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Rock 102's Coats for Kids celebrates another successful year
Hundreds of kids in Saskatoon will be warm this winter thanks to donations to the annual Rock 102 Coats for Kids campaign. This year 509 gently used coats and other winter gear was donated. On Wednesd...
Nov 14, 2018 Rock 102's Coats for Kids campaign set up at King George Community School Nov. 14, 2018 to give winter gear to kids in need. (Jonathan Jazzno/Rock 102)
Stolen Indigenous jingle dresses, regalia found in Saskatoon
Thanks to a combined effort from a pawn shop tipster and social media users, the Saskatoon Police pawn detail has recovered seven stolen Indigenous jingle dresses. On Oct. 30, the dresses, beaded mocc...
Nov 14, 2018 Five people are charged after jingle dresses, including these three, were stolen out of a vehicle in Saskatoon on Oct. 30, 2018 (Saskatoon Crime Stoppers/Facebook)
Saskatoon police lay murder charge in July death of pregnant woman
Saskatoon police have charged 39-year-old Jonathan Alexander Rosenthal with second-degree murder and indignity to a human body in the death of Crystal McFadyen. The 37-year-old woman, who was also kno...
Nov 14, 2018 Crystal Louise McFadyen, 37, was eight months pregnant when she was found dead in an Avenue F home after a fire on July 6, 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service)
City council approves pay raise to offset tax exemption.
The salaries for Saskatoon's mayor and city councillors are set to increase next year, but their take-home pay won't be going up. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the pay increase during Tue...
Nov 14, 2018 Saskatoon City Council. (650 CKOM )
Blades stifle Tigers ferocious power play in 4-2 win
A stout performance from both the penalty kill, and goaltender Nolan Maier acted as the catalyst for the Saskatoon Blades in its 4-2 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers Tuesday at Sasktel Centre. With Sa...
Nov 14, 2018 Saskatoon Blades beat the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-2 Tuesday at Sasktel Centre. (Saskatoon Blades Twitter)
Councillors support planning for downtown arena and convention centre
City councillors have put the wheels in motion to begin planning for a new downtown arena and convention centre in Saskatoon. During Tuesday's governance and priorities committee meeting, councillors ...
Nov 14, 2018
Fire crews pull passengers from rolled SUV on Warman Road
Saskatoon firefighters pulled two people out of an SUV that rolled over Tuesday afternoon on Warman Road at the Circle Drive overpass. Two fire engines and the battalion chief responded to multiple 91...
Nov 13, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters responded to a rollover at Warman Road at the Circle Drive overpass on Nov. 13, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Fertile Valley man dies in RCMP custody
The Weyburn Police Service is investigating the death of a 60-year-old man in the custody of Outlook RCMP. He was arrested without incident by RCMP in connection to an impaired driving investigation. ...
Nov 13, 2018
Cab company responds to video of driver
A Saskatoon taxi company is defending one if its drivers after a video made it to social media showing a snow brush-wielding cabbie apparently chasing after a passenger. The video was posted ar...
Nov 13, 2018 A screengrab of a video posted to Facebook on Nov. 12, 2018 apparently showing a Comfort Cab driver in a confrontation with a passenger. (Dakota Tirks/Facebook)
Warmer temperatures to start the week in Sask.
Saskatchewan is getting a bit of a break from the cold to start the week. "We've been somewhat below normal for a good period of time. But there's definitely some warmer air coming in from Alberta, th...
Nov 13, 2018
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