Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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Garden Talk: Protect your trees from pests over winter
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Here is a selection of questions and answers from th...
Oct 27, 2024 Mice will travel along the ground and then work up the snow to a tree, but there are things you can do to prevent damage. (Olavi Anttila/ pexels.com)
STARS Lottery scam now circulating in Saskatoon
The STARS Lottery scam is circulating in Saskatoon. Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release on Saturday the phone scam involves a caller telling someone they had won a new vehicle. The caller ...
Oct 26, 2024 Scammers are pretending to be associated with STARS Air Ambulance's lottery. (STARS/Twitter)
Flair suspends final Saskatchewan service
Flair Airlines has confirmed that it will be suspending all flights out of Saskatchewan, ending its thrice-weekly service from Saskatoon to Toronto next month. A release from the Edmonton-based airlin...
Oct 26, 2024 The first Flair Airlines plane to land in Saskatoon sits at its gate shortly after arriving on Aug. 27, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Large house fire in Saskatoon's Caswell Hill under investigation
A blaze at a three-story house in the Caswell Hill neighbourhood in Saskatoon on Friday night is under investigation. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release the department received a n...
Oct 26, 2024 Saskatoon Fire Department fights a fire at 408 24th Street West on Oct. 25, 2024. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted).
Manhunt still on after two charged following Sask. armed carjacking
Saskatchewan RCMP are still hunting for two people after Thursday's carjacking that sent a man to hospital with gunshot wounds. A dangerous persons alert was issued on Thursday morning after the drive...
Oct 25, 2024 The RCMP said the suspects were driving in this 2020 white Dodge Ram 1500, but a later update said the suspects were believed to be on foot in the Thunder Rapids area. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Regina Fire works with encampments on winter warming fire safety
There are many warming shelters in Saskatchewan that people can go to when the weather takes a turn for the worst. The problem is that many of them only have a limited capacity. When those shelters fi...
Oct 25, 2024
Cocaine, meth and firearms seized by North Battlefords RCMP
Search warrants were executed by Saskatchewan RCMP's North Battleford Crime Reduction Team - Gang Task Force at just past 9 p.m. on Oct. 22 in North Battleford. The residences were located on 109 Stre...
Oct 25, 2024 Search warrants were executed by Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Crime Reduction Team — Gang Task Force at just past 9 p.m. on Oct. 22 in North Battleford. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Riders' Malik Carney back in the lineup for regular-season finale
Malik Carney is ready to get after opposing quarterbacks. The defensive end has missed the past four games due to an ankle injury he suffered in the Labour Day Classic rematch in Winnipeg on Sept. 7. ...
Oct 25, 2024
Sask. pharmacies seeing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines
Supply isn't meeting demand for many pharmacies in the province when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. Many pharmacies are running out of vaccines before they get their next shipment, according to Michae...
Oct 25, 2024
Man charged with arson after series of fires in Mayfair, Caswell
A 31-year-old man is charged with arson causing damage to property after a series of fires broke out in Saskatoon's Mayfair and Caswell neighbourhoods on Thursday morning. According to the Saskatoon F...
Oct 25, 2024 The Saskatoon Fire Department said the fires were reported between 9:21 and 10:37 a.m. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
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