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Doctor sounds alarm over delayed mental health unit
A Saskatoon psychiatrist is speaking out over a decision to hold off on opening a mental health area at the Royal University Hospital (RUH) emergency unit. Dr. Tamara Hinz is a child and adolescent ps...
Jul 17, 2017
Suspect demands cash for hostage release via text: police
39-year-old woman is facing charges of unlawful confinement and extortion following a police investigation over the weekend. Saskatoon police said a woman reportedly got a text message Saturday aftern...
Jul 17, 2017
Sask. parks buy wheelchairs for beach accessibility
This summer Saskatchewan Provincial Parks are a little bit more accessible thanks to specialty wheelchairs designed for the beach. The wheelchairs have three oversized tires to help navigate through s...
Jul 16, 2017 SaskParks has purchased five new beach friendly wheelchairs for use in provincial parks (SaskParks/Facebook)
Saskatoon opens FIBA 3x3 Worlds with 2 and 0 record
Team Saskatoon won both of its games on opening day Saturday of the FIBA 3x3 World Masters basketball tournament. The day started with a 15-11 win over Winnipeg before edging Hamilton 14-13 in overtim...
Jul 16, 2017 The stands outside the Bessborough Hotel were packed during day one of the FIBA 3x3 worlds on July 15, 2017 (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
Taste of Sask. expects to crush attendance record this year
Deep fried Mars bars and alligator is just some of the options at the 22nd annual Taste of Saskatchewan. The six-day event, which features 30 restaurants, started beating attendance records on day one...
Jul 16, 2017 More than 80,000 people visited Taste of Saskatchewan over the first four days, organizers say they're on track to beat attendance records (JT Marshall/ 650 CKOM)
RCMP investigate Vanscoy car fire
A 1993 Buick LeSabre is more ash than car after a fire early Sunday morning in the Vanscoy area. Saskatoon fire crews responded from Valley Road to reports of a vehicle fire at 1:53 a.m. When they arr...
Jul 16, 2017 Saskatoon firefighters made quick work of a car fire on Hodgson Road on July 16, 2017 (Saskatoon Fire Department)
FIBA 3x3 tournament gets underway in downtown Saskatoon
A busy part of downtown Saskatoon looks more like a gym than a street this weekend as the FIBA 3x3 world tour makes a stop in the bridge city. Bleachers from SaskTel Centre were trucked in for the Sas...
Jul 15, 2017 The FIBA 3x3 Saskatoon Masters set up at 4th Avenue and 21st Street for the weekend tournament. (JT Marshall/ 650 CKOM)
Minor injuries in watercraft collision on S Sask. River
A mid-water collision sent two men to hospital with minor injuries Friday night. According to police, the men were riding on watercrafts around 8 p.m. when they collided on the South Saskatchewan Rive...
Jul 15, 2017
Taste of Sask. sets new Wednesday attendance record
The Taste of Saskatchewan Festival is celebrating after setting a new record for Wednesday attendance this week. Show manager and SaskTel Centre CEO Scott Ford said over 22,000 people came out to Kiwa...
Jul 13, 2017 (File Photo/650 CKOM)
'Distraught' man with gun charged with weapons offences
A man who was reported missing after leaving his rural Saskatchewan home with a handgun is now facing several weapons charges. Preston Croswell, 36, was found safe Tuesday by Melfort RCMP after disapp...
Jul 12, 2017 Preston Croswell, 36, is shown in a photo provided by police on July 10, 2017. (Prince Albert RCMP)
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