wadena RCMP is […]