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Extreme cold warnings continue to blanket Sask.
Extreme cold warnings continue to blanket Saskatchewan Saturday, with the exception of the southwest corner. Environment Canada expects the warnings to taper off by Monday, though the temperatures wil...
Feb 09, 2019
Swift Current to host Hockey Day in Canada
It's shaping up to be a very special day in Swift Current. Hockey Day in Canada gets underway on Saturday. Legends like Darcy Tucker, Wendel Clark, Bryan Trottier, Lanny McDonald, Ron MacLean and Don ...
Feb 08, 2019 (File Photo/Chris Carr)
Saskatoon-born player owns up to causing N.S. hockey brawl
A Saskatoon-born player's comments may have started a massive hockey brawl in Nova Scotia last week. The bench-clearing melee between the St. Francis Xavier X-Men and Acadia Axemen on Saturday saw pla...
Feb 08, 2019 Rodney Southam, a former Saskatoon Contact, now plays for the Acadia Axemen in Nova Scotia. (Acadia Athletics)
Memorial service to mark 1 year since Broncos bus tragedy
One year after a bus tragedy devastated their team, the Humboldt Broncos will remember their fallen brothers and sister with a memorial service in their home arena. The City of Humboldt said in a Face...
Feb 08, 2019 Memorial for Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy, April 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Leader hospital evacuated after flooding, power loss
Anyone seeking emergency healthcare in the Leader, Sask. area will have to drive a longer distance for the foreseeable future. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced on Twitter Thursday eve...
Feb 08, 2019
RCMP responding to incident on Lac La Ronge First Nation
RCMP officers are responding to an incident on the Lac La Ronge First Nation. An RCMP media release issued Friday morning said officers had set up a perimeter in the area of Mikisiw Drive in the north...
Feb 08, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Another day of bitter cold for Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's cold snap continued Friday morning with Environment Canada issuing extreme cold warnings covering the entire province. With wind chills dipping well below -40 C in most areas, the weath...
Feb 08, 2019 (650 CKOM)
Saskatoon-area school buses cancelled due to cold
Extreme cold warnings remained in effect Friday morning across the entire province. With Environment Canada reporting wind chills of -45 C in Saskatoon and -45 C in Prince Albert at 6 a.m., the Prairi...
Feb 08, 2019
Verdict given for 2017 downtown Saskatoon shooting
A 35-year-old man has been found guilty of numerous gun-related charges, but not found guilty of attempted murder, after firing a homemade gun at a police officer as part of a downtown Saskatoon shoot...
Feb 07, 2019 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)
Sask. SPCA issues call for donations amid cold snap
The Saskatchewan SPCA is asking for help getting winter supplies and pet food to help people in need care for their animals. With extreme cold gripping the province this week, SPCA community relations...
Feb 07, 2019
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