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Traffic lights out at Eighth Street East and Clarence Avenue after crash
A multi-vehicle crash knocked out the traffic signals at a busy Saskatoon intersection on Tuesday. According to police, officers were at the scene of a collision at the intersection of Eighth Street E...
Dec 12, 2023 Police say a multi-vehicle crash knocked out the lights at a major intersection on Tuesday afternoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Baeleigh Maurice memorial damaged by unattended candle
A memorial for a nine-year-old girl who was hit by a truck and killed in 2021 caught fire on Saturday. The memorial for Baeleigh Emily Maurice has been standing for two years along 33rd Street West in...
Dec 12, 2023 The memorial for Baeleigh Maurice was damaged by fire over the weekend. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
North Battleford man facing child porn charges
A 26-year-old North Battleford man is facing charges after an investigation by the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit. Officers from the unit started an investigation in July and, on ...
Dec 12, 2023 Police with the ICE Unit charged Mark Dakota Mosquito with two counts of possession of child pornography. (650 CKOM file photo)
Improvements made after Young Worker Readiness Course app breached
The Saskatchewan government says cybersecurity has been improved after an unauthorized breach of the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course application. The third-party app is externally hosted and...
Dec 12, 2023 Compromised data could include names, places of residence, email addresses, details regarding Indigenous identity, school, and age. (650 CKOM file photo)
Commercial beekeepers in Sask. get assistance from feds, province
Saskatchewan's commercial beekeepers who were stung by heavy losses in 2022 are getting some help from the federal and provincial governments. The two levels of government are providing a total of $1 ...
Dec 12, 2023
Missing ATV operator found safe: RCMP
A missing ATV driver in the Meadow Lake area has been found safe. According to the RCMP, the 42-year-old man was reported missing on Monday after saying he planned to go out on his ATV south of the co...
Dec 12, 2023 Police in Meadow Lake are searching for a missing ATV rider. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Sask. contractor facing fraud charge after allegedly taking off with $258,000
A Regina-area contractor is facing a fraud charge after allegedly taking off with 48 deposits adding up to more than a quarter of a million dollars without performing the work. Police said the first r...
Dec 12, 2023
Encampment catches fire near Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan pavilion
An encampment at the site of a Saskatoon summer festival caught fire Tuesday morning. The fire department was called to the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan pavilion shortly before 8 a.m. The fire was ...
Dec 12, 2023 Damage from the fire was estimated at $10,000. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Police seize cocaine, cash, vehicles and weapons during warrant searches
Warrant searches in Saskatoon turned up almost 700 grams of cocaine along with a trove of weapons and paraphernalia. According to police, officers executed the warrants on a home on McKercher Drive an...
Dec 12, 2023 Warrant searches on two vehicles and a Saskatoon home turned up drugs, cash and weapons. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
RCMP asks for surveillance footage to aid Nipawin shooting investigation
Mounties in Nipawin are asking for surveillance footage captured early Monday morning that could help solve a shooting. According to the RCMP, officers were called to the area of Third Avenue West nea...
Dec 11, 2023 Mounties in Nipawin are appealing to the public for help as they investigate a shooting. (battlefordsNOW file photo)
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