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2 dead in 3-vehicle highway crash near Prince Albert
Two people are dead and three others injured after a crash near Prince Albert Sunday night. Big River RCMP said a three-vehicle collision took place around 9 p.m. on Highway 55, nearly eight kilometre...
Aug 21, 2017
2 dead in crash on Hwy 16 near Langham
Two people are dead after a head-on crash on Highway 16 in the early morning hours Monday. Warman RCMP said police, fire and EMS responded to a crash between a truck and a car on the highway near Lang...
Aug 21, 2017
650 CKOM Facebook page hacked
650 CKOM's Facebook page was taken over by a hacker early Monday morning. The news organization's profile and cover photos were compromised, and a couple of posts were added to the page by the party r...
Aug 21, 2017
WATCH: Solar eclipse occurs in North America
A partial solar eclipse will be visible Monday in Canada. While people in various locations in the U.S. will see a total eclipse, in Canada, the moon will appear to cover at most about 80 per cent of ...
Aug 21, 2017
Classic cars take over Saskatoon for Rock 102 Show and Shine
Classic cars took over the streets of downtown Saskatoon Sunday for the 35th annual Rock 102 Show and Shine. Over 900 cars filled 10 blocks, while 50,000 people roamed the streets to take a look. "Sas...
Aug 20, 2017 Larry Fletcher, 70, (right) bought a 1926 Chrysler Roadster when he was 16-years-old, he joined his grandson Shawn Silverthorn (left) at the Rock 102 Show and Shine on Aug. 20, 2017 (JT Marshall/650 CKOM).
Tom Cochrane sells out 2nd night of Rock the River
Classic rock legends like Randy Bachman, Tom Cochrane and The Stampeders sold out this year's edition of Rock 102's Rock the River. The longtime music festival had 3,500 people for each show at the Be...
Aug 20, 2017 Canadian rock legend Tom Cochrane rocked out to a sold out show of 3,500 people at the Bess Garden for Rock the River on Aug. 19, 2017 (JT Marshall/650 CKOM).
Vimy replica warplane tour flies into Saskatoon
Classic replica warplanes took over the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum and Learning Center over the weekend as the Vimy Ridge 100th anniversary, Birth of A Nation Tour made a stop in Saskatoon. "We made...
Aug 20, 2017 One of the many featured aircraft at the Saskatoon Aviation Museum is an N17DV German plane which was used in the First World War. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM).
Sask. walk-in clinic wait times now online with new tool
A new online tool gives users a look at wait times at 20 walk-in medical clinics across Saskatchewan. "We just saw it as a simple idea that could help a lot of people," said Blake Adam on the John Gor...
Aug 19, 2017
Sask. gets 1st football practice robot to cut down on contact
The Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) does everything a real football player can do: it's fast, can run routes, but one feature that has people talking is it can take a tackle without getting hurt. The remo...
Aug 19, 2017 Saskatoon Hilltop players tackle a Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) Friday afternoon, it's a remote control tackling dummy which simulates tackling without tackling a real human (JT Marshall/ 650 CKOM).
Jeremy Harrison announces bid for Sask. Party leadership
Saskatchewan Party members now have two options to chose from when it comes to who will be named the next premier. Meadow Lake MLA Jeremy Harrison announced Saturday morning that he has joined the Sas...
Aug 19, 2017 Meadow Lake MLA Jeremy Harrison enters the SaskParty leadership race Aug. 19, 2017. (Kathy Gallant/Meadow Lake Now)
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