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Saskatoon police responded to three alleged assaults involving machetes on Monday and Tuesday
Saskatoon police were busy responding three incidents involving machetes on Monday night and Tuesday morning, along with a shooting. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, three men were injured i...
Jan 27, 2026 Police said the victim in one of the incidents reported that he inside an apartment when three men entered and allegedly assaulted him with a machete. The victim was taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries. (Konstantin1985 / Depositphotos.com)
Two men wanted after stabbings on Muskaday First Nation: Sask. RCMP
The Prince Albert RCMP is asking the public's help locating two men in connection with alleged assaults that happened Saturday night on the Muskoday First Nation. The Mounties said officers received a...
Jan 27, 2026 Chance Smith (L) is described as six feet, two inches tall, weighing 152 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Jordan Stonestand (R) is described as six feet, two inches tall, weighing 165 pounds with brown eyes and hair. (RCMP/Submitted)
GST credit will help, but more investment needed to reduce grocery prices: Food expert
An expert studying food distribution and policy says the GST credit announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday will help many struggling Canadians afford food, but more needs to be done in orde...
Jan 27, 2026 Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab=, joined the Evan Bray Show to share his thoughts on the GST credit announced on Monday, which is intended to help Canadians afford groceries as prices rise. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan's power grid 'remaining strong' amid cold snap, SaskPower helping other regions
Saskatchewan's Crown power company says its system is holding up well amid the extreme cold, even as winter storms strain North America's power grid. In fact, SaskPower's stability during the recent c...
Jan 27, 2026 From Friday evening through Monday morning, SaskPower said it has “continuously sold the maximum of 150 MW into the Southwest Power Grid, the grid and wholesale market for 14 states in the United States Midwest.” (SaskPower/Twitter)
Murray Wood: Even Saskatchewan's bureaucracy moves slower in the cold
Somehow, the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it will take months to total up some simple data from this recent cold snap, and Murray Wood wonders how the SHA could be as slow as it claims. Murray W...
Jan 27, 2026
Sarah Mills: The federal government's GST boost doesn't address the here and now
The prime minister has announced an increase to the GST rebate, to be received by some 12 million Canadians. But Sarah Mills says it doesn't put money in families' pockets when they need it the most. ...
Jan 27, 2026
RCMP hunting for pair charged after stabbing on Muskoday First Nation
Prince Albert RCMP are looking for two men after a stabbing on Muskoday First Nation on Saturday. RCMP said in a news release on Jan. 26 that officers were called to a home on the First Nation around ...
Jan 26, 2026 Chance Smith (left) and Jordan Stonestand are wanted after the stabbing on Saturday on Muskoday First Nation. Police said Stonestand is 6-foot-2, weighs 165 lb with brown eyes and brown hair, while Smith is also 6-foot-2, weighs 152 lb, and has brown eyes and black hair. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Man, 39, allegedly stabbed in Mount Royal neighbourhood: Police
A man was reportedly injured in a stabbing that took place in a restaurant and lounge in the city's Mount Royal neighbourhood Saturday night. Saskatoon Police Service responded to the report of an inj...
Jan 26, 2026 “Two suspects were seen, one armed with a machete and the other with a firearm,” added the police. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police investigating sudden death of woman, believed to be non-suspicious
Saskatoon Police Service said it responded to the sudden death of a woman, which is believed to be non-suspicious in nature, on Monday morning. Read more: Fatal single snowmobile rollover in Bulyea Ar...
Jan 26, 2026 Officers were called to the 2100 block of Airport Drive where witnesses found a woman outside a business at around 7 a.m., noted the police in a statement. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Armed robbery reported in Warman in December amid string of vape shop break ins: RCMP
Both Martensville RCMP and Warman RCMP said a number of vape shops reported break-and-enters between October and December 2025. One of those incidents involved an armed robbery in Warman on Dec. 13. R...
Jan 26, 2026 Police believe a white 2019 or newer model Toyota RAV4 was involved in the armed robbery incident on Dec. 13, 2025. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
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