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RCMP release composite sketch of hockey tournament flasher
Maidstone RCMP have released a sketch of a suspect who exposed himself to young children at a hockey tournament. On Jan. 12 RCMP received reports of a man exposing himself in front of children near th...
Jan 23, 2019 RCMP provided this sketch of a suspect that exposed themselves to children at a hockey tournament in Hillmond, Sask. on Jan. 12, 2019. (Maidstone RCMP)
Suspect charged with pair of bank robberies
A 19-year-old man arrested Monday while running from the scene of a bank robbery has now been charged. Police didn't release his name, but reported Wednesday they'd charged the man with robbery in con...
Jan 23, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Derailment clean-up restricts traffic north of Saskatoon
Clean-up efforts continued Wednesday morning following a train derailment just north of Saskatoon. A 52-car long CN Rail train carrying grain derailed around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, with some 30 rail cars ...
Jan 23, 2019 A CN tain derailed near the intersection of Highway 11 and Wanuskewin Road on Jan. 22, 2019. (SPS Air Support Unit/Twitter)
Mounties charge man in door to door assaults
Tisdale RCMP have charged a man in connection to door to door assaults in Kinistin Saulteaux First Nation. On Jan. 16 the detachment received complaints of an intoxicated man going from home to home a...
Jan 22, 2019
Train derails north of Saskatoon
A CN train derailed Tuesday morning at a rail crossing at Highway 11 and Wanuskewin Road, sending rail cars careening into each other and causing commuter headaches all day. The Saskatoon Fire Departm...
Jan 22, 2019 A CN train derailed at a rail crossing at Highway 11 and Wanuskewin Road on Jan. 22, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Prairieland Park celebrates successful Crop Production Show
Prairieland Park has crunched the numbers following the Crop Production Show. The 36th annual trade show drew in 19,950 people between Jan. 14 and Jan. 17. This year's show featured 345 companies, rep...
Jan 22, 2019 The annual Crop Production Week in Saskatoon attracted farmers from across the prairies to Prairieland Park on Jan. 10, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Brass knuckles and gun brought to bar parking lot assault
A one-sided bar parking lot fight has Saskatoon police looking for several suspects. Police were called to a parking lot on the 3300 block of Fairlight Drive around 12:20 a.m. Monday, where a 28-year-...
Jan 21, 2019
Kensington Scotiabank robbed, 19-year-old charged
A 19-year-old man faces charges following a robbery at the Scotiabank on Kensington Boulevard. Officers responded to the bank on the 100 block around 3:20 p.m. on Monday. The suspect had run from the ...
Jan 21, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Lace up for Cameco's inaugural mental health fundraising run
Cameco and Brainsport have partnered for a new race along the South Saskatchewan River. On Monday TSN broadcaster Michael Lansberg was on hand to help announce the first Step Up for Mental Health even...
Jan 21, 2019 Michael Landsberg speaks at the Cameco headquarters in Saskatoon on Jan 21, 2019. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Disgraced teacher sentenced to three years in prison
A former Saskatoon teacher who pleaded guilty to sexual offences involving children has been sentenced to three years in prison. Rhett Lundgren , who pleaded guilty in November 2018 to charges includi...
Jan 21, 2019
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