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Blaze destroys Wiseton hotel, post office in west central Sask.
Flames forever changed a small community in west central Saskatchewan Tuesday. The village of Wiseton, located west of Dinsmore, lost two fixtures on its main street after fire burned a hotel and a bu...
Sep 04, 2024 A fire leveled two buildings in the village of Wiseton on Sept 3, 2024 (Kim Beattie/Facebook)
Battlefords RCMP use drones in search for man missing since early July
Drones have been used in a search to find a North Battleford man missing since early July. Battlefords RCMP said in a news release on Sept. 3 that officers are continuing to search for 39-year-old Rya...
Sep 03, 2024 Ryan Nicotine has been missing from North Battleford since July 5, 2024. He is described as approximately 5-foot-9 and 140 lbs. with brown eyes and short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans and white runners. (Battlefords RCMP/Submitted)
Weekend crimes keep Saskatoon police's serious assault unit busy
Two people were taken to hospital in Saskatoon on Monday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle in Pleasant Hill. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release that officers were called to the...
Sep 03, 2024 (paulfleet / Depositphotos.com)
'A huge issue': Sask producers watching canola retaliation
Worries mounted for some Canadian canola producers Tuesday as China took aim at canola for retaliation over EV tariffs. On Tuesday, China announced it would launch an anti-dumping investigation into C...
Sep 03, 2024
Saskatoon man, 32, arrested in Friday's Westmount gunfire incident
Saskatoon police have now arrested a 32-year-old man concerning the gunshot on Friday morning. Police patrol arrested the Saskatoon man on September 1 and located ammunition on him. This all stemmed f...
Sep 03, 2024 Saskatoon police have now arrested a 32-year-old man concerning the gunshot on Friday morning.
Police patrol arrested the Saskatoon man on September 1 and located ammunition on him. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
PHOTOS: Northern lights dazzle across Saskatchewan
The northern lights were dazzling all across Saskatchewan this weekend. The lights, or aurora borealis, are caused when the Sun blasts charged particles (electrons and protons) into space, which is ca...
Sep 02, 2024 The northern lights over Saskatoon on Sept. 1, 2024. (Dr. Shaden Rislan Bani Yaseen/Submitted)
PHOTOS: Saskatoon skies filled with rare double rainbow
If you thought you were seeing double in Saskatoon on Friday, you were correct. This rare double rainbow was captured on film by Dr. Shaden Rislan Bani Yaseen. The formation of a double rainbow requir...
Sep 02, 2024 This double rainbow was spotted in Saskatoon on Aug. 30, 2024. (Dr. Shaden Rislan Bani Yaseen/Submitted)
Saskatoon to participate in national homeless count
The City of Saskatoon will be participating in a national Point-in-Time (PiT) homeless count this fall. The count will take place from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 in a coordinated effort to help identify what h...
Sep 02, 2024 A homeless encampment in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Green Zone Game Day on now
The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg will add another entry into their historic Labour Day Classic rivalry today in the 60th edition of the showdown. Kickoff for the game at Mosaic Stadium is set...
Sep 01, 2024
Garden Talk: Why are my cucumbers bitter?
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Here are a selection of questions and answers from t...
Sep 01, 2024 Bitterness in cucumbersusually comes from two things — the weather or a nutrient deficiency. (Anna Shvets/pexels.com)
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