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Police sic K-9 on hammer wielding man
A 24-year old man is facing multiple charges after damaging property in the downtown area Tuesday morning. Police observed a man in the 200 block of 21 Street East damaging a city parking station with...
Sep 25, 2018 A view of the 200 block of 21st Street East in Saskatoon. (Google)
City council delays waste utility vote to October
City administration maintains something needs to be done when it comes to waste management in Saskatoon, but some city councillors are saying they should "slow down" on plans to shift to a waste utili...
Sep 25, 2018
National Basketball League to play new Saskatoon facility
The National Basketball League (NBL) of Canada is coming to Saskatoon on Nov. 2. Officials were in the city Monday to announce that reigning Champion London Lightning will take on the Halifax Hurrican...
Sep 24, 2018 John Graham - National Basketball League of Canada
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Circle Drive needle haul 'unique' says fire department
The Saskatoon Fire Department is used to picking up needles - just not hundreds at a time. On Sunday, an estimated 500 needles were scattered along a stretch of Circle Drive between Laurier Drive and ...
Sep 24, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Wray Morrison: One Word
A veteran broadcaster once told me that "unbelievable" was the most overused word in sports journalism. It is the go-to description of a great goal in hockey or a remarkable catch in football. We use ...
Sep 24, 2018
City council to consider waste utility program
Saskatoon's city councillors will be talking trash Monday afternoon as they debate a proposed waste utility program. City administration is endorsing the project, which would take waste management off...
Sep 24, 2018 The City of Saskatoon displays examples of different garbage bin sizes that could be implemented under a new utility program, with the current bin displayed on the right. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Firefighters find more than 500 needles on Circle Drive
Saskatoon firefighters were in for a surprise when they responded to a call of abandoned needles Sunday morning. A call came just after 9 a.m. Sunday, reporting a large amount of needles scattered alo...
Sep 23, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon fire crews rescue 2 people trapped in flipped SUV
Saskatoon firefighters helped free two people trapped in a flipped SUV Friday night. Just before midnight, an SUV crashed and ended up on its side at Idylwyld Drive and 25th Street East. According to ...
Sep 22, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters help rescue two people from a flipped SUV at Idylwyld Drive and 25th Street Sept. 21, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Man charged over threats of public execution at U of S
A 24-year-old man is facing charges of uttering threats toward the University of Saskatchewan after online posts were made calling for public executions Wednesday night. The Facebook posts suggested t...
Sep 21, 2018
Police arrest murder suspect one block from scene of crime
Saskatoon police have charged a 26-year-old man with first degree murder in Saskatoon's eighth homicide of 2018. Police say the man was known to Ken Peter Balan, who was found injured in the north all...
Sep 21, 2018
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