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Martensville Mounties appeal to public for info on suspicious fires
Mounties in Martensville are asking the public for any information that could help solve a pair of suspicious fires. At around 2:40 a.m. on Tuesday, police were called to a fire at a business on Cente...
Dec 12, 2023 RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire at a Martensville auto dealership on Dec 12, 2023 (Clark's Crossing Gazette)
Traffic lights out at Eighth Street East and Clarence Avenue after crash
A multi-vehicle crash knocked out the traffic signals at a busy Saskatoon intersection on Tuesday. According to police, officers were at the scene of a collision at the intersection of Eighth Street E...
Dec 12, 2023 Police say a multi-vehicle crash knocked out the lights at a major intersection on Tuesday afternoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Cameco announces $1.8 million in funding for community organizations
Cameco is giving some community organizations an early Christmas present. On Tuesday, the company announced that it will be providing $1.8 million in funding, which will be divided between 24 differen...
Dec 12, 2023 YWCA CEO Cara Bahr along with Cameco's president and CEO Tim Gitzel and the Meewasin Valley Authority’s Amy Wall after Cameco announced $1.8 million in funding for local organizations. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Baeleigh Maurice memorial damaged by unattended candle
A memorial for a nine-year-old girl who was hit by a truck and killed in 2021 caught fire on Saturday. The memorial for Baeleigh Emily Maurice has been standing for two years along 33rd Street West in...
Dec 12, 2023 The memorial for Baeleigh Maurice was damaged by fire over the weekend. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
North Battleford man facing child porn charges
A 26-year-old North Battleford man is facing charges after an investigation by the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit. Officers from the unit started an investigation in July and, on ...
Dec 12, 2023 Police with the ICE Unit charged Mark Dakota Mosquito with two counts of possession of child pornography. (650 CKOM file photo)
Improvements made after Young Worker Readiness Course app breached
The Saskatchewan government says cybersecurity has been improved after an unauthorized breach of the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course application. The third-party app is externally hosted and...
Dec 12, 2023 Compromised data could include names, places of residence, email addresses, details regarding Indigenous identity, school, and age. (650 CKOM file photo)
Missing ATV operator found safe: RCMP
A missing ATV driver in the Meadow Lake area has been found safe. According to the RCMP, the 42-year-old man was reported missing on Monday after saying he planned to go out on his ATV south of the co...
Dec 12, 2023 Police in Meadow Lake are searching for a missing ATV rider. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Encampment catches fire near Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan pavilion
An encampment at the site of a Saskatoon summer festival caught fire Tuesday morning. The fire department was called to the Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan pavilion shortly before 8 a.m. The fire was ...
Dec 12, 2023 Damage from the fire was estimated at $10,000. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Police seize cocaine, cash, vehicles and weapons during warrant searches
Warrant searches in Saskatoon turned up almost 700 grams of cocaine along with a trove of weapons and paraphernalia. According to police, officers executed the warrants on a home on McKercher Drive an...
Dec 12, 2023 Warrant searches on two vehicles and a Saskatoon home turned up drugs, cash and weapons. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Police in Saskatchewan issue 1,347 traffic charges in one week
Police around Saskatchewan marked Canada Safe Driving Week by laying more than 1,300 charges and about the same number of warnings. According to the RCMP, officers with Combined Traffic Services Saska...
Dec 11, 2023 Police around the province handed out more than 1,300 tickets -- and roughly the same number of warnings -- in a single week this month. (650 CKOM file photo)
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