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Five-year-old boy injured in Lac La Ronge shooting
A five-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after being hit by a bullet in a shooting at a home on the Lac La Ronge First Nation. At around 9:15 p.m. Friday, La Ronge RCMP officers were called to a ...
Jan 14, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Crop Production Week kicks off in Saskatoon
The agriculture trade show season is getting started in Saskatoon with Crop Production Week. Prairieland Park agriculture manager Lori Cates said this year's edition of the long-running event will fea...
Jan 14, 2019 The annual Crop Production Week in Saskatoon attracted farmers from across the prairies to Prairieland Park on Jan. 10, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Winds to push out fog; polar vortex bringing cold temperatures
Many Saskatchewan drivers woke up Monday to vehicles encased in ice after freezing rain fell overnight in many parts of the province. By mid-morning fog descended on large areas across the southern ha...
Jan 14, 2019 (Regina Bypass/Twitter)
Police search for suspect in Mount Royal shooting
A shooting Saturday morning left a 41-year-old man with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Police responded to a residence on the 100 block of Avenue T South around 10:40 a.m. and found the ma...
Jan 12, 2019
2019 Saskatchewanderer ready to hit the road
The newest Saskatchewanderer is ready for a year of adventure, and he's bringing along his trusty dog for company. Zane Buchanan, who grew up near White City, said he's excited to be this year's Saska...
Jan 12, 2019 (Government of Saskatchewan)
Missing 34-year-old woman found dead in Maidstone area
Amanda Michayluk has been found dead in a farmers field just four kilometres from where she was last seen on Thursday. The 34-year-old and her father were collecting firewood in a rural area about fiv...
Jan 12, 2019 Amanda Michhayluk, 34, as seen in photos provided by RCMP on Jan. 11, 2019. (Maidstone RCMP)
Missing girl rescued near Wynyard
A team effort by Saskatchewan search and rescue, RCMP as well as local volunteers has re-united an 11-year-old girl with her mother. Police said searchers were called out Thursday at around 5:00 p.m.,...
Jan 11, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Big River RCMP lay charges in fatal hit-and-run
Police have laid charges in the death of a man on the Big River First Nation shortly before Christmas. Big River RCMP reported the man died after being hit by a vehicle around 10:45 p.m. on Dec. 23. A...
Jan 11, 2019
Saskatoon kids speak to space station astronaut
A group of Saskatoon schoolkids got a chance to speak to an astronaut Thursday. About 200 students from Grades 6 through 9 attended Spectrum, an annual science and technology expo run by students from...
Jan 11, 2019 Former astronaut Dave Williams (right) leads a student question-and-answer session with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques (on screen) aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 10, 2019. (Canadian Space Agency/Facebook)
Taser ends dangerous situation at Saskatoon hotel
A man faces charges that include assaulting a police officer after a bizarre incident at a Saskatoon hotel. Saskatoon police said in a release they were called to the 300 block of Circle Drive near Id...
Jan 10, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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