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Former Blades captain and policeman Bruce Gordon has died
A week after being honoured by his former hockey team, Bruce Gordon has died. The 54-year-old was battling terminal stage four pancreatic cancer. "We are extremely saddened to learn we have lost a mem...
Sep 29, 2017 Former Saskatoon Blades captain Bruce Gordon (right) was honoured at the Blades home opener on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
Former Playmate Shannon Tweed recalls years with Hugh Hefner
A former Playmate with Saskatoon ties is remembering Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. Hefner died in his mansion on Wednesday at the age of 91. Shannon Tweed, who spent part of her childhood in Saskatoon,...
Sep 29, 2017 Shannon Tweed is shown with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and her husband Gene Simmons in an undated photo posted to social media on Sept. 27, 2017. (Shannon Tweed/Instagram)
Boy, 14, charged with bringing gun to Saskatoon school
Saskatoon police have laid charges against a 14-year-old boy after he allegedly brought a gun to school. Police said officers were called around 10:20 a.m. Friday about a youth in possession of a fire...
Sep 29, 2017 Saskatoon police officers respond to a report of a male youth with a firearm at E.D. Feehan Catholic High School on Sept. 29, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
Sask. minimum wage set to rise Oct. 1
Minimum wage earners will see a boost in pay starting Sunday. Saskatchewan's minimum wage is increasing from $10.72 to $10.92 per hour effective Oct. 1. "An increase in the minimum wage, combined with...
Sep 29, 2017 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Police looking for suspect in Watson robbery
RCMP in Humboldt and Lanigan are looking for the person who robbed a business in Watson, Saskatchewan Thursday morning. Just after midnight, police say the suspect sprayed bear mace at an employee and...
Sep 28, 2017 Surveillance footage of the suspect in a robbery of a business in Watson, Saskatchewan on Thursday, Sept. 28. (Lanigan RCMP)
Police looking for suspects behind tire slashings
Saskatoon police are asking for help to find the person or people behind a rash of tire slashings early Thursday morning. Police said officers received a call around 3:45 a.m. for a report of a truck ...
Sep 28, 2017
Saskatoon police say 3 stabbings on Avenue V ‘not random’
Saskatoon police are investigating after three men arrived at St. Paul's Hospital with stab wounds Thursday. Police said officers responded to the hospital around 7:15 a.m. The wounds have since been ...
Sep 28, 2017
‘Hefner will be missed by us both:’ Shannon Tweed
The world is still absorbing the news that Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner died Wednesday night at the age of 91. Former playmate Shannon Tweed, who spent part of her childhood in Saskatoon, posted two...
Sep 28, 2017 Shannon Tweed is shown with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and her husband Gene Simmons in an undated photo posted to social media on Sept. 27, 2017. (Shannon Tweed/Instagram)
Saskatoon police detail events around downtown shooting
Police say a 34-year-old man shot what's believed to have been an improvised firearm at officers during a tense scene Wednesday afternoon in the middle of downtown Saskatoon. Acting Chief Mark Chatter...
Sep 28, 2017 Michael Andrew Arcand, 34, allegedly fired a makeshift shotgun at officers before he was shot by police and arrested in downtown Saskatoon on Sept. 27, 2017. (Submitted photo)
Wheelchair basketball team season saved in wake of theft
A Saskatoon wheelchair sports league is set to return to action after a near-devastating theft. The 2017 season was in doubt for the NRG Wheelchair Basketball Club after a trailer containing 34 specia...
Sep 28, 2017 Saskatoon's NRG wheelchair basketball team had a trailer containing 34 specialized wheelchairs stolen over the weekend of July 28-30, 2017. (NRG Wheelchair Basketball Team/GoFundMe)
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