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Saskatoon school welcomes refugee family to Canada
A Saskatoon school's efforts to help a refugee family from Burundi culminated Thursday in an emotional reunion at the city's airport. cole St. Matthew School began fundraising to bring the fami...
Sep 15, 2017 Staff, students and parents from École St. Matthew School at the Saskatoon airport on Sept. 14, 2017 to greet the final member of a family of Burundian refugees they sponsored to come to Canada. (Ryan Brandt/650 CKOM)
No charges laid after man reported with gun in Buena Vista
Saskatoon police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the Buena Vista neighbourhood Friday morning. Officers were seen at the residence on the 400 block of Craig Street around 10:30 a.m. Polic...
Sep 15, 2017 Saskatoon police, fire and paramedic crews respond to a weapons call in the 400 block of Craig Street on Sept. 15, 2017. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Train carrying potash derails southeast of Saskatoon
A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying potash derailed southeast of Saskatoon Friday morning. Around 35 rail cars left the track west of Blucher around 7:55 a.m. Scott Willey lives on a farm off Bl...
Sep 15, 2017
Pro lacrosse returns to Philly as NLL expands to 11 teams
The Saskatchewan Rush will soon have more competition with another team joining the National Lacrosse League. The league announced Thursday it has awarded an expansion team to the city of Philadelphia...
Sep 14, 2017 The National Lacrosse League announced a new team would be coming to Philadelphia, Penn. in time for the 2018 season. (National Lacrosse League/Facebook)
Advocate vows thorough investigation in 5-year-old’s death
Saskatchewan's child advocate is promising an independent investigation into the tragic death of a Saskatoon kindergartner. Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, 5, was pronounced dead in hospital after being found Monda...
Sep 14, 2017 Staff and parents consoling each other out front of École Dundonald School on Sept. 12, 2017, one day after a 5-year-old student died after being found unresponsive in a nearby pond. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Police say man robbed of cigarettes at gunpoint
Saskatoon police are looking for a suspect who allegedly pulled a gun on someone over a pack of cigarettes. Police were called to an alley on the 1100 block of Avenue W North just after 10 p.m. Wednes...
Sep 14, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP search for wanted Buffalo Narrows man
RCMP are looking for a 24-year-old man from Buffalo Narrows. Lyle Jacques Chartier is charged with abduction, extortion, uttering threats, taking a vehicle and impaired driving. It's in connection to ...
Sep 13, 2017 Buffalo Narrows RCMP looking for Lyle Jacques Chartier after an incident Sept. 10, 2017. (RCMP)
Children's Advocate to investigate Dundonald School death
Saskatoon Public Schools has asked the province's children and youth advocate to investigate what led to the death of five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi at cole Dundonald School. Director of Education Bar...
Sep 13, 2017 Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, 5, drowned in a retention pond near École Dundonald School on Sept. 11, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Wanuskewin Heritage Park gets $2.5M from feds for expansion
The federal government is providing Wanuskewin Heritage Park with significant funding for a new education facility and Indigenous art gallery. Canadian Heritage parliamentary secretary Sean Casey anno...
Sep 13, 2017 Wanuskewin Heritage Park has put in a bid to become a UNESCO world heritage site, which also includes plans to re-introduce bison to the park. (Tourism Saskatoon/CONCEPTS Photography & Design)
Stolen truck suspects linked to rash of Sask. thefts
Two people accused of stealing a truck and trailer out of Nipawin have now been linked by police to a rash of break-ins and thefts in Saskatchewan. Around 5: 15 a.m. Tuesday, Tisdale RCMP responded to...
Sep 13, 2017
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