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27 children and bus driver injured in Tisdale school bus crash: RCMP
A school bus crash southwest of Tisdale on Monday afternoon left 28 people injured on Monday afternoon, including the driver and all 27 of the children who were on board the bus at the time. According...
Oct 29, 2024 The RCMP said 27 children and the adult driver were on board the bus during the crash on Monday afternoon. (frank11/Depositphotos.com)
SaskPower to pay $840,000 after workers die in fall from bucket truck
SaskPower has been hit with fines and surcharges adding up to $840,000 after being found guilty of violating the province's occupational health and safety regulations. According to Saskatchewan's Mini...
Oct 29, 2024 The Crown corporation was sentenced on October 18 in connection with a fatal incident that took place in Weyburn on Oct. 8, 2020. (980 CJME file photo)
SASK VOTES: Moe secures majority Sask. Party win while NDP sweeps cities
Despite securing its fifth consecutive majority government, the Sask. Party faced an invigorated opposition as the NDP doubled its seats. In 2020, the Saskatchewan NDP held 13 seats; as of Monday nigh...
Oct 29, 2024 Re-elected Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to media, following his party winning a majority government in the provincial election, in Shellbrook, Sask. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
UPDATE: RCMP says children injured in school bus crash near Tisdale
Tisdale RCMP is investigating a single-vehicle collision that happened around 3:55 p.m. on Monday. 650 CKOM confirmed Sask. Air Ambulance attended the scene of the crash. The school bus was filled wit...
Oct 28, 2024 Saskatchewan RCMP said the adult driver had non-life threatening injuries, but cannot confirm the number or ages of the children, but said their families have been notified. "Some children are being treated for various injuries – we do not have specific details about their injuries or how many children require hospital treatment at this time." (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Bear spray and stabbing incident in Pleasant Hill on Saturday
Two 18-year-olds were arrested after a stabbing and bear spray attack on Saturday evening. In the 300 block of Avenue R South police were called just after 7 p.m. to a report of a man being stabbed. A...
Oct 28, 2024 In the 300 block of Avenue R South police were called just after 7 p.m. to a report of a man being stabbed. Additional updates said bear spray had been used. (Tracey Tufnail/650 CKOM)
Garden Talk: Protect your trees from pests over winter
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Here is a selection of questions and answers from th...
Oct 27, 2024 Mice will travel along the ground and then work up the snow to a tree, but there are things you can do to prevent damage. (Olavi Anttila/ pexels.com)
STARS Lottery scam now circulating in Saskatoon
The STARS Lottery scam is circulating in Saskatoon. Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release on Saturday the phone scam involves a caller telling someone they had won a new vehicle. The caller ...
Oct 26, 2024 Scammers are pretending to be associated with STARS Air Ambulance's lottery. (STARS/Twitter)
Flair suspends final Saskatchewan service
Flair Airlines has confirmed that it will be suspending all flights out of Saskatchewan, ending its thrice-weekly service from Saskatoon to Toronto next month. A release from the Edmonton-based airlin...
Oct 26, 2024 The first Flair Airlines plane to land in Saskatoon sits at its gate shortly after arriving on Aug. 27, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Large house fire in Saskatoon's Caswell Hill under investigation
A blaze at a three-story house in the Caswell Hill neighbourhood in Saskatoon on Friday night is under investigation. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release the department received a n...
Oct 26, 2024 Saskatoon Fire Department fights a fire at 408 24th Street West on Oct. 25, 2024. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted).
Manhunt still on after two charged following Sask. armed carjacking
Saskatchewan RCMP are still hunting for two people after Thursday's carjacking that sent a man to hospital with gunshot wounds. A dangerous persons alert was issued on Thursday morning after the drive...
Oct 25, 2024 The RCMP said the suspects were driving in this 2020 white Dodge Ram 1500, but a later update said the suspects were believed to be on foot in the Thunder Rapids area. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
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