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Much of Saskatchewan expecting a rare brown Christmas
Saskatchewan has beaten the odds, and will likely see a brown Christmas in 2023. Environment & Climate Change Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips confirmed the news. "We can already call ...
Dec 24, 2023 Much of Saskatchewan will be celebrating Christmas without any snow this year. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Two pedestrians hit in train collision
On Saturday at 2:54 a.m., Saskatoon police sent out a media release saying that two people were hit by a train. Police say it happened at 20th Street West and Avenue K South. The release said Saskatoo...
Dec 23, 2023 Saskatoon police responded to a home after a report that five unknown people were on a home's patio in the Fairhaven neighbourhood. (650 CKOM file photo)
Operation Red Nose returns for 2023
An annual holiday program is helping ensure everyone has a ride home this Christmas. Operation Red Nose is making a return this year, helping people find safe rides after a little too much eggnog. The...
Dec 22, 2023 The program is free of charge, but welcomes donations. (Operation Red Nose Saskatoon/Facebook)
Saskatoon business advocate not happy as Ave. C bike lanes approved
A Saskatoon business advocate was not happy to hear that the city plans to move ahead with its bike lane project on Avenue C. Last week, council gave the green light to move ahead with the plan in a 6...
Dec 22, 2023 North Saskatoon Business Association executive director Keith Moen stands outside of the Travelodge Inn on Avenue C, which is in danger of losing over 40 parking spots because of a bike lane plan. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon travellers gear up for busiest airport day of the year
Friday is expected to be the busiest day for travellers at the Saskatoon airport. The airport is expected to see over 2000 departing passengers on Friday alone but the airport's vice president of busi...
Dec 22, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. records 13 influenza deaths as flu, COVID cases decline
While COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Saskatchewan, the flu has claimed 13 more lives. According to the latest respiratory illness report from the Ministry of Health, COVID cases dropped for the...
Dec 22, 2023 The province has seen 13 flu-related deaths in a two-week period. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Saskatoon man seriously injured in stabbing
A Saskatoon man was left with life-threatening injuries after an altercation ended in a stabbing on Thursday night. According to police, officers were called to Fairlight Driver at around 8:30 p.m., w...
Dec 22, 2023 Police say the suspect and victim were known to each other. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Weather records continue to tumble in Sask. as winter officially arrives
Winter officially arrived on Thursday evening, but Mother Nature ushered in the coldest season with historically warm weather in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada said Cypress Hills, Coronach, Rockglen...
Dec 22, 2023 (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Ukrainians preparing to celebrate Christmas on different day
Christmas for many Ukrainians might look a little bit different this year. In fact, it might happen on a different day altogether. Earlier this year, the Ukrainian government passed a law which will s...
Dec 22, 2023 Father Taras Makowsky at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral in Saskatoon just days before the church holds one of its first-ever Dec. 25 services. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
SIRT to probe officer-involved shooting on Red Earth Cree Nation
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice has released more information about a shootout that left a suspect dead and an RCMP officer injured on the Red Earth Cree Nation. In a release Thursday saying the Se...
Dec 21, 2023 The 62-year-old woman from Moosomin First Nation was taken to hospital but later succumbed to her injuries. (650 CKOM file photo)
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