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VIDEO: Broncos coach honoured with NHL community hero award
The NHL awards in Las Vegas Wednesday night became a reunion of sorts for the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy. Ten of the 13 people injured in the April 6 crash gathered on stage in thei...
Jun 20, 2018 Humboldt Broncos coach Darcy Haugan, 42, (centre) was one of 16 people killed when the teams bus and a semi collided on April 6, 2018. (submitted)
A Saskatoon 1st: man charged with trying to kill police dog
A man accused of trying to drown a Saskatoon police dog earlier this week has become the first person charged in the city under what's referred to as "Quanto's Law." Quanto, an Edmonton police dog, wa...
Jun 20, 2018 A suspect involved in a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle allegedly threatened to kill, and attempted to drown, PSD Diesel on June 18, 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Suspect in custody after suspicious packages call on 4th Ave.
Saskatoon police have a suspect in custody after responding Wednesday to a call of suspicious packages placed downtown. Around 11 a.m., police received a report of a man seen placing a briefcase in fr...
Jun 20, 2018 Saskatoon police cordoned off an area on the 100 block of Fourth Avenue South following a report of suspicious packages dropped off near a building on June 20, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Women caught with crystal meth after police chase
Two women are facing charges after allegedly fleeing from Saskatoon police in a stolen truck. Patrol officers reportedly spotted the stolen Ford F-150 around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Confederatio...
Jun 20, 2018
Warnings issued as hot weather continues in Saskatchewan
People across Saskatchewan woke up to warm weather Wednesday morning, which Environment Canada says should last through the weekend. In Saskatoon, temperatures could hit a high Wednesday of 31 C, dipp...
Jun 20, 2018
Northern Sask. community evacuated due to wildfire
A wildfire has forced people to evacuate from a northern Saskatchewan community. An evacuation order was issued Tuesday night in Southend, located about 460 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, The ...
Jun 20, 2018 Smoke seen from a wildfire burning near the community of Southend, Sask. on June 18, 2018. (Nelson Cook/Facebook)
Suspect accused of trying to drown Saskatoon police dog
A suspect in a stolen vehicle chase is facing a long list of charges, including causing unnecessary suffering to a police dog. According to Saskatoon police, the pursuit started at around 11 p.m. Mond...
Jun 19, 2018 A suspect involved in a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle allegedly threatened to kill, and attempted to drown, PSD Diesel on June 18, 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Plans unveiled for new Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan stage
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan unveiled plans Tuesday for a permanent venue on Saskatoon's riverbank. City council gave the theatre festival approval in principle back in May for a project to upgrade...
Jun 19, 2018 An artist's rendering of what a proposed permanent structure for the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan theatre group would look like. (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan/submitted)
Broncos survivors head to Las Vegas for NHL awards
Ten survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are reuniting for the first time this week. They're getting together in Las Vegas, where they are to be recognized at Wednesday's 2018 NHL Awards show. ...
Jun 19, 2018 Nine survivors of the Humboldt Broncos crash reunited to catch a flight to the NHL awards in Las Vegas June 18, 2018. (Humboldt Broncos/Twitter)
Saskatoon senior charged with trying to have sex with child
A 69-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly trying to pay a 10-year-old boy for sex. Saskatoon police said the boy was walking along Avenue P South on May 30 when the man approached him and offe...
Jun 18, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
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