Murray Wood: Highlights from this year's family reunion
Summer is a time for homecomings and reunions, and in Saskatchewan that often means city folks going out to the family f...
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Sarah Mills: Parks Canada in no-win situation after revoking concert permit
Parks Canada revoked the permit for a concert by Christian rocker Sean Feucht. As Sarah Mills explains, Parks Canada is now stuck in a tricky situation, where it's really impossible to please anyone. ...
Jul 24, 2025
Murray Wood: Gang issues at the root of violent crime increase
Murray Wood says there's some disturbing news in the latest crime numbers from Statistics Canada. Saskatchewan leads provinces in severe crime, and there was a 45 per cent increase in violent crime la...
Jul 24, 2025
UPDATE: Suspect arrested after RCMP officer shot during gun call on Muskowekwan First Nation
The man behind an emergency alert issued on Thursday morning has been arrested. According to the emergency alert, which was issued by the Saskatchewan RCMP just after 6:30 a.m., 28-year-old Elijah Alb...
Jul 24, 2025
Saskatoon cop who released dog that injured hiding suspect wasn't negligent: SIRT
A Saskatoon police officer was not negligent when they dropped the leash of the police dog, leaving the animal to bite a hiding suspect, according to Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team. In ...
Jul 23, 2025 “In the circumstances of this incident, these actions fail to demonstrate either a wanton or reckless disregard for the safety of the affected person, or an unreasonable use of force based on the single strike delivered during his arrest,” the report concluded. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Charges pending after 18-year-old injured in hit-and-run collision: Police
An 18-year-old man was hurt in an alleged hit-and-run collision early on Wednesday morning, following an altercation in a parking lot. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers were called t...
Jul 23, 2025 Charges are pending, police said, and the incident is under investigation by the Saskatoon police Collision Analyst Unit. (650 CKOM file photo)
Murray Wood: Canadian boycotting seems to be annoying Trump
Murray Wood says Canadians deciding to boycott travel to the U.S. and avoid buying American products seems to be having the desired affect, and appears to be getting under President Donald Trump's ski...
Jul 23, 2025
Sarah Mills: 'Elbows up' sounds nice, but what progress have we made?
Canada's premiers are wrapping up their meetings with the prime minister in Ontario, where they discussed international trade, but Sarah Mills is wondering what we have to show for it. The Mills Minut...
Jul 23, 2025
The Green Zone Replay - Tuesday, July 22
The Green Zone Replay - Tuesday, July 22 2:35pm - Nick Ashbourne, Sportsnet With their victory over the New York Yankees last night, the Toronto Blue Jays have won a franchise record 11 straight home ...
Jul 22, 2025
Black Sabbath singer and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76
Heavy metal legend and reality TV star Ozzy Osbourne has died at age 76, according to a statement from his family. "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our b...
Jul 22, 2025 Ozzy Osbourne, left, and his wife Sharon wait for the super welterweight boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Saskatoon's water director says storm pond helped mitigate flooding after Sunday rainstorm
After a major rainstorm hit Saskatoon on Sunday, the director of Saskatoon Water says a storm pond helped mitigate flooding in one of the hardest-hit areas of the city. Russ Munro said the storm on Su...
Jul 22, 2025 “Our underground storm sewer system is designed to handle a one-in-two-year rain event, and then we use the streets and overland drainage, so things like storm ponds, to handle larger events,” said Russ Munro, director of Saskatoon Water.
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