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Three arrested after allegedly evading police in Saskatoon
Three people - including a pair of teen girls - are facing charges after allegedly evading police in Saskatoon. The first incident happened just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, when police got a report of ...
Feb 26, 2025 (Alex_Schmidt/Depositphotos.com)
Man injured in pry bar attack outside Saskatoon bar: Police
A 27-year-old man was injured in an alleged assault with a pry bar outside a Saskatoon bar early on Wednesday morning. According to police, officers were called to a parking lot on Eighth Street East ...
Feb 26, 2025 Police said the 41-year-old suspect is now facing charges of aggravated assault, along with possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. cracks down on fentanyl traffickers with $1M fine
The provincial government announced a suite of new measures on Tuesday aiming to curb the production, transportation, sale and use of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Saskatchewan. According to the Gov...
Feb 25, 2025 Saskatoon Police Chief Cam McBride said it will take time to see if these new measures announced by the government will work. (Regina Police Service)
Police briefs: Two men arrested for theft, house shot in Meadowgreen
Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) arrested two men after an incident involving a knife in Brevoort Park on Saturday. Police said in a news release on Monday they arrested the pair after receiving a repor...
Feb 24, 2025 Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com
Three arrested after liquor store robbery on Eighth Street: Police
Three people are facing charges after an alleged liquor store robbery in Saskatoon. According to police, officers were called to the store on Eight Street East at around 3 p.m. on Saturday. Police sai...
Feb 24, 2025 Three people are now facing charges after the alleged robbery on Saturday afternoon. (650 CKOM file photo)
Moe returning to D.C. with business group to push back on tariff threat
Saskatchewan's premier is once again heading to Washington D.C. in an effort to push back against the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump. Scott Moe will be leading a delegation of Saska...
Feb 24, 2025 For the second time this month, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is headed to Washington D.C. to tout the value of trade relationships and Saskatchewan's industries ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline next month. (Scott Moe/Twitter)
Neilburg man dead, two injured after rollover on Highway 55: RCMP
A 43-year-old man from Neilburg is dead after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 55, which left two other people injured. Police, paramedics and firefighters all responded to the scene just east of ...
Feb 24, 2025 Police said the single-vehicle crash happened just a few kilometres east of Canwood on Friday evening. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
SaskPower aims to help Indigenous communities with new home rebate
A new rebate program from SaskPower aims to help Indigenous communities make new home builds more efficient, without going over budget. The Indigenous New Homes Rebate offers financial support for Ind...
Feb 24, 2025 The Indigenous New Homes Rebate is funded by the federal government's Future Electricity Fund. (980 CJME file photo)
Garden Talk: Tips for a healthy tropical houseplant like bird of paradise
Jill and Rick Van Duyvendyk answer all your gardening questions in Garden Talk on 650 CKOM and 980 CJME every Sunday morning. Here are some questions and answers from the Feb. 23 show. https://iono.fm...
Feb 23, 2025 Larger tropical plants like bird of paradise need to be watered thoroughly so that it drains through the bottom.(ViktoriiaDyachenko/ Depositphotos.com)
'It's heartbreaking': Ukrainians in Sask. mark three years since Russian invasion
Rallies were held across Canada this weekend, including in several Saskatchewan cities, marking the three-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia's army crossed the border on Feb. ...
Feb 23, 2025 Graves of Ukrainian soldiers who died since Russia launched its full-scale invasion are seen at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, Monday Nov. 11, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mykola Tys)
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