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Children's Advocate to investigate Dundonald School death
Saskatoon Public Schools has asked the province's children and youth advocate to investigate what led to the death of five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi at cole Dundonald School. Director of Education Bar...
Sep 13, 2017 Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, 5, drowned in a retention pond near École Dundonald School on Sept. 11, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Wanuskewin Heritage Park gets $2.5M from feds for expansion
The federal government is providing Wanuskewin Heritage Park with significant funding for a new education facility and Indigenous art gallery. Canadian Heritage parliamentary secretary Sean Casey anno...
Sep 13, 2017 Wanuskewin Heritage Park has put in a bid to become a UNESCO world heritage site, which also includes plans to re-introduce bison to the park. (Tourism Saskatoon/CONCEPTS Photography & Design)
Stolen truck suspects linked to rash of Sask. thefts
Two people accused of stealing a truck and trailer out of Nipawin have now been linked by police to a rash of break-ins and thefts in Saskatchewan. Around 5: 15 a.m. Tuesday, Tisdale RCMP responded to...
Sep 13, 2017
Feds announce $3M for Children's Discovery Museum
The federal government is chipping in money for Saskatoon's new Children's Discovery Museum (CDM). Sean Casey, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian heritage minister, was on hand for the ann...
Sep 12, 2017 Kids and Children's Discovery Museum (CDM) staff play ahead of a $3 million funding announcement from the Department of Canadian Heritage in Saskatoon on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kristy Werner/650 CKOM)
Police use tasers on rake-wielding suspect
A 30-year-old man is facing several charges after a series of incidents in downtown Saskatoon Monday evening. Police were called to the 200 block of 3rd Avenue South around 10 p.m. after the man repor...
Sep 12, 2017
3 people seriously injured after morning home invasion
Saskatoon police are looking for several suspects after a home invasion in Confederation Park early Tuesday left three people seriously injured. Police said they received an emergency call from a woma...
Sep 12, 2017
Saskatoon Blades name Fiala as new captain
The Saskatoon Blades are turning to a local boy to captain the team this upcoming season. The team named 20-year-old defencemen Evan Fiala captain during a news conference at Merlin Ford on Tuesday. T...
Sep 12, 2017 Newly named Blades captain Evan Fiala shows off the team's new third jersey on Sept. 12, 2017.
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Mom calls out online hate for teacher in wake of death
A Saskatoon mom is defending her kids' teacher in the wake of a tragedy at cole Dundonald School. Adrienne Stone's twins, a boy and a girl, are in the same kindergarten class as a little boy who died ...
Sep 12, 2017 Staff and parents consoling each other out front of École Dundonald School on Sept. 12, 2017, one day after a 5-year-old student died after being found unresponsive in a nearby pond. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Mark Hagemoen named new bishop for Saskatoon
Pope Francis has named Mark Hagemoen the new Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. Hagemoen becomes the eighth bishop in the city's history, replacing Donald Bolen who left the post last ...
Sep 12, 2017 Rev. Mark Hagemoen was named the eighth bishop in Saskatoon’s history on Sept. 12, 2017. (Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon/Submitted)
Teen stabbed inside St. Paul's Hospital
A 17-year-old boy is recovering after being stabbed inside St. Paul's Hospital Monday morning. Saskatoon police were called to the hospital on 20th Street West at 10:25 a.m. after a man was reportedly...
Sep 11, 2017 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
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