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Saskatoon to host Canadian under-18 curling championships in 2025
A major curling event is coming to the Bridge City. Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club is set to host the Canadian under-18 curling championships in 2025. According to Curling Canada, the event will be h...
Apr 13, 2024 The Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon will host the 2025 Under-18 Curling Championships. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Shooting victim found outside Saskatoon's St. Paul's Hospital
Saskatoon police are seeking a suspect after a man was found with a gunshot wound outside St. Paul's Hospital. According to a media release, paramedics called police after finding the man outside the ...
Apr 12, 2024 A sign outside St. Paul's Hospital. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM file photo)
Former Maple Creek teacher facing new sexual assault charge: RCMP
A former Maple Creek teacher has been charged with another count of sexual assault. Dester Bacsu was previously facing three charges of sexual assault. The first two alleged assaults involved male you...
Apr 12, 2024 Police say they believe there are more victims who have not yet come forward. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
Fond du Lac woman $1,254,350 richer after winning VLT jackpot in Saskatoon
Karrie Kkailther said she was shocked and confused at first, but soon she realized what had happened - she'd won more than a million dollars on a Saskatoon VLT. Kkailther, who lives in Fond du Lac, wo...
Apr 12, 2024 A Fond du Lac woman says she'll be looking at houses after a big win on a Saskatoon VLT. (Western Canada Lottery Corporation/Submitted)
Saskatoon police fielded three bear spray calls on Thursday
Police officers in Saskatoon were busy dealing with three separate bear spray calls on Thursday. In the first incident, police were called to a home on Fairmont Drive shortly before 2 a.m. after a per...
Apr 12, 2024 Police in Saskatoon responded to three bear spray calls on Thursday, making two arrests. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Tribal Council to deliver reintegration programs to urban camp inmates
The Saskatoon Tribal Council will design and deliver Indigenous-led supportive programming to men incarcerated at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre Urban Camp. The goal is to help the camp's roughly 5...
Apr 12, 2024 STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand said the new programming will help "break the cycle of incarceration." (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon, Regina home prices rising in Q1 of 2024: Royal LePage
Home prices in Saskatchewan's largest cities are trending upward, with no sign of slowing down. According to Royal LePage, the median price for a single-family detached home in Saskatoon was $435,800 ...
Apr 12, 2024 According to Royal LePage data, home prices are on the upswing in both Regina and Saskatoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Melville man charged with luring a minor for child pornography
A Melville man is facing charges after an investigation by Saskatchewan's Internet Child Exploitation Unit. According to police, an online investigation that began last month led officers to execute a...
Apr 12, 2024 An online investigation led the ICE Unit to execute a search warrant at a home in Melville on Thursday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Corman Park issues fire ban due to dry conditions
Corman Park isn't taking chances with dry conditions increasing the risk of wildfires. Saskatchewan's largest rural municipality, which borders the outskirts of Saskatoon, is enacting a total fire ban...
Apr 12, 2024 A grass fire burns north of Saskatoon on April 26, 2021. (650 CKOM file photo)
Walkway in Gabriel Dumont Park damaged by fire, cause unknown
A pedestrian walkway in Saskatoon's Gabriel Dumont Park has been closed after a fire Thursday morning. The Saskatoon Fire Department said it responded to a report of a fire in the park just after 8:30...
Apr 11, 2024 The call about the fire was received Thursday just after 8:30 a.m. (650 CKOM file photo)
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