Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Police search for suspects after clerk beaten in robbery
Saskatoon police are looking for a pair of suspects in a violent early morning morning. Police reported they were called around 4:45 a.m. to a convenience store on the 3300 block of 8th Street East, n...
Oct 12, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. NDP convention kicks off in Saskatoon
Members of Saskatchewan's NDP are gathering in Saskatoon with an eye to preparing for the next provincial election. New Democrats will be meeting at TCU Place Friday through Sunday, with an agenda mea...
Oct 12, 2018 Sask. NDP leader Ryan Meili speaks to reporters at the Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon on March 9, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Chlorine gas exposure at hotel sends 5 to hospital
Several people were taken to the hospital Thursday after being accidentally exposed to chlorine gas at a hotel in Stonebridge neighbourhood of Saskatoon. It happened at the Home Inn and Suites on Will...
Oct 12, 2018 Members of the Saskatoon Fire Department and Hazmat Unit were dispatched to deal with an accidental chlorine gas exposure at the Home Inn & Suites in Saskatoon Oct. 11, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
House fire causes morning lane closures on 8th Street East
An early morning house fire caused traffic tie-ups Friday morning on 8th Street East. The Saskatoon Fire Department sent three fire engines, a ladder truck and a rescue truck to 528 8th St. E. around ...
Oct 12, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters working on a blaze at 528 8th St. E. on Oct. 12 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Crews battle fire at Unity grain terminal
RCMP is asking the public to give crews space to battle a fire at the North West Terminal in Unity. The Unity fire department was called to the grain facility around 7:15 a.m. Thursday, where RCMP sai...
Oct 11, 2018 A fire at the North West Terminal in Unity on October 11th, 2018
(Unity fire department/Facebook)
Edmonton woman reported missing in Saskatoon found
Saskatoon police say an Edmonton woman who was reported missing has been found safe. Eiryn Straightnose, 20, was in Saskatoon visiting relatives when she went missing from the Pacific Heights area of ...
Oct 11, 2018 Eiryn Straightnose, 20, was last seen Oct. 2 in the Pacific Heights area of Saskatoon. (Saskatoon police)
Man in hospital after stabbing
Saskatoon police are investigating after a man was stabbed Wednesday night. Officers were called just before 7:30 p.m. to a home on the 100 block of Avenue N South. They arrived to find a 33-year-old ...
Oct 11, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
$38M cattle research centre opens near Saskatoon
A new livestock research centre that opened Tuesday near Saskatoon is the biggest of its kind in Canada. The University of Saskatchewan's Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) is meant to s...
Oct 10, 2018
Superstore opens its first Saskatchewan liquor outlet
With a two-year moratorium on selling liquor permits now over in Saskatchewan, it looks like one of the country's biggest chains has already taken advantage of the new rules. The Real Canadian Superst...
Oct 09, 2018
Committee to debate lower residential speed limit
A Tuesday meeting of Saskatoon city council's transportation committee will be taking up the controversial issue of lowering speed limits. The committee meets Tuesday afternoon at city hall to discuss...
Oct 09, 2018
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