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Dangerous person alert issued for Montreal Lake Cree Nation
An emergency alert was issued Thursday afternoon warning of two dangerous persons in the area of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. According to the alert - which was issued just before 4 p.m. - the publi...
Oct 12, 2023 A dangerous persons alert was issued Thursday for the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. (paNOW file photo)
Holy smokes: Police in Moose Jaw seize 110,000 cigarettes
Two Moose Jaw men might need some nicotine gum after police seized 110,000 cigarettes during a search on Wednesday. According to police, officers raided a home on Duffield Crescent after a joint inves...
Oct 12, 2023 Police in Moose Jaw seized 110,000 cigarettes during a search on Wednesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Preliminary police, library budgets presented to Saskatoon council
As the City of Saskatoon works to tackle massive budget gaps for 2024 and 2025, the Saskatoon Public Library and Saskatoon Police Service unveiled their preliminary budgets. The Saskatoon Police Servi...
Oct 12, 2023 The preliminary budgets for Saskatoon's library and police force were unveiled this week. (650 CKOM file photo)
City committee wants province to be transparent on new homeless shelters
Members of Saskatoon City Council want more transparency from the provincial government as the groups work together on two new emergency homeless shelters in the city. City administration is busy tryi...
Oct 12, 2023 Ward 3 Councillor David Kirton says the city needs some answers as it searches for two shelter sites. (650 CKOM file photo)
Where to watch 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' in Saskatoon
Swifties in Saskatoon have their weekend plans settled as pop star Taylor Swift debuts her iconic Eras tour on movie screens Friday. While Regina's Aly Askin, 8, snagged concert tickets to Swift's 202...
Oct 12, 2023 Taylor Swift. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/George Walker IV
Rock 102's Coats for Kids fundraiser helps keep kids warm in winter
An annual winter fundraiser is back for 2023, aiming to ensure Saskatoon kids have enough warm clothes to get them through the winter. Rock 102's Coats for Kids fundraiser has been running since 2004,...
Oct 12, 2023 Rock 102's Coats for Kids is back for 2023. (650 CKOM file photo)
Pair of polls suggest Canadians divided on Sask. pronoun policies
Two polls held this month suggest Canadians are split almost evenly on Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy. The policy - which has created a storm of controversy in the province and beyond - requires sc...
Oct 12, 2023 Hundreds rallied in Regina showing their opposition to the government's pronoun policy as MLAs returned early to try and make it law. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Province says new police teams improving public safety in Sask.
The provincial government says its seen positive results from new police programs, and they're making Saskatchewan a safer place. The province has recently invested in a number of police and oversight...
Oct 12, 2023 The provincial government said that between March and July special policing teams seized 23 guns and more than a kilogram each of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl. (650 CKOM file photo)
Special gift warms heart of Saskatoon woman battling cancer
Ralanda Hall has been facing an uphill battle with ovarian cancer since 2018, and last week she received a gift that truly warmed her heart. Through a program called Feel the Love, Hall's Saskatoon ho...
Oct 12, 2023 Ralanda Hall (centre) said it felt like a massive weight was lifted off of her shoulders when she received a new furnace and air conditioner for her home. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Police testimony continues at trial for woman charged in death of Baeleigh Maurice
A Saskatoon police officer with 15 years of experience took the stand on Wednesday, the second day of the judge-alone trial of 29-year-old Taylor Ashley Kennedy. Kennedy is charged with impaired drivi...
Oct 11, 2023 Taylor Ashley Kennedy departs Saskatoon Provincial Court with her lawyers on the second day of her trial. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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