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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)
Traffic delays as massive equipment moved to potash mine
If you're heading south towards Bethune over the next few days, it might be a good idea to leave a little early. Saskatchewan's Highway Hotline took to Twitter Wednesday to caution people to expect de...
Jul 12, 2017 SaskPower is helping move a crystallizer to the K+S Potash Canada site near Bethune, northwest of Regina. (SaskPower)
Texas man gets 80 years for child porn involving Sask. girls
A 40-year-old man from the U.S. has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after being charged with child pornography involving young girls from Saskatchewan. Robert Ables from Hutchins, Texas, pleaded ...
Jul 12, 2017
Nominees announced for 2017 CCMAs in Saskatoon
The nominees have been rolling out Wednesday morning for the 2017 Canadian Country Music Association Awards show. It will take place Sunday, Sep. 10 at SaskTel Centre. The awards were last held in Sas...
Jul 12, 2017 The 2017 Canadian Country Music Awards will take place Sept. 10 in Saskatoon. (CCMA.org)
Sask. taxi group calls for 'Flex Fleet' to address high demand
A group representing Saskatoon's cab industry is putting forward a proposal aimed squarely at cutting out ride-sharing services like Uber. The Saskatchewan Taxi Cab Association (STCA) wants city counc...
Jul 12, 2017
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