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781 Sask. drivers ticketed for failing to stop or yield last month, SGI says
January was a costly month for almost 800 Saskatchewan drivers who picked up tickets for failing to stop or yield. According to SGI, 781 tickets were issued last month for drivers who failed to obey s...
Feb 27, 2024 Many drivers in Saskatchewan seemed to struggle with the concept of red lights in January, according to figures from SGI. (650 CKOM file photo)
Penalties going up for speeding, stunting and street racing in Saskatchewan
The province is taking steps to keep fast and furious drivers out of their cars and off the roads. According to SGI, the fines for stunting, street racing and speeding well over the limit were all inc...
Feb 27, 2024 Penalties are going up for drivers caught driving well over the speed limit, stunting or street racing. (Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Saskatoon councillor pushes for new rules on shelter locations
As some people in Sutherland protest the location of a planned homeless shelter, one Saskatoon councillor is working to keep shelters further away from schools. The former fire hall at 421 Central Ave...
Feb 27, 2024 The former fire hall in Sutherland has been selected to be the site of the new emergency shelter. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
STARS Lottery scams popping up in Moose Jaw: Police
Scammers in Moose Jaw are pretending to be associated with the STARS Lottery in order to rip people off, the city's police service says. According to police, a number of reports have come in about the...
Feb 27, 2024 Scammers are pretending to be associated with STARS Air Ambulance's lottery. (STARS/Twitter)
Sask. teachers to resume rotating strikes on Tuesday
Teachers in Saskatchewan are resuming their rotating strikes on Tuesday after withdrawing supervision for extracurriculars on Monday. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial governmen...
Feb 27, 2024 Teachers in some Saskatchewan school divisions are preparing to hit the picket lines on Tuesday. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Extreme cold warnings persist in large parts of Saskatchewan
The cold snap that followed a winter storm into Saskatchewan is expected to last until Wednesday. Large portions of Saskatchewan's west-central and northern areas went under extreme cold warnings from...
Feb 27, 2024 'Temperatures will begin to moderate on Wednesday and return to above seasonal values by Thursday,' Environment Canada said in a cold-weather warning. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Pathologist tells inquest Myles Sanderson died of cocaine toxicity
A pathologist says Myles Sanderson died from cocaine toxicity shortly after his arrest in September of 2022. Dr. Shaun Ladham, Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy on Sande...
Feb 27, 2024
Three-vehicle crash near Kindersley claims life of Alberta man
A 35-year-old man from Drayton Valley, Alta., is dead after a three-vehicle collision Friday night near Kindersley. In an email Monday, the RCMP said officers from the Kindersley detachment got a call...
Feb 26, 2024 After a car and a semi collided on Highway 21 north of Kindersley, a third vehicle crashed into them. The driver of the car died at the scene. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP says apparent shooting in Deschambault Lake was not random
Mounties are investigating two gun-related incidents in the northern community of Deschambault Lake, one of which left a man with an apparent gunshot wound. In the first case, police were called to a ...
Feb 26, 2024 Police say they're investigating two gun-related incidents in Deschambault Lake. Both happened on Monday, Feb. 26. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Case of vintage hockey cards discovered in Sask. sells for more than $5M
The weekend was a great one for a Saskatchewan family that discovered a sealed case of vintage hockey cards in a spare room in their dad's home. The case of 1979 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards -- which could...
Feb 26, 2024 Jason Simonds, the consignment director of sports for Heritage Auctions in the United States, guessed the case could end up fetching $3 million. It ultimately went for $3.74 million. (Heritage Auctions)
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