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King George house fire causes $40K in damage
A fire in Saskatoon's King George neighbourhood early Sunday morning has left a home with around $40,000 in damage. The Saskatoon Fire Department said crews were called to a house at 824 Avenue M Sout...
Nov 04, 2018 A fire at 824 Avenue M South in Saskatoon left a home with $40,000 in damage on Nov. 4, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Hydraulic spreaders used in Broadway collision
Saskatoon fire crews had to use hydraulic spreaders and cutters to remove a driver trapped inside a crushed car following a collision Friday night. One fire truck and one rescue unit were dispatched j...
Nov 03, 2018
Former teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges
A former Saskatoon high school teacher entered guilty pleas Friday to child pornography-related charges. Rhett Lundgren pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench to one count each of possessi...
Nov 02, 2018
3 people arrested after morning crash in Saskatoon
Saskatoon police have three people in custody after a crash Thursday morning Police reported that patrol officers spotted a stolen vehicle around 8:30 a.m. The officers followed the vehicle without ac...
Nov 01, 2018 A vehicle seen flipped on its side near 33rd Street and Avenue W on Nov. 1, 2018. (A.L.K/Twitter)
Saskatoon Co-op workers go on strike
Workers at Saskatoon Co-op locations walked off the job Thursday morning. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400, which represents the affected employees, issued strike notice earlier th...
Nov 01, 2018 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside the Stonebridge gas bar location on Nov. 1, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
SGI focus targets suspended drivers, unregistered
A new month means a new focus for SGI and police in Saskatchewan. During November police will target suspended drivers and unregistered vehicles on the roads. Officers will be able to scan each vehicl...
Nov 01, 2018 The SGI focus for Nov. 2018 is suspended drivers and unregistered vehicles on Saskatchewan roads. (SGI)
Sask. has Canada's highest rate of teen smoking: report
Saskatchewan teens are lighting up at nearly three times the average rate of their peers across the country. New data from Health Canada shows 22 per cent of Saskatchewan teenagers aged 15 to 19 smoke...
Nov 01, 2018 As of 2017, about 16 per cent of all Canadians aged 12 and older smoked either daily or occasionally, according to Statistics Canada. (Tomasz Sienicki/Wikimedia Commons)
Police investigate synagogue damage as attempted break-in
Police are treating damage to a Saskatoon synagogue as an attempted break-in - not vandalism. Members of the Congregation Agudas Isreal synagogue found the building's doorbell ripped off Tuesday morni...
Oct 31, 2018 Damage to the doorbell at the Congregation Agudas Israel synagogue seen on Oct. 30, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Lawyer questions StatsCan collection of financial data
A Winnipeg-based expert in privacy law is raising concerns about a Statistics Canada program to collect financial details on some 500,000 Canadians. The Statistics Canada initiative has seen the agenc...
Oct 31, 2018
Justin Timberlake postpones Edmonton concerts
Singer Justin Timberlake has postponed his concerts scheduled for Nov. 4 and Nov. 5 in Edmonton. A media release from Live Nation, the concert promoter, said Timberlake is dealing with bruised vocal c...
Oct 30, 2018 (Live Nation)
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