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University of Sask. receives funding for two new agricultural research facilities
Agriculture students and researchers at the University of Saskatchewan will soon have access to two new facilities dedicated to crop and soil science. The university has received $11.8 million in fund...
May 24, 2025 The Soil Science Field Facility will allow scientists to work on issues related to soil health and sustainability, soil fertility and plant production, as well as Indigenous agriculture and environmental issues like mitigating the impacts of climate change on agriculture. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Death of child on on Shoal Lake Cree Nation investigated as homicide: RCMP
Saskatchewan RCMP has a person in custody and is investigating the death of a child "under the age of 10" that happened on Shoal Lake Cree Nation on Friday night as a homicide. Police said in a news r...
May 24, 2025
University of Saskatchewan's Engineering Design Hub project gets $1.5M boost
A $1.5 million investment from Cenovus will create a new space for fabrication and testing at the University of Saskatchewan's Engineering and Design Hub. The money will support the creation of the Ce...
May 24, 2025 A design render of the Cenovus Energy Makerspace. (University of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Saskatchewan actor Kim Coates talks about new show The Walking Dead: Dead City
From the rolling hills of Saskatchewan to the big screen in Hollywood, Saskatoon-born Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor in Sons of Anarchy and American Primeval, joined Evan Bay this week to talk ab...
May 24, 2025 Kim Coates, seen here in American Primeval, plays Bruegel in The Walking Dead: Dead City. (Netflix)
The Green Zone Replay - Friday, May 23
The Green Zone - Friday, May 23 2:35 - Jimmy Quinlan - Saskatchewan Rush Tomorrow the Saskatchewan Rush are facing the Buffalo Bandits in the final game of the series for the NLL Championship. We are ...
May 23, 2025
Sask. Mounties arrest two suspects after shooting on Red Earth Cree Nation
One of the men was located on May 22 by Carrot River RCMP on Red Earth Cree Nation. According to the news release, the man pointed a sawed-off firearm at an approaching officer but did not discharge i...
May 23, 2025 According to a statement released by the federal police force on May 20, officers were called to a home on the Cree Nation at around 5:30 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting. At the scene, police found a male victim who was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
RCMP monthly update: Garrett Gardner, custody death and bail reform
Evan welcomes the Saskatchewan RCMP's assistant commander, Rhonda Blackmore for her monthly check-in interview on the Evan Bray Show. Blackmore provides an update on the RCMP's state of affairs in the...
May 23, 2025 "Just to give you a real quick example. We have one individual over 30 Criminal Code convictions on his record, 17 of those are breaches, and between September 2024, and the present, he's reoffended, been remanded and released twice in January of this year, probations prepared a report that said he's likely to reoffend, and he received bail five days later," said RCMP's Rhondal Blackmore. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
650 CKOM's newscasts, reporting shortlisted for RTDNA prairie region awards
Whether it's news from your neighborhood or what's happening across the globe, 650 CKOM and 980 CJME work hard to keep you informed. Now, that day-to-day work has earned recognition with six nominatio...
May 23, 2025 Many Saskatchewan fans flocked to Edmonton to take in Game 7 in Oiler country. 650 CKOM's coverage of Edmonton's loss has been shortlisted for an RTDNA award. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Police Briefs: Teen arrested while trying to load sawed-off shotgun
A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday afternoon after a struggle with police officers. According to police, the teen was trying to load a sawed-off shotgun at the time of his arrest. Read More: S...
May 23, 2025 Police said a 16-year-old boy is facing a list of charges after he was caught with a sawed-off shotgun on Thursday. (BrianAJackson/Depositphotos.com)
Two dead after single-vehicle crashes on Saskatchewan highways: RCMP
Two people are dead after single-vehicle crashes on Saskatchewan highways this week. On Wednesday, a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 9 left a man from Bredenbury dead. According to a statement rele...
May 23, 2025 Police said the 38-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of the crash on Wednesday. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
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