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650 CKOM wins national award for best local radio newscast
A 650 CKOM newscast featuring the details of a carbon monoxide poisoning at the Wakaw rink during a hockey tournament and the ongoing budget deliberations for the City of Saskatoon has won a national ...
Nov 03, 2024 650 CKOM's winning newscast covered the November 2023 furnace issues at a hockey rink in Wakaw that caused a number of players to fall sick during an under-15 hockey tournament. (Wakaw Minor Hockey/Facebook)
Two deaths linked to cocaine in Saskatoon prompt police warning
Two people have died from cocaine overdoses in Saskatoon, prompting a warning from police. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release that potentially fatal cocaine may be circulating in Sa...
Nov 02, 2024 (DedMityay / Depositphotos.com)
Saskatoon police looking for four people after September double stabbing
Saskatoon police are looking for four people after a double stabbing in the city's Exhibition neighbourhood in early September. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on November 1 that...
Nov 01, 2024 Saskatoon police are looking for four people in connection to a double stabbing that occurred in the city on Sept. 5. (Saskatoon Police Service/submitted)
Dundurn man, 50, facing three child porn charges: Police
A 50-year-old Dundurn man is facing three charges relating to child pornography. According to police, officers with Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation Unit - which includes officers from the R...
Nov 01, 2024 Police said the 50-year-old man is facing two charges of child porn possession and one charge of making child porn available.
Saskatoon cops seize car, cash, cocaine after drug investigation
Officers with the Saskatoon Police Service's Crime Reduction Team arrested a 40-year-old man this week, seizing cash, cocaine, and a Lincoln SUV in the process. According to police, a drug investigati...
Nov 01, 2024 Police say a 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in the city's Fairhaven neighbourhood. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
SaskPower resumes carbon tax relief program for electric heating
SaskPower is once again providing a reduction in the carbon tax for those using electricity as their primary source of home heating. According to the Crown corporation, those customers will see a 60 p...
Nov 01, 2024 Customers relying on electricity as their primary source of home heating will see a 60 per cent reduction in the federal carbon tax on their bills over a period starting on Friday and running until April 30. (980 CJME file photo)
Two charged, one man still wanted in connection with P.A. shooting
A 27-year-old man is wanted by police in relation to a carjacking and shooting in the Prince Albert area that prompted an emergency alert last Thursday. According to the RCMP, the incident happened on...
Nov 01, 2024 The RCMP says 27-year-old Dallas Fulton, a resident of Prince Albert, is wanted in connection with a shooting that prompted an emergency alert last week. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
When is Saskatoon's civic election? Know your ward, how to vote
Who am I voting for in the civic election? The election will see residents voting for Saskatoon's next mayor, 10 city councillors and 17 school board trustees for the next four years. When is the civi...
Oct 31, 2024 The Municipal election will determine who will be Saskatoon's next Mayor, 10 City Councillors and 17 School Board Trustees for the next four years. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
LISTEN: NDP Leader Carla Beck opens up after election
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck sat down with 650 CKOM's Evan Bray on Thursday morning to share her thoughts on the results of the provincial election and everything that comes next. While Scott Mo...
Oct 31, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck opened up to share her thoughts on the election during Thursday's Evan Bray Show. (Alex Brown/650CKOM)
Saskatoon Westview goes to Sask. NDP after second count
Elections Saskatchewan is conducting its second preliminary count, and at least one riding has a different result. The second count includes mail-in ballots which were received by Oct. 26. Saskatoon W...
Oct 30, 2024 Workers open, count and verify the first set of mail-in ballots in the second preliminary count for the 2024 provincial election. Oct. 30, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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