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Male victim shot, bear sprayed on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation: RCMP
Three youths were arrested on Sunday in connection with a shooting on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the Cree Nation northwest of Prince Albert on Saturday...
Apr 16, 2025 The victim was taken to hospital by paramedics with injuries the RCMP said were serious, but not believed to be life threatening. (paNOW file photo)
Green Zone Replay - April 15
The Green Zone - April 15 2:35 - NHLPA Player Poll Results Jamie & Locker have the results of this year's NHLPA Player Poll. They discuss who the players voted best goalie, best forward, most comp...
Apr 15, 2025
Man arrested after three armed robberies on Monday in Saskatoon: Police
Police in Saskatoon arrested a 37-year-old man who was allegedly behind a series of three armed robberies on Monday. According to police, the first robbery happened just before 2 a.m., when officers w...
Apr 15, 2025 The 37-year-old man is now facing charges of robbery, possession of a weapon to commit an offence, unauthorized carry of a concealed weapon, mischief under $5,000, theft under $5,000 and uttering threats. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. legislation would classify fentanyl, meth, needles as 'street weapons'
The Government of Saskatchewan introduced legislation this week that would classify fentanyl, methamphetamine and hypodermic needles as categories of "street weapons." The amendments to the Safe Publi...
Apr 15, 2025 Once the changes take effect, municipalities and First Nations could opt in to new rules that would regulate the possession, storage and transport of times “potentially used as street weapons,” including large knives, machetes, bear spray and hypodermic needles. (650 CKOM file photo)
Complete fire ban issued for RM of Vanscoy amid wildfire concerns
A complete fire ban is in effect across the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy. The municipal order, which took effect on Tuesday morning, prohibits all forms of open flame, including agricultural and comm...
Apr 15, 2025 The municipal order prohibits all forms of open flame, including agricultural and commercial burning, fireworks, fire pits, burning barrels and incinerators. (Olena Rudo/Depositphotos.com)
A Weldon man attempted to flee Prince Albert RCMP without success
Prince Albert RCMP used a conducted energy device to arrest a 39-year-old man from Weldon on Saturday just after midnight. The call came in that there was a disturbance near a business on Highway #2 n...
Apr 15, 2025 (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
RCMP searching for man who escaped Besnard Lake Correctional Centre
Police in Saskatchewan are asking members of the public to keep an eye out for a 26-year-old man who escaped from a provincial correctional centre. According to the RCMP, Kobe Kiseyinewakup was last s...
Apr 15, 2025 Kobe Kiseyinewakup, 26, was described as five-foot-six and 135 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
'True needle exchange' behind fewer needles this spring: Saskatoon fire
It's time to start spring cleaning and for most people, that means cleaning up their house or maybe their shed. But for Saskatoon firefighters, it means picking up abandoned needles that are littered ...
Apr 14, 2025 Saskatoon firefighters have begun picking up needles littered across the city. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Police Briefs: Teens, stabbings, multiple guns and robberies
Two 16-year-old boys were arrested Friday night after the Saskatoon police were called due to a fight.At 11:30 p.m., a call was received about "three youth had been observed fighting and one of them h...
Apr 14, 2025 Friday's incident had the Saskatoon Police service attending a call at 22nd Street East and 1st Avenue North, while police responded on Saturday to the 2300 block of 33rd Street West and at 33rd Street and Spadina Crescent East near the Weir. On Sunday, officers were attending a call at the intersection of Attridge Drive and Circle Drive and in the late evening to the 800 block of Idylwyld Drive North. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Early voting open at University of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Voters who wish to cast an early ballot in Canada's federal election can register and vote on the campuses of the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina this week, with the polling st...
Apr 14, 2025 Voting at the University of Regina is in the College West building for the 2025 federal election. In Saskatoon, voting is taking place at the University of Saskatchewan's Roy Romanow Students' Council Chamber from April 13 to 16, 2025. (Abby Zieverink/980 CJME)
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