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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Impaired driving charges laid after two movers hit by vehicle
Saskatoon Police say a woman blew over three times the legal limit after two movers were hit by a car. Around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the men were parked outside a house in the 2300 block of 33rd Street ...
Aug 26, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police use taser in arrest
A domestic dispute and break in forced Saskatoon police to use their tasers. Police were called to a house on Idylwyld Drive near 35th street at 6:14 p.m. Friday. According to a media release, when of...
Aug 26, 2017
Police look for answers in man's mystery stabbing
Few details are known after a 40-year-old man showed up at St. Paul's Hospital Friday night with a serious stab wound to his abdomen. According to police, he arrived around 10 p.m. and was transferred...
Aug 26, 2017
Gas prices rising in Sask. due to Hurricane Harvey: analyst
Gas stations could be a busy spot for Saskatchewan residents on the drive home Friday, as people try to avoid paying more for their weekend fill-up. Prices at many gas stations in Saskatoon and Regina...
Aug 25, 2017
Brad Wall says removing historic names a ‘slippery slope'
Saskatchewan's premier is wading into the debate on whether schools in Ontario should remove the name of Sir John A. Macdonald from buildings. Last week, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario...
Aug 25, 2017 Premier Brad Wall included portraits of Sir John A Macdonald in a Facebook post on Aug. 25, 2017. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
He's in: Gord Wyant running for Sask. Party leader
Provincial Justice Minister Gord Wyant will be leaving his current post to pursue the Saskatchewan Party's top job. Wyant made the announcement Friday morning at a restaurant in Saskatoon. "My message...
Aug 25, 2017 Gord Wyant, Saskatchewan Party MLA for Saskatoon-Northwest, announcing his intention to run for the party leadership on Aug, 25, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Local MMA fighter hopes McGregor brings 'respect' for sport
Saskatoon sports fans are getting ready for Saturday's boxing showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, reserving their seats at bars and purchasing pay-per-view packages for the tilt. Sev...
Aug 24, 2017 Saskatoon mixed martial arts fighter Ali Saif (right) poses with his team coach Olaf Dravnieks. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
'Ready to roll:' Gord Wyant teases potential leadership run
Saskatchewan's current justice minister may be readying a run for the premier's seat. Saskatoon-Northwest MLA Gord Wyant posted a brief video on his social media accounts Thursday afternoon teasing a ...
Aug 24, 2017 Provincial Justice Minister Gord Wyant posted a social media video teasing an announcement on Aug. 25, 2017. (Gord Wyant/Facebook)
Collision spills cars off trailer in north Saskatoon
A trailer carrying a load of cars ended up on its side after a crash in Saskatoon Thursday. A pickup truck collided with another truck that was hauling a trailer loaded with vehicles near the intersec...
Aug 24, 2017 A semi-trailer carrying a load of cars lost some of its cargo after a crash with a pickup truck in Saskatoon on Aug. 24, 2017. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
Man, this feels like a scam: watch for Twain ticket fraud
If you're hoping to see Shania Twain in Saskatoon next year - don't let scammers getcha good. Tickets for the show go on general sale Friday and fans are already being warned of possible fraudsters an...
Aug 24, 2017 (Submitted)
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