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Problems at Sask.'s Healthline 811 due to global IT outage
People calling Healthline 811 Friday morning in Saskatchewan were left looking elsewhere for advice, thanks to the worldwide IT outage. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said the resource was un...
Jul 19, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon's 7th homicide has 2 charged, one police are searching for
The Saskatoon Police Major Crime Section has charged two people in relation to the seventh homicide of 2024. A 33-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were charged with First-Degree Murder on July 17. S...
Jul 18, 2024 Saskatoon Police said in a media release, 28-year-old Kendell Ameech is wanted in relation to April 16ths murder of 24-year-old Melissa Duquette. Police say not to approach but call them or crime stoppers with any information.A warrant is out for 28-year-old Kendell Ameech, Officers have charged 2 other men with homicide
Heat warning for most of Saskatchewan
Heat warnings from Environment Canada is in effect across almost all of Saskatchewan on Wednesday. The heat warnings blanketed almost the entire province on Wednesday, reaching up to the north and sou...
Jul 17, 2024 Heat warnings from Environment Canada covers most of province of Saskatchewan on Wednesday. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Man arrested after bomb threat at Royal University Hospital
Royal University Hospital (RUH) in Saskatoon was on high alert for about three hours Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat. According to Saskatoon police, officers were called to the hospital campus...
Jul 17, 2024 SHA is asking anyone requiring emergency medical attention to go to St. Paul's Hospital or Saskatoon's City Hospital. For those with appointments, SHA is saying they will be rescheduled at a later date. (Mia Holowaychuck/ 650 CKOM)
Two women charged with separate Saskatoon assaults
Police have charged two women after two separate incidents in Saskatoon this week. A 28-year-old woman is facing charges after an incident where a woman was attacked with a bat on Monday. Saskatoon Po...
Jul 16, 2024 (CKOM file)
Woman, 21, dies after vehicle rolls on Highway 55
A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55, just east of the turn off to Red Earth Cree Nation. Carrot River RCMP said in a news ...
Jul 16, 2024 A 21-year-old woman from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba is dead after a single vehicle rollover on Highway 55 on Tuesday, July 16 2024. (Supplied/RCMP)
Walking bridge in Gabriel Dumont Park open again after fire
A walking bridge in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has reopened following a fire in April. The wooden structure in the popular park was significantly damaged in the blaze on April 11. While the cause...
Jul 16, 2024 The bridge reopened on July 16, more than two months after the fire. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
North Battleford man dead after single-vehicle rollover: RCMP
A 32-year-old man from the North Battleford area died in a single-vehicle rollover on Monday evening. According to the RCMP, the crash happened north of the city on Highway 378 about one kilometre eas...
Jul 16, 2024 Police say the crash also sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. (650 CKOM file photo)
Trade minister says dropping carbon tax kept Sask. inflation rate low
Saskatchewan's trade minister says removing the carbon tax from home heating bills helped the province tie for the lowest inflation rate of any province in Canada. Saskatchewan's Consumer Price Index ...
Jul 16, 2024 The Government of Saskatchewan has long been opposed to the federal carbon tax, and stopped collecting or remitting the tax on home heating earlier this year. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Justice ministry says legal changes saving Saskatchewan families money
Changes to family law have reduced the financial - and emotional - impacts on those going through separations and divorces, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice. Bronwyn Eyre, Saskatchewa...
Jul 16, 2024 The provincial government says changes to family law in the province are saving families time, money and emotional distress by simplifying and expediting the legal process. (650 CKOM file photo)
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