Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Saskatoon figure skater injured in fiery crash near Cereal, Alberta
A local figure skater is among those injured in the fiery crash near Cereal, Alberta August 20th. In a facebook post, Skate Canada - Saskatchewan said, "Saskatchewan skater Alanna Liu was involved in ...
Aug 27, 2019 Alanna Liu, of Saskatchewan, skates in the pre-novice women free program at the Canada Winter Games in B.C. on Feb. 25, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
West Wind Aviation supports calls for Fond du Lac airport improvements
West Wind Aviation has announced it supports calls for provincial funding for improvements at the Fond du Lac airport. The Chief of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation, Louie Mercredi, said the ai...
Aug 26, 2019 Louie Mercredi, chief of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
Shotgun found after crash investigation
Early Monday morning police were called to a collision involving two vehicles and a cyclist. It happened at 3 a.m. at Campus Drive and College Drive. Two University of Saskatchewan Protective Services...
Aug 26, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Early morning vehicle fire damages garage
Fire crews were called to a fire in the alley behind the 1400 block of Avenue C North just before 2 a.m. Monday. When they got there, they found a van engulfed in flames. There was no one in the van, ...
Aug 26, 2019 Saskatoon Fire crews respond to a vehicle fire in an alley behind Ave. C North Aug. 26, 2019.
(Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services)
Teen charged after Saskatoon's 11th homicide of 2019
A 17-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Saskatoon's 11th homicide of 2019. Police were dispatched to the 3800 block of Fairlight Drive on Sunday at 5:10 a.m., a...
Aug 26, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Hilltops’ Sargeant reaches 200 wins in 34-16 victory over Regina Thunder
Saskatoon Hilltops head coach Tom Sargeant knotched his 200th career win as the team defeated the Regina Thunder 34-16 at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday. "I’m getting old," Sargeant said following the...
Aug 25, 2019
Father of suspected B.C. killer seeks access to video taken before son’s death
VANCOUVER - The father of a suspected killer of three people in northern British Columbia is trying to access a video his son took which details his last wishes before his death. A lawyer for Alan Sch...
Aug 25, 2019
Saskatoon police investigating 'suspicious' death at Saskatoon hotel
Saskatoon police are treating a death Sunday morning as suspicious in nature. They were called to a hotel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North at around 10:30 a.m. to find a deceased male. The pol...
Aug 25, 2019 Joseph Raymond Skillen, 50, was found deceased at a hotel on the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North Sunday morning (Saskatoon Police Service)
SGI: Use caution when passing farm machinery on the roads
As harvest begins in earnest in Saskatchewan, farm machinery is going to be more active on the province’s roads and highways. According to SGI, data from the past six years shows there have been...
Aug 25, 2019
Is federal carbon tax killing jobs? Experts say answer isn’t ‘black and white’
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate. The government reports that jo...
Aug 25, 2019
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