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Trucker involved in Broncos crash applies for return of PR status
CALGARY - The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has applied to have his permanent resident status returned. The Immigration and Refugee Board issued a deportation order in ...
Jul 15, 2024 "The Reconciliation Action Group stands against his deportation that is based on racial biases. Mr. Sidhu has a Canadian wife and Canadian-born child with health issues and his deportation will harm them," the organization said in a statement. (The Canadian Press)
No injuries after fire at home on Idylwyld Drive
A fire at a multi-unit home on Idylwyld Drive ended with no injuries on Monday morning. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, smoke could be seen when firefighters arrived in the 1000 block of I...
Jul 15, 2024 No injuries were reported after a house fire on Idylwyld Drive on Monday morning. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Man dies on Waskesiu Lake after going into distress: RCMP
An apparent drowning claimed a man's life on Waskesiu Lake on Sunday. According to the RCMP, officers from the local detachment were called after a man in distress was spotted on the lake. Parks Canad...
Jul 15, 2024 Mounties say they won't release the man's name, as there was no criminal element to his death. (Gerald Bauman/650 CKOM)
'Everything is here now': Wanuskewin elder reflects on bison baby boom
On a rainy afternoon in May, bison manager Craig Thoms checks on a group of bison nestled in the grass at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. Ten calves were born in the spring, the most births recorded since t...
Jul 15, 2024 Wanuskewin's bison herd has grown to 43 since the animals were reintroduced in 2019. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Battlefords RCMP looking for woman reported missing in April
Saskatchewan RCMP are asking for help to locate a woman reported missing in April. In a news release on April 13, Battlefords RCMP said that 32-year-old Courine Sylvester was last heard from by loved ...
Jul 13, 2024 Courine Sylvester, 32, was last heard from by loved ones in April 2024. (Supplied/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Man to be charged with assaulting Saskatoon police officer
A 35-year-old man is facing a number of charges, including assaulting a police officer, after an incident in the city on Friday. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on Saturday that ...
Jul 13, 2024 Saskatoon's Midtown mall. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon cyclist sent to hospital after collision with truck
A Saskatoon cyclist was sent to hospital on Friday night after he collided with a truck. The 46-year-old man was sent to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries at 6 p.m. The collision...
Jul 13, 2024 Saskatoon Police say a truck and cyclist collided on Friday night which sent the cyclist to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. (650 CKOM)
From Fairyland to prairieland: war brides recognized in Sask.
When she left her home in 1946 to follow her Canadian soldier back to the Saskatchewan prairies, it was all just one big adventure for Jean Fells. She was one of tens of thousands of war brides who ca...
Jul 12, 2024
Nelson and Boseko Lokombo to face off as Riders meet Lions
It's always a family affair when Nelson Lokombo heads back to B.C. The Saskatchewan Roughriders safety's family will be at the showdown between the green and white and B.C. Lions on Saturday. Kickoff ...
Jul 12, 2024
Flamingos, spin-the-wheel, bean bag toss and more at Country Thunder
Party go-ers will do anything to make their campsite the place to be. The crew at Jenn Lemioer, Terri Johnson and her son JC Johnson's campsite are no exception. "We like our guests to come and play a...
Jul 12, 2024
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