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Cops handed out 2,013 charges, suspensions, tickets and warnings in Sask. during Road Safety Week
More than 2,000 drivers and passengers were charged, suspended, ticketed or warned by police in Saskatchewan during Canada Road Safety Week. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, police from various age...
May 28, 2026 Police from various agencies stopped 5,271 vehicles around the province between May 12 and May 18 during the annual traffic blitz. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Pilot performs emergency landing in Corman Park after running out of gas
A gravel road just northwest of Saskatoon served as an emergency runway on Tuesday evening. At around 6 p.m., officers with the Corman Park Police Service and the RCMP responded to a report of a possi...
May 27, 2026 The plane was able to get back into the air and fly to its departure airport after refueling. (Corman Park Police Service/Submitted)
Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't picked up and why the people sleeping by the bushes weren't moved along. Murray Woo...
May 27, 2026
Sarah Mills: A staged photo op in Team Canada jerseys can't hide the political cracks
As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hidden behind the illusion of a united front. The Mills Minute is a daily commenta...
May 27, 2026
Hot weather prompts Saskatoon to open spray pads early, with extended hours
With temperatures in Saskatoon reaching above the 30 C mark all week, the city has decided to open its spray pads two days earlier than scheduled, and extend their hours. The city said the move to ope...
May 27, 2026 The city said the move to open the spray pads on Wednesday rather than Friday is part of its extreme heat response plan. (650 CKOM file photo)
Wind fuelling grass fire burning on outskirts of Saskatoon
Saskatoon Fire Department crews will remain at the scene of a grass fire west of the city near Highway 7 on Wednesday, extinguishing hot spots. Crews were called out around 4 p.m. on Tuesday to an old...
May 26, 2026 Township Road 364 has been closed while Saskatoon Fire Department was fighting the blaze which was fuelled by high winds and dry conditions. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Ticks surging in Saskatchewan means watching for tick-borne disease
Dr. Janet Sperling, an entomologist and president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, says though Lyme disease is more common in Ontario and Quebec, it is still a concern in Saskatchewan. Sperlin...
May 26, 2026 To become infected with Lyme disease, you must be bitted by a tick carrying the disease, it cannot be spread from person to person. (juerpa/Depositphotos.com)
Former police chief Clive Weighill shares details of security review at Sask. health facilities
Former Saskatoon police chief Clive Weighill is leading an independent review of security and safety at Saskatchewan's health-care facilities. Weighill, who also previously served as Saskatchewan's ch...
May 26, 2026 Clive Weighill, then Saskatchewan’s chief coroner, speaking to reporters at the inquest into the mass killing on the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Saskatchewan on Jan. 31, 2024. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Woman charged after shotgun, bear spray allegedly discharged in Saskatoon restaurant
A 28-year-old woman is facing seven gun charges after allegedly firing a sawed-off shotgun and discharging bear spray inside a Saskatoon restaurant. According to police, officers were called to the bu...
May 26, 2026 According to police, officers were called to the business in the 2200 block of 22nd Street West at around 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Two injured by gunfire during attempted robbery on Sturgeon Lake First Nation: RCMP
RCMP officers are investigating after after two people were injured by gunfire during an attempted robbery on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. According to police, officers were called to the First Nat...
May 26, 2026 “The victims drove away and as they did, a firearm was discharged and struck their vehicle, injuring two of them,” the RCMP said in a statement. (650 CKOM file photo)
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