Murray Wood: Packed Mosaic Stadium was cherry on top of big Rider win
Murray Wood says Rider games should be packed; it's all part of being from Saskatchewan. He says Saturday's game proved ...
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Morgan Hackl, Saskatoon's fire chief, to retire by March
Saskatoon's fire chief is leaving the department after 36 years. Morgan Hackl's retirement was announced Monday morning. His final day hasn't yet been set, but he's expected to step down before the en...
Dec 11, 2023 Fire chief Morgan Hackl will retire by the end of March. (City of Saskatoon)
Shots fired, 3 damaged police vehicles during dramatic pursuit
A police pursuit over the weekend ended with three damaged police cruisers, an officer firing their gun and a 52-year-old man in custody. In the early-morning hours of Saturday, police received a dome...
Dec 11, 2023 Three police vehicles were damaged during a pursuit in Saskatoon on Dec. 9, 2023
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Memorandum of understanding has brought bison back to Batoche
A herd of 25 bison has returned to the land on the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan near the Batoche National Historic Site. This comes after a memorandum of understanding was signed between Parks Canada and ...
Dec 10, 2023 A snow-covered bison at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. (City of Saskatoon/Twitter)
Jays are blue: Dodgers sign Ohtani to $700M contract
The Toronto Blue Jays lost out on one of baseball's superstars Saturday, when Shohei Ohtani signed the sport's biggest contract ever with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers announced they had signed...
Dec 09, 2023
Alberta man charged after two Sask. RCMP vehicles rammed
An Alberta man is facing charges after an incident Thursday in Arborfield that included the alleged ramming of two RCMP vehicles. According to the Mounties, officers from the Carrot River detachment r...
Dec 09, 2023 The suspect allegedly rammed two RCMP vehicles and a parked truck as he tried to get away. (650 CKOM file photo)
Study says Saskatchewan’s methane emissions underestimated
Just days after Saskatchewan’s government criticized the federal government’s proposed methane rules for the oil and gas industry, new research is criticizing emissions from Saskatchewan&#...
Dec 08, 2023
‘Quite devastating:’ Fire destroys iconic Yorkton landmark
A piece of Yorkton’s history was lost in a fire Thursday night. One of the two barns on the Yorkton exhibition grounds is now a pile of charred wood and ash. The fire began around 9:30 p.m., and...
Dec 08, 2023
Dave Haye to serve as interim Saskatoon police chief
Saskatoon's Board of Police Commissioners named the city's new interim police chief on Friday. Acting deputy chief Dave Haye will take on the role of interim chief starting Jan. 1. According to a stat...
Dec 08, 2023 Acting deputy chief Dave Haye will serve as interim chief of the Saskatoon Police Service. (650 CKOM file photo)
Pedestrian dies after collision on Highway 12: RCMP
Mounties say a 31-year-old man from the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation is dead after he was struck by a vehicle while walking on Highway 12. The RCMP said officers from the Warman detachment were call...
Dec 08, 2023 Police say the crash remains under investigation. (650 CKOM file photo)
Man dead after single-vehicle rollover near Perdue: RCMP
A 31-year-old man from Biggar is dead after a rollover just east of Perdue. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the scene at around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. The driver and only occupant of the ...
Dec 08, 2023 Police say the driver was pronounced dead in hospital following the crash. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
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