Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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STARS, Viterra continue partnership on 2024 calendar campaign
The calendar campaign for STARS is one of the organization's biggest and longest-running fundraisers. The campaign has been running since 1994, and has raised millions for the life-saving service. The...
Sep 12, 2023 (650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan man, 83, dead after crash with semi on Highway 5
An 83-year-old man from Margo is dead after his car collided with a semi on Highway 5 near Kuroki on Friday. According to the RCMP, officers from the Wadena detachment responded to the crash, and the ...
Sep 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Episode 5 of The Shell Lake Massacre: The Confession
On Jan. 11, 1968, the prosecution and defence of Victor Hoffman delivered closing arguments to a jury in a Battleford courtroom. There was no doubt that Victor Hoffman had committed a horrific crime -...
Sep 11, 2023 “We may never know the real truth of what happened within the walls of that small white farmhouse near Shell Lake that morning, but the details of the horror that Victor Ernest Hoffman left in his wake will never be forgotten,” says podcast host Brittany Caffet.
Saskatoon firefighters, police pay tribute to victims on 9/11 anniversary
The Saskatoon Fire Department is paying tribute to the hundreds of first responders killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On the 22nd anniversary of the tragedy, members of Saskatoon's fire department...
Sep 11, 2023 Saskatoon firefighters are paying tribute to the hundreds of first responders killed on 9/11. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Twitter)
Restrictions in place on Highway 7 after serious collision: RCMP
Traffic is restricted on Highway 7 just south of Tessier due to a serious collision. According to the RCMP, officers from the Rosetown detachment were at the scene of the crash early Monday afternoon....
Sep 11, 2023 The RCMP said traffic was restricted on Highway 7 just south of Tessier due to a serious collision on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
Police nab armed man allegedly peeking into Saskatoon windows
A 25-year-old man was allegedly caught peeking into windows on Saskatoon's west side while carrying gun parts and ammunition on Friday morning. According to police, a resident phoned in a report of a ...
Sep 11, 2023 Saskatoon police said a man carrying rifle parts and ammunition was caught peeking into windows on Friday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Ex-Saskatoon resident shares scary experience from Morocco earthquake
A devastating earthquake hit the north-African country of Morocco on Friday, leaving nearly 2,500 people dead. The 6.8-magnitude quake happened in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, southwest of Marra...
Sep 11, 2023 A man runs as he arrives to recover items from his home which was damaged by the earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, near Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Saskatchewan Polytechnic adding training seats for medical technologists
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is expanding the number of training seats available for medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) and medical radiologic technologists (MRTs) in the province. In a media release...
Sep 11, 2023 The provincial government is funding the expansion of medical technologist training seats at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Saskatoon. (infoaboutcompanies.ca)
Collision between a vehicle and a train disrupts traffic in Saskatoon
Traffic was held up for about an hour in Saskatoon after a vehicle and a train crashed. Saskatoon Police Service and emergency crews headed to the scene of 11th Street West and Avenue W South near mid...
Sep 10, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht.650 CKOM)
Hilltops roll to big win over Thunder
In a battle of Saskatchewan rivals, the Saskatoon Hilltops ended the Regina Thunder’s regular season winning streak. The Hilltops went into Mosaic Stadium on Saturday and defeated the Thunder 36...
Sep 10, 2023
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