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Police share pictures of people of interest in Meadowgreen homicide
Police in Saskatoon are turning to the public for help identifying two people as officers continue to investigate a homicide case from December. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, police found a 33-year-old...
Jan 24, 2024 Saskatoon police say officers want to identify and speak with two people in connection with a homicide case. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Fog advisories stretch across central Saskatchewan
Visibility may drop to near zero in central Saskatchewan on Wednesday. Environment Canada issued fog advisories on Wednesday morning that included both Saskatoon and Regina. The fog is expected to dis...
Jan 24, 2024 Fog hangs over the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon on Jan. 24, 2024. (650 CKOM file photo)
Brent Butt reflects on 'Corner Gas' 20 years later
Twenty years after the debut of 'Corner Gas,' the memories are still fresh for creator and star Brent Butt. The first episode aired Jan. 22, 2004, and the sitcom became an instant hit in 60 countries....
Jan 24, 2024 Brent Butt works on the set Corner Gas on Sept. 9, 2008 in Regina, Sask. Butt parlayed his veteran standup career into a massive TV hit with the sitcom "Corner Gas." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Troy Fleece
Using Emergencies Act to clear convoy was unreasonable, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that the federal government's use of The Emergencies Act during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests that took over downtown Ottawa in 2022 was unreasonable under the law. I...
Jan 23, 2024 Trucks parked on Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa during the so-called Freedom Convoy. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO/Justin Tang)
Crash involving semis closes lanes of Highway 16 near Maidstone
A crash involving multiple semis closed the eastbound lanes of the Yellowhead Highway near Maidstone late Tuesday morning. According to the RCMP, officers were on the scene of the crash on Highway 16 ...
Jan 23, 2024 The RCMP said the road likely would be closed for some time for cleanup. (Highway Hotline/Screenshot)
Police say man's death in Confederation Drive restaurant not suspicious
A man was found dead in a booth at a Burger King restaurant in Saskatoon after police officers handled a report of a disturbance. But police say his death isn't considered suspicious. According to pol...
Jan 23, 2024 Police say the man was unresponsive when officers found him in a restaurant booth. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. keeps grazing rates for Crown lands frozen for 2024
In an effort to help ranchers who have struggled with dry conditions for the past few years, grazing rates on Crown lands in Saskatchewan will remain frozen at 2022 levels. In addition, producers who ...
Jan 23, 2024 This will be the second year that rates will remain frozen at 2022 levels. (Libby Grey/650 CKOM)
Governments invest $6.8 million in livestock, forage research
The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada are joining forces to fund agriculture research projects. On Tuesday, the two governments announced $6.8 million to support 30 new livestock and forage resea...
Jan 23, 2024 The provincial and federal governments are making some big investments into research designed to help ranchers. (Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation/Twitter)
Saskatoon Public Library CEO resigns
As the Saskatoon Public Library pushes forward with its new central library project, it will also need to select a new CEO. On Monday, the library announced that Carol Cooley, the organization's CEO a...
Jan 23, 2024 The board of the Saskatoon Public Library has accepted the resignation of CEO Carol Cooley. (650 CKOM file photo)
Day 6: Inquest hears Sanderson wasn't among Sask.'s most wanted before attacks
A matrix now used by police to rank offenders who are wanted on warrants or who are unlawfully at large wouldn't have included Myles Sanderson among the most wanted people in Saskatchewan before Sept....
Jan 22, 2024 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort, site of the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in September of 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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