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Saskatoon police briefs: Firearm arrest made, stabbing under investigation
Saskatoon police's guns and gangs unit has arrested a 37-year-old man. Around 1:45 a.m. on June 12, members of that unit and the tactical support unit "conducted enforcement action in a firearms inves...
Jun 17, 2026 Police seized a loaded, sawed-off .223 calibre Ruger rifle and ammunition from a man who is now facing four firearms-related charges. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Quebec Mountie charged after allegedly threatening Donald Trump during 2025 G7 summit
A 34-year-old RCMP officer from Quebec is facing a charge of uttering threats after allegedly making threatening comments online, directed towards U.S. President Donald Trump. According to a statement...
Jun 17, 2026 Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with President Donald Trump after a group photo at the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Sask. Public Safety Agency launches online info portal to help those affected by floods
After parts of Saskatchewan were left underwater by spring flooding, the provincial public safety agency has launched a new online system to help connect affected residents and municipalities with sup...
Jun 17, 2026 A cat stuck on the roof of an abandoned church in Meath Park due to flooding on May 6, 2026. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Hitchcock man charged with weapons trafficking after Mounties seize several guns
A 23-year-old man from Hitchcock, Sask. has been charged with weapons trafficking, along with several gun charges, after an RCMP investigation that unfolded in the Estevan area early this month. Accor...
Jun 17, 2026 In addition to the trafficking charge, the RCMP said the 23-year-old man is facing four charges of possessing a firearm while knowing it is unauthorized, four counts of unsafe storage of firearms, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Luigi Mangione will assert psychiatric defense in murder case in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing
NEW YORK (AP) - Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Br...
Jun 17, 2026 Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)
One killed when small plane crashes on Texas highway, people leave vehicles to try to help
A business jet with six people on board crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, and caught fire Tuesday night, authorities said, killing one person and causing chaos as people left their vehicles to fr...
Jun 17, 2026 People attempt to pull passengers out of a plane after it crashed on a highway Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Laredo, Texas. (Zayra Garza via AP)
Murray Wood: Saturday night leaver
There was a time that Canadians gathered around the TV on Saturday to watch Hockey Night in Canada on CBC. Those days are over, and Murray Wood says it might help inform what CBC's future should look ...
Jun 17, 2026
Sarah Mills: Virtual health care is something patients should consider
The Sask. government has begun tendering for its Virtual Care Pilot Project. Sarah Mills says such care has been provided for a while, and should be considered within the realms of public health. The ...
Jun 17, 2026
Africa's Ebola outbreaks complicated by victims who prefer traditional healers over hospitals
BUNDIBUGYO, Uganda (AP) - Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating conseq...
Jun 17, 2026 Samuel Kuule, a nurse and survivor of the first Ebola Bundibugyo strain in 2007, stands at Kikyo Health Centre IV in Kikyo Trading village, Bundibugyo District, Uganda, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
Sask. RCMP briefs: Counterfeit currency used at Creighton business, Highway 4 reopens
Counterfeit Canadian currency reportedly used at a Creighton business is now under investigation by RCMP. Creighton RCMP officers were told counterfeit $50 bills had been used at the business on June ...
Jun 16, 2026 Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating an incident involving fake $50 bills used at a Creighton business and a single-vehicle rollover near North Battleford. (650 CKOM file photo)
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