Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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RCMP warns of treacherous highway conditions across Saskatchewan
A blast of winter weather caused by an Alberta clipper is creating difficult driving conditions on highways across Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan RCMP issued an advisory on Friday morning, warning tha...
Jan 17, 2025 The Saskatchewan RCMP is warning drivers of tricky conditions on roads around the province. (Highway Hotline/Twitter)
Gallagher family disappointed with guilty plea at murder trial
"It's like a kick in the gut," is how Brian Gallagher and his wife described how they felt on Thursday after hearing about the latest developments in Megan Gallagher's homicide case. On January 6, the...
Jan 16, 2025 Although it was not the outcome Brian and his wife Debbie had hoped for, he said "I'm not losing faith in the justice system, but I know that there are some holes in it." (650 CKOM file photo)
Police arrest 28-year-old man in Saskatoon's eighth homicide of 2024
The Saskatoon Police Service has made an arrest in the murder of 25-year-old Kade Lee. Aaron Ironstand, a 28-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested and has already appeared in court for the April 16, 202...
Jan 16, 2025 The Saskatoon Police Service has made an arrest in the murder of 25-year-old Kade Lee.
Aaron Ironstand, a 28-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested and has already appeared in court for the April 16, 2024 homicide in the 200 block of Avenue O South. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Sask. woman to plead guilty in fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 11
A Saskatchewan woman intends to plead guilty to four charges in connection with a crash that left two Alberta women dead in October. The crash happened just before 10 p.m. on October 19 on Highway 11,...
Jan 16, 2025 A screenshot from Google Street View shows the divided highway near Dundurn. The crash happened about a kilometre north of the town on Highway 11 on Oct. 19, 2024. (Google Street View)
Three charged after 1.2 kilos of cocaine seized during RCMP traffic stop
Two men and a woman are facing charges after a traffic stop by Saskatchewan RCMP officers turned up more than a kilogram of cocaine. According to the RCMP, officers with the Kamsack detachment receive...
Jan 15, 2025 Roughly 1.2 kilos of cocaine seized by RCMP officers in December. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
APAS calls for withdrawal, consultation on capital gains tax hike
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) wants the federal government to withdraw its proposed changes to Canada's capital gains tax. Since June, the Canada Revenue Agency has bee...
Jan 15, 2025 APAS president Bill Prybylski said the tax hike will be “quite severe for anybody who's in that position where they're wanting to sell their land or transition to next generation.” (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP charge three with drug trafficking at Sask. Penitentiary
A request from Correctional Service Canada (CSC) was received by the Prince Albert RCMP on January 11 just before 9:30 p.m. asking for help in a Saskatchewan Penitentiary drug trafficking investigatio...
Jan 14, 2025 A homemade slingshot used to get drugs into the Saskatchewan Penitentiary was seized by Prince Albert RCMP after employees from the correctional facility noticed a suspicious vehicle with three people in their parking lot. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
A water main break closes Spadina Crescent for at least a day
Spadina Crescent is expected to remain closed for at least another day after a water main broke on Tuesday morning. The water main broke between Duchess and Queen Street causing water to pool and free...
Jan 14, 2025 A Saskatoon snow grader clears blocks of ice after a water main burst earlier on Jan. 14, 2025, morning causing water on Spadina Crescent between Duchess and Queen Street to pool and freeze. The road isn't expected to re-open for at least another day. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM News)
Fire can be a friend and fire can be your worst enemy: Fire Expert
Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the ...
Jan 14, 2025 Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the Prince Albert Grand Council. He's on the Evan Bray Show to offer insight into how fires like the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in California came about and what can be done to put them out. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Two security guards bear sprayed at Midtown mall: Police
Police in Saskatoon have responded to yet another bear spray attack at a downtown shopping mall. According to police, officers were called to the Midtown mall on First Avenue South just before 5 p.m. ...
Jan 14, 2025 Saskatoon's Midtown mall has been the site of a number of bear spray attacks in recent months. (650 CKOM file photo)
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