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Man stabbed on Millar Ave marks Saskatoon's first homicide of 2025
After a near-record high of 15 homicides in 2024, the new year has already started with one man dead and another charged with first-degree murder. A 23-year-old man was found by police suffering from ...
Jan 21, 2025 A 23-year-old man was found by police suffering from a stab wound at a business in the 3900 block of Millar Avenue.
The Saskatoon Police Service responded to a call about the injured person on Jan. 20 at around 8 p.m. (Google Maps)
LISTEN: Sask. Braces for warmer days after wild weather ride
Saskatchewan's weather has been like riding a rollercoaster lately, but the coldest part might be waving goodbye to the prairies. After seeing a high of four degrees last week, then dropping into a th...
Jan 21, 2025
RCMP made cig-nificant impact: seizing 400,000 unstamped cigarettes
During a traffic stop on Highway 11 near Lumsden, RCMP arrested a semi-driver and passenger. Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers found the trailer to have 24 pallets of unstamped tobacco. "The seizur...
Jan 21, 2025
Trans activist wants federal guidance on U.S. travel after Trump orders
OTTAWA - A prominent trans activist wants Canada to update its travel safety guidelines for the United States following President Donald Trump's executive order limiting gender expression to male or f...
Jan 21, 2025 Fae Johnstone, executive director of Queer Momentum, says she doesn’t believe her passport — which has an “X” in place of male or female — will be recognized if she travels through the U.S., and that the executive order causes a lot of uncertainty for herself and other Canadians like her. (The Canadian Press)
Saskatoon's University Bridge to stay closed until at least Wednesday
The City of Saskatoon is keeping University Bridge closed until an inspection on Wednesday after a bypass was set up to stop raw sewage spilling into the South Saskatchewan River after a sewer line wa...
Jan 20, 2025 The university remains closed as of Tuesday morning. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
'I'm excited': Former Blue Bomber Andrew Harris joins Riders coaching staff
Andrew Harris was one of the players Saskatchewan Roughriders fans loved to hate. Now the former Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back is joining the CFL's club's coaching staff. The team announced Harri...
Jan 20, 2025 Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Andrew Harris (33) runs for the first down against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during second half CFL Western final football action in Winnipeg, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (John Woods/The Canadian Press)
Sask. RCMP still hunting for prisoner who escaped from Prince Albert in December
Saskatchewan RCMP are looking for 29-year-old Glen Halkett, who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert on Dec. 31. RCMP said in a news release on Jan. 20 that Halkett was charged ...
Jan 20, 2025 Police are looking for 29-year-old Glen Halkett, who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert on Dec. 31, 2024. Halkett is described as 5-foot-8 and 168 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.He has a tattoo on his neck and under his left eye. Police said his hair is longer than in this photo. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Mass of Arctic air invades parts of Canada, sends mercury plunging
FREDERICTON - A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta. Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Env...
Jan 20, 2025 Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Environment Canada, says winds circulating from west to east cause Arctic air to occasionally invade the southern latitudes for a few days before retreating north. (The Canadian Press)
Suspected mail thief arrested by Saskatoon police
A man suspected of stealing mail from a Main Street apartment building is now facing criminal charges. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers were called to an apartment building in the s...
Jan 20, 2025 Police say the mail was apparently stolen from three separate apartment buildings on Main Street. (650 CKOM file photo)
Update: Trump sworn in as 47th United States president in Washington DC
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a "revolution of common sense" and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the countr...
Jan 20, 2025 President Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)
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