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Saskatoon councillor pushes for new rules on shelter locations
As some people in Sutherland protest the location of a planned homeless shelter, one Saskatoon councillor is working to keep shelters further away from schools. The former fire hall at 421 Central Ave...
Feb 27, 2024 The former fire hall in Sutherland has been selected to be the site of the new emergency shelter. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
STARS Lottery scams popping up in Moose Jaw: Police
Scammers in Moose Jaw are pretending to be associated with the STARS Lottery in order to rip people off, the city's police service says. According to police, a number of reports have come in about the...
Feb 27, 2024 Scammers are pretending to be associated with STARS Air Ambulance's lottery. (STARS/Twitter)
Sask. teachers to resume rotating strikes on Tuesday
Teachers in Saskatchewan are resuming their rotating strikes on Tuesday after withdrawing supervision for extracurriculars on Monday. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial governmen...
Feb 27, 2024 Teachers in some Saskatchewan school divisions are preparing to hit the picket lines on Tuesday. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Extreme cold warnings persist in large parts of Saskatchewan
The cold snap that followed a winter storm into Saskatchewan is expected to last until Wednesday. Large portions of Saskatchewan's west-central and northern areas went under extreme cold warnings from...
Feb 27, 2024 'Temperatures will begin to moderate on Wednesday and return to above seasonal values by Thursday,' Environment Canada said in a cold-weather warning. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Pathologist tells inquest Myles Sanderson died of cocaine toxicity
A pathologist says Myles Sanderson died from cocaine toxicity shortly after his arrest in September of 2022. Dr. Shaun Ladham, Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy on Sande...
Feb 27, 2024
Three-vehicle crash near Kindersley claims life of Alberta man
A 35-year-old man from Drayton Valley, Alta., is dead after a three-vehicle collision Friday night near Kindersley. In an email Monday, the RCMP said officers from the Kindersley detachment got a call...
Feb 26, 2024 After a car and a semi collided on Highway 21 north of Kindersley, a third vehicle crashed into them. The driver of the car died at the scene. (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP says apparent shooting in Deschambault Lake was not random
Mounties are investigating two gun-related incidents in the northern community of Deschambault Lake, one of which left a man with an apparent gunshot wound. In the first case, police were called to a ...
Feb 26, 2024 Police say they're investigating two gun-related incidents in Deschambault Lake. Both happened on Monday, Feb. 26. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Case of vintage hockey cards discovered in Sask. sells for more than $5M
The weekend was a great one for a Saskatchewan family that discovered a sealed case of vintage hockey cards in a spare room in their dad's home. The case of 1979 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards -- which could...
Feb 26, 2024 Jason Simonds, the consignment director of sports for Heritage Auctions in the United States, guessed the case could end up fetching $3 million. It ultimately went for $3.74 million. (Heritage Auctions)
Man charged after allegedly firing at Mounties on Muskoday First Nation
A 28-year-old man is facing five counts of attempted murder after allegedly firing a gun at RCMP officers on the Muskoday First Nation last week. According to the Mounties, officers were investigating...
Feb 26, 2024 Police say officers didn't return fire after a gunshot was allegedly fired at the Mounties on the Muskoday First Nation last week. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Environment Canada warning against travel in central Sask. as winter storm continues
Much of Saskatchewan is waking up to a blast of winter weather Monday. "An Alberta clipper tracking across the Prairies spread heavy snow through the region overnight and will continue into Monday mor...
Feb 26, 2024 Ricky Beninsig shovels snow for a third time before noon at St. Frances Cree Bilingual School after Saskatoon got hit with a major winter blizzard late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Environment Canada said as much as 20 centimetres of snow was expected to fall during the storm. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
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