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Person unaccounted for after New Year's Eve building fire
One person is unaccounted for after a New Year's Eve fire on Avenue R South. Saskatoon police reported the structure fire to the Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) at 9:21 p.m. Crews were dispatched and ...
Jan 01, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 31: Record-high 735 cases reported
Saskatchewan has recorded its highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health reported Friday there were 735 new cases, breaking the previous record of 601. There also were 74 recov...
Dec 31, 2021 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
Actress Betty White dead at age 99
Comedy legend Betty White has died. White was 99. She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17. White's death was first reported Friday by TMZ and subsequently confirmed by her longtime agent Jeff Witjas in a...
Dec 31, 2021
Saskatchewan breaks power consumption record for second straight day
The record Saskatchewan set Wednesday for peak power consumption stood for just one day. In a media release Friday, SaskPower said Saskatchewan homes and businesses were using 3,910 megawatts (MW) of ...
Dec 31, 2021
Women found dead after fire in North Battleford were murdered: RCMP
The RCMP says two women whose bodies were found after a fire at a house in North Battleford had been murdered. An investigation by the RCMP and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service has determined the dea...
Dec 30, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
RCMP repeats request for public's help in finding missing woman
The search continues in the Weyburn area for a woman who has been missing for more than three weeks. In a media release Thursday, the RCMP said searches for 77-year-old Frances Gazeley in rural areas ...
Dec 30, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 30: 589 new cases, 2,176 active cases
Saskatchewan reported its second-highest single-day total of COVID-19 cases on Thursday. There were 589 cases reported, the most since 601 were announced on Sept. 30. There were 650 cases announced on...
Dec 30, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
WHL puts Swift Current on pause due to COVID
The Swift Current Broncos are in lockdown. In a media release Thursday, the WHL announced what it called “the pausing of team activities” for the Broncos after four players were put on the...
Dec 30, 2021
Sask. implements new testing and isolation guidelines, but no new restrictions
Saskatchewan has changed its guidelines for COVID-19 testing and isolation, but not its public health measures. "We are continuing to watch our hospitalizations and our intensive care numbers very clo...
Dec 30, 2021
City of Humboldt fined $133,000 in connection with worker's death
The City of Humboldt has been fined $133,000 for a workplace accident that killed a city employee. On Sept. 18, 2019, Ian Irwin was called to help connect a property to the city's water system at an e...
Dec 30, 2021 (City of Humboldt/Facebook)
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