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Traffic stop ends with weapons found, dozens of charges laid
Two men and a 15-year-old girl face a total of 30 charges after a traffic stop Sunday on Avenue N South. Police stopped a suspicious vehicle around 2:30 a.m. and found the 29 and 34-year-old men and t...
Dec 17, 2018
Province to issue formal Sixties Scoop apology in new year
The Saskatchewan government will make good on its promise to apologize to survivors of the Sixties Scoop. An invitation sent to the 650 CKOM newsroom by the Saskatoon Indian and Mtis Friendship Centre...
Dec 17, 2018
Police use Taser to prevent potential knife attack
Saskatoon police said an officer used a Taser to prevent a possible knife attack on Friday. Two officers were walking on patrol at the intersection of 21st Street and 1st Avenue when they noticed one ...
Dec 17, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Premier plans more talks with Nutrien on head office jobs
Premier Scott Moe says he had a "positive " meeting with Nutrien Friday, but left without a commitment from the company on returning executive jobs to the province where its head office is located. It...
Dec 17, 2018 Nutrien Ltd. announced the home of its new office will be in downtown Saskatoon on June 14, 2018. (Nutrien)
Ride-sharing, waste decisions looming at City Council
Saskatoon City Council is convening Monday for its final meeting of 2018 with some major items on the agenda. Less than two weeks after the provincial government greenlit ride-sharing regulations, cou...
Dec 17, 2018
Police use help of volunteer workforce in weekend check stop
Saskatoon police spent Saturday night running check stops, looking for people that shouldn't be behind the wheel. Officers had some extra help from Linda Van de Vorst to inform motorists to always dri...
Dec 16, 2018 (Saskatoon Police Service/Twitter)
Business group pushes feds to reconsider new taxes
As people work to get their holiday shopping complete small business owners are dreading the new year. That's according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) which is calling on pr...
Dec 16, 2018
'Reasonable Doubt' play includes scenes from Stanley trial
A play commissioned by Saskatoon's Persephone Theatre features scenes from the controversial trial of Gerald Stanley. The Saskatchewan farmer was charged with murder in connection with the 2016 shooti...
Dec 15, 2018 Gerald Stanley (left) was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2016 death of Colten Boushie (right).
Fire tears through vacant Avenue W south home
A fire early Saturday morning gutted a home on Avenue W South near 22nd Street. Fire crews received a 911 call from someone that saw smoke while passing the area around 4:40 a.m. Firefighters found he...
Dec 15, 2018 Fire crews tackled a blaze in a vacant Avenue W South home on Dec. 15, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Stuff the Bus returns to help Saskatoon food bank
People rose to the occasion Thursday to fill not one, not two, but three Saskatoon city buses with food in Rock 102's annual Stuff the Bus food drive at the Centre Mall Co-op. The campaign kicked off ...
Dec 14, 2018 Rock 102's annual Stuff the Bus filled three city busses with donations for the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre on Dec. 13, 2018. (Rock 102/Twitter)
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