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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Trying to stay ahead of the phone scammers
Is there anything more annoying? You get a phone call from what looks like an important number. You answer it - and it's a scam. These so called "spoof" calls are happening more often. "I think everyo...
Dec 11, 2019
CP rail responsible for cost and cleanup of train derailment
More than 100 responders were on the ground dealing with Monday's train derailment near Guernsey. Dale Kristoff is an environmental protection officer and hazardous materials co-ordinator with the Sas...
Dec 11, 2019 Huge flames and thick black smoke pour into the sky after a CPR train derailed west of Guernsey on Dec. 9, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Rock 102's Stuff the Bus is back for 15th year
650 CKOM's sister station Rock 102 will be broadcasting live from the Co-op Food Store at Centre Mall on Thursday as they collect donations for the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. The 2019 ed...
Dec 11, 2019 Rock 102's Stuff the Bus campaign brings in thousands of pounds of donations for the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre every year. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Oink oink, cha-ching: $3 million found in barrels of pork
SHELBY, N.C. - Barrels of raw pork shoulder were riding fat in a tractor trailer pulled over by North Carolina deputies. Approximately $3 million in cash was recovered from the barrels Saturday, the C...
Dec 11, 2019
Trudeau’s minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's Liberals survived Tuesday their first test of confidence in the House of Commons but got a pointed reminder of how opposition parties can still make life complicated for a mi...
Dec 11, 2019
Extreme cold hits parts of Sask.
The cold, arctic air continues blanketing Saskatchewan, prompting Environment Canada to issue extreme cold warnings for certain areas of the province. As of 4:30 on Wednesday morning, the weather agen...
Dec 11, 2019
Tigers dominate Blades Tuesday
The Medicine Hat Tigers rolled over the Saskatoon Blades 11-3 at the SaskTel Centre on Tuesday night Western Hockey League action. Former Blade Cyle McNabb and Lukas Svejkovski helped the Tigers to a ...
Dec 11, 2019 Saskatoon Blades forward Eric Florchuk keeps his eye on the play during WHL action at home against the Medicine Hat Tigers on Dec. 10, 2019. (Saskatoon Blades Twitter page)
Regina police investigating north-end Walmart fire
The Regina Police Service is asking for the public’s help as it investigates a fire that broke out in the city’s north Walmart on Rochdale Boulevard. A media release from the police servic...
Dec 11, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time ‘person of the year’
NEW YORK - Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday. Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large c...
Dec 11, 2019
Missing woman found freezing on U of S campus
A missing woman in Saskatoon is a safe after being exposed to the elements. Police located 20-year-old Sadie Keillor Tuesday afternoon on a bench on the U of S campus. They said she was "very cold" fr...
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