Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Small plane makes emergency landing on Sask. highway
RCMP say a small plane had to make an emergency landing on a highway north of Shellbrook Sunday. According to police, the plane - a Piper Cherokee 6 - initially landed safely on Highway 240, be...
Jun 05, 2018
La Loche mayor calls school shooter's appeal 'disappointing'
The La Loche school shooter is appealing the sentencing decision in his case. Now 20 years old, the shooter was a few weeks away from turning 18 when he killed four people and wounded seven others in ...
Jun 05, 2018 A man who pleaded guilty to killing four people and wounding seven others during a 2016 shooting spree is led into court in La Loche, Sask. on Feb. 23, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
5 arrested, $400K seized in major Saskatoon drug bust
Five people have been arrested following a significant drug bust by Saskatoon police. An investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST) into fentanyl trafficking began...
Jun 04, 2018
Hospital purse-snatching suspect caught
Saskatoon police have arrested a woman wanted in connection to a string of purse-snatchings in the area around St. Paul's Hospital. An arrest warrant went out Friday for Brittany Ben, 27. Police said ...
Jun 04, 2018 Brittany Ben, 27, is suspected of stealing purses from several women in the area around St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatoon Police Service)
'We are not alone': Riders show support in Humboldt
Humboldt was a sea of green Sunday as hundreds of people enjoyed a special visit from the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Riders held a practice, followed by autograph signings and a community barbeque,...
Jun 03, 2018 Saskatchewan Roughriders running back Zac Stacy signs a fan's jersey during a meet-and-greet in Humboldt on June 3, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in death on rural property
A 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Gordon Ernest Tucker. North Battleford RCMP announced the charges against Joshua Roy Tucker Sunday, which happe...
Jun 03, 2018
Police investigating death of man found injured in Saskatoon
A man found injured overnight in Saskatoon has died. Police said officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of Avenue J South around 1 a.m. Sunday. There they found a wounded man, who later di...
Jun 03, 2018
Rush to play for NLL Cup in Saskatoon after Game 2 loss
The silver lining on a tough loss for the Saskatchewan Rush is the chance to claim a championship at home. The Rochester Knighthawks forced a third and deciding game in the National Lacrosse League (N...
Jun 03, 2018 The Saskatchewan Rush will play for the NLL Cup in a deciding Game 3 at SaskTel Centre June 9, 2018. (Saskatchewan Rush/Twitter)
Call from vigilant neighbour helps nab thief: police
Saskatoon police are applauding the efforts of a neighbour whose tip-off led to an arrest. Police said someone called in around 8 a.m. Saturday to report seeing a man rifling through vehicles in a par...
Jun 02, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan Rush look to win NLL Cup Final on the road
The Saskatchewan Rush are one win away from claiming their third National Lacrosse League championship. The Rush are on the road Saturday for game two in the best-of-three NLL Cup Final against the Ro...
Jun 02, 2018 Jeremy Thompson reacts after opening the scoring in game one of the NLL Finals on May 26, 2018. (Saskatchewan Rush/Twitter)
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