Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Several injured in major collision on Highway 41 near Aberdeen
Multiple people were taken to hospital early this morning after a major car crash happened on Highway 41, about 10 kilometres south of Aberdeen. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, two cars and an SUV...
Jan 17, 2025
Dozy Saskatoon driver wakes up to drug and weapons charges: Police
A driver who took a nap behind the wheel got a rude awakening on Thursday night, and he's now facing a lengthy list of criminal charges. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers were called...
Jan 17, 2025 According to police, officers found three types of drugs and six weapons inside the van. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ceasefire allows Regina woman's Gaza family time to grieve
A new year provides some hope to a Regina woman and her family living in Gaza. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced on Jan. 15. Asmaa Olawan, who is from Palestine but lives in...
Jan 17, 2025
Saskatoon police respond to three bear-spray incidents in less than 24 hours
A number of criminal cases involving bear spray kept police in Saskatoon busy in this week, with three separate incidents happening in the past 24 hours alone. The first incident happened just after 5...
Jan 17, 2025 Canisters of bear spray seized in Saskatoon. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Sask. RCMP responded to record 40 homicides in 2024, Blackmore tells Bray
Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the officer in charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP, joined the Evan Bray Show on Friday morning to check in on a number of different topics, including crime statis...
Jan 17, 2025 Rhonda Blackmore says the Saskatchewan RCMP responded to a record number of homicides in 2024. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
RCMP warns of treacherous highway conditions across Saskatchewan
A blast of winter weather caused by an Alberta clipper is creating difficult driving conditions on highways across Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan RCMP issued an advisory on Friday morning, warning tha...
Jan 17, 2025 The Saskatchewan RCMP is warning drivers of tricky conditions on roads around the province. (Highway Hotline/Twitter)
Gallagher family disappointed with guilty plea at murder trial
"It's like a kick in the gut," is how Brian Gallagher and his wife described how they felt on Thursday after hearing about the latest developments in Megan Gallagher's homicide case. On January 6, the...
Jan 16, 2025 Although it was not the outcome Brian and his wife Debbie had hoped for, he said "I'm not losing faith in the justice system, but I know that there are some holes in it." (650 CKOM file photo)
Police arrest 28-year-old man in Saskatoon's eighth homicide of 2024
The Saskatoon Police Service has made an arrest in the murder of 25-year-old Kade Lee. Aaron Ironstand, a 28-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested and has already appeared in court for the April 16, 202...
Jan 16, 2025 The Saskatoon Police Service has made an arrest in the murder of 25-year-old Kade Lee.
Aaron Ironstand, a 28-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested and has already appeared in court for the April 16, 2024 homicide in the 200 block of Avenue O South. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Regina woman released on bail after charged in 2023 baby's death
The woman charged in the death of a three-month-old baby boy back in 2023, has been released from jail. During the bail hearing on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 16, the 23-year-old woman appeared via ...
Jan 16, 2025
Sask. woman to plead guilty in fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 11
A Saskatchewan woman intends to plead guilty to four charges in connection with a crash that left two Alberta women dead in October. The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on October 19 on Highway 11,...
Jan 16, 2025 A screenshot from Google Street View shows the divided highway near Dundurn. The crash happened about a kilometre north of the town on Highway 11 on Oct. 19, 2024. (Google Street View)
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