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Man carjacked while loading groceries in parking lot
A Saskatoon man was robbed at knifepoint while loading groceries into his vehicle Wednesday evening. Police received a call of a reported carjacking in the 2900 block of 8th Street East, the parking l...
Jul 04, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police chief addresses recommendations made during inquest
Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper responded Wednesday to the findings of the coroner's inquest into the death of Joshua Megeney. Megeney died in October of 2016 after a standoff with members of the S...
Jul 03, 2019 Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Family releases name of man killed in city's sixth murder of the year
Family members of the man who was killed in the Avalon neighbourhood last week have released his name. Gerald Grimard, 60, was found dead in the 600 block of Hopkins Street on June 24. A 15-year-old m...
Jul 03, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan to open later this week
Two comedies will run on the river this summer with the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan theatre festival opening up on Friday night. Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and "The Comedy of Errors" will run ...
Jul 02, 2019 A sneak preview of the two plays being staged this year during the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan festival was held July 2, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police looking for two men after home invasion
Two men are wanted by Saskatoon police after a break and enter early Saturday morning. Police first got a call at 1:45 a.m., and were sent to the intersection of 21st Street West and Avenue U South. P...
Jul 02, 2019
Police arrest four after incident on Avenue V South
Four people were arrested Tuesday afternoon following a standoff with Saskatoon police. Police had a perimeter set up on the 300 block of Avenue V South, and brought in the Police Armoured Rescue Vehi...
Jul 02, 2019 Saskatoon police blocked off Avenue V South, as well as surrounding areas, on July 2, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Two men arrested on charges of assault with a BB gun
Two Saskatoon men are facing charges of possession of stolen property over $5000, possession of a weapon and eight charges of assault with a weapon. Police were called around 4 a.m. Monday about a Tay...
Jul 02, 2019
What's open and closed in Saskatoon on Canada Day
The Canada Day long weekend means some services are running on a different schedule on Monday. City Hall is closed, along with other civil services like the municipal impound lot and public library lo...
Jul 01, 2019 Fireworks at the Optimist Canada Day Celebration at Diefenbaker Park in Saskatoon on July 1, 2016. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
Man arrested on murder charges
Saskatoon police have ruled the death of a man found injured as a murder. The 47-year-old man was found on the 1700 block of 20th Street West at around 4 a.m. Sunday. A man has been arrested and charg...
Jun 30, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon major crimes unit investigating after injured man dies
Saskatoon police's major crimes and forensic identification units are investigating after a man died on the 1700 block of 20th Street West Sunday morning. Around 4 a.m., police say they responded to a...
Jun 30, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
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