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Morning fire spreads from garage to power lines
Saskatoon fire crews responded to several 911 calls about a garage fire on Saturday morning on the 300 block of Whitney Avenue South. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming out of the single car ga...
Oct 19, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews responded to a garage fire on Whitney Avenue South on Oct. 19, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Battlefords RCMP investigating the murder of a 27-year-old man
Battlefords RCMP are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man in Battleford early Friday morning as a murder. The forensic identification unit and the major crimes unit remain on scene and continu...
Oct 19, 2019 Yellow police tape surrounds a home in Battleford after a man was found with serious injuries. He later died in hospital. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
A busy night kicks off the weekend for Saskatoon police
Saskatoon police officers had a busy Friday night and Saturday morning responding to weapons-related calls. It started around 9:40 p.m. when a 13-year-old girl and her friends said someone on a balcon...
Oct 19, 2019
Crews respond to 2 suspicious fires in Nutana Park
Saskatoon firefighters responding to a shed fire at 41 Bell Crescent at 1:55 a.m. Saturday quickly realized they had more work ahead than expected. Just a few houses down, at 45 Bell Crescent, another...
Oct 19, 2019 Firefighters responded to two suspicious fires on Bell Crescent on Oct 19, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Pats drop another one-goal game to Hurricanes
The visiting Regina Pats outshot the Lethbridge Hurricanes by a healthy margin Friday, but the home team still posted a 2-1 WHL victory. The loss was the Pats’ 10th in a row and dropped them to ...
Oct 18, 2019
Province turns down Unifor’s offer to go to arbitration, end strike
The union representing striking employees at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations has proposed arbitration to end the impasse, but the province has turned it down. During a hastily arranged media confere...
Oct 18, 2019
Probation for some new Alberta bus, truck drivers after Broncos family pressure
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister says there will be a two-year probationary period for thousands of bus and truck drivers who passed their exams before new training rules took effect. Ric ...
Oct 18, 2019
Thunberg calls for climate action in Alberta but doesn’t talk oilsands
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stayed away from any direct criticism of Alberta's oilsands as she took her message to the provincial capital on Friday. The 16-year-old told thousan...
Oct 18, 2019
Man sentenced to 5 years in Saskatoon murder
Duran Laplante will spend the next five years in prison in the 2018 stabbing death of Elijah Kozak. Kozak was found hurt in a hallway of the Marquis Towers apartment building on 5th Avenue North on Au...
Oct 18, 2019 Duran Laplante, as seen in a photo provided by police in Aug. 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Fewer than 850 irregular border crossers deported, hundreds more in limbo
Multiple options for appeals, diplomatic difficulties and changing global conditions mean only a small fraction of the people who've crossed into Canada from the U.S. between border points to seek asy...
Oct 18, 2019
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