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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Intoxicated man handed theft charge after river rescue
A 37-year-old man may not be entirely thankful after Saskatoon firefighters pulled him from the South Saskatchewan River. Saskatoon police said they were called out to the Train Bridge, northeast of d...
Aug 30, 2017
Fire concerns prompt partial evacuation in northern Sask.
A community in northern Saskatchewan is evacuating some of its most vulnerable residents due to wildfires. Pelican Narrows, located about six-and-a-half hours' drive northeast of Saskatoon, is home to...
Aug 29, 2017 Forest fire smoke near the junction of Highway 106 and Highway 135 in northeast Saskatchewan on Aug. 29, 2017. (Highway Hotline/Facebook)
Teen seriously injured in early morning shooting
Saskatoon police responded to a shooting early Tuesday morning in the city's west end. Officers arrived on the 200 block of Tache Crescent, in the Pacific Heights neighbourhood, around 5 a.m. Accordin...
Aug 29, 2017 Saskatoon police responded to a shooting on the 100 block of Tache Crescent on Aug. 29, 2017. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
3 arrested after stolen I.D.s, credit cards found in U-Haul
Bags filled with stolen identification and credit cards were found in a U-Haul after three people tried to evade Saskatoon police on Sunday night. Police said in a release officers attempted a traffic...
Aug 28, 2017
Ken Cheveldayoff joins Sask. Party leadership race
Saskatoon MLA Ken Cheveldayoff is adding his name to the list of hopefuls to take over as leader of the Saskatchewan Party. Cheveldayoff had previously said he intended to run, but made his official a...
Aug 28, 2017 Saskatoon-Willowgrove MLA Ken Cheveldayoff announced his candidacy for leadership of the Saskatchewan Party on Aug. 28, 2017 in Saskatoon. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Home heavily damaged in late night blaze
Two young girls are being credited for helping three people escape a potentially deadly house fire. The Saskatoon Fire Department got to 543 Hampton Circle around 10 p.m. Sunday night. Crews arrived t...
Aug 28, 2017 Fire caused an estimated $450,000 in damage to a home at 543 Hampton Circle in Saskatoon on Aug. 27, 2017. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Houston convention centre gives refuge to Harvey’s survivors
HOUSTON - Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first was empty. The second was given to her by the Houston Fire Department after the ...
Aug 28, 2017
Honoway family honoured at 6th annual Mandi Schwartz run
Despite 30-degree temperatures in Saskatoon hundreds of people still showed up for the 6th annual Breck Construction Run for Mandi on Sunday afternoon. Lincoln Honoway from Regina and his family were ...
Aug 27, 2017
Tramping Lake elevator destroyed by fire
Farmer Brian Kohlman documented a fire that destroyed his elevator Saturday afternoon in Tramping Lake, 105 kilometres southwest of North Battleford, through his twitter account. Our elevator burnt do...
Aug 27, 2017 An elevator in Tramping Lake was destroyed by a fire that broke out Saturday afternoon (Brian Kohlman/Twitter)
Saskatoon police search for missing 10 year old girl
Police are asking for help to locate a 10-year-old girl last seen Saturday around 3 p.m. in Westmount. According to a police media release, efforts to find Nyanhail "Nenny" Smoke haven't been successf...
Aug 27, 2017 Nyanhail "Nenny" Smoke, 10, was last seen on Saturday around 3 p.m. in the Westmount area (Saskatoon Police)
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