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City officials warn about new phone scam
The city of Saskatoon is asking residents to be extra vigilant after a City Hall phone number was used in a scam. The city issued a warning Thursday after a resident reported they were contacted by so...
Nov 10, 2018
Remembrance Day ceremonies to honour veterans in Saskatoon
Saskatoon will mark Remembrance Day this Sunday with a number of services around the city. The largest will be held at SaskTel Centre, which hosts the biggest indoor Remembrance Day service in Canada ...
Nov 09, 2018 Remembrance Day Service at the SaskTel Centre 2017. (Celine Grimard/CKOM)
Effects of First World War felt 100 years later
Dr. Eric McGeer was so moved by visits to battlefields from the First and Second World Wars that he shifted his professional focus from Latin and history to Canada's military past. He has since publis...
Nov 09, 2018 The Canada Bereft (Mother Canada) statue overlooks the Douai Plain at the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial in France. (ValourCanada.com)
Alleged kidnapper shot in the leg, faces charges
A man accused of kidnapping someone, at gun point, not only faces a long list of serious charges, he is also being treated for a serious gun shot wound to the leg. Around 4:00 a.m. Thursday, the suspe...
Nov 08, 2018
Firefighters respond to carbon monoxide call at care home
Saskatoon firefighters are reminding homeowners to test their carbon monoxide detectors after being called out to a care home Thursday morning. A crew arrived at Retiro's Personal Care Home shortly be...
Nov 08, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Northwoods Inn owner found guilty of sexual assault
The owner and manager of the Northwoods Inn and Suites has been found guilty on one count of sexually assaulting a former tenant. John Pontes, 75, was facing two counts of sexually assaulting and exto...
Nov 08, 2018 The Northwoods Inn and Suites on Idylwyld Drive North on Nov. 28, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
Inmate dies in Saskatoon jail
A man has died while on remand at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. The province's Ministry of Corrections and Policing issued a release Thursday saying the inmate was found unresponsive in his bunk ...
Nov 08, 2018 The Saskatoon Correctional Centre at 910 60 St E. (Google)
RCMP seeks missing 31-year-old man
The RCMP is asking for help to locate Dustin Eli Medvid, 31. He was last seen by his family on Sept. 11 at a home on Peaker Avenue in Yorkton. According to police, he was spotted on Oct. 3 on 8th Stre...
Nov 07, 2018 Dustin Eli Medvid, 31, as seen in a photo provided by RCMP on Nov. 7, 2018. (Yorkton RCMP)
'Cover his body': Buck shot stirs controversy over hunting
A photo of a deer strung up on the back of a truck as it drives on a Saskatoon freeway is being called "unfortunate" by the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF). The photo was shared Tuesday with 65...
Nov 07, 2018 A deer carcass hangs at the back of a pickup truck in an undated photo shared with Rock 102. (Rock 102/Facebook)
15-year-old boy charged in Saskatoon armed robberies
Saskatoon police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection to two armed robberies at the same King George neighbourhood convenience store. On Nov. 3, and again on Monday, a person described as mal...
Nov 07, 2018 (650 CKOM)
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