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One person charged in Megan Gallagher case pleads guilty
One of the people charged in connection with the Megan Gallagher investigation pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Monday. According to a court spokesperson, Ernest Whitehead pleaded guilt...
Feb 27, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Surgery date nears for woman who found kidney donor with car ad
In less than 24 hours, Brent Kruger will donate one of his kidneys to Debbie Onishenko, who was a complete stranger to him six months ago. Today, he calls her family. Kruger told Gormley on Monday he ...
Feb 27, 2023 Debbie Onishenko. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Auctions of SLGA liquor permits generate more than $45 million
The Saskatchewan government cashed in with the recent auctions of liquor permits. The provincial government announced Monday that final bids for the permits totalled $45,077,800. The permits were asso...
Feb 27, 2023
Northern lights becoming more active in Saskatchewan skies
By Doug Lett If you've been noticing some spectacular northern light shows lately, you are not alone. Social media has been filled with breathtaking pictures of aurora borealis from across the provinc...
Feb 27, 2023 Northern lights over Black Lake in northern Saskatchewan. (Black Lake RCMP)
Police seeking suspect after woman assaulted in attempted carjacking
A 71-year-old woman was hurt Sunday in an attempted carjacking in Saskatoon. According to Saskatoon police, the incident happened just after 6 p.m., in a parking lot in the 1600 block of 20th Street W...
Feb 27, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Temperatures heading up but not a sign of spring yet: Meteorologist
An arctic mass has kept temperatures frigid in Saskatchewan for the last little while, but those temperatures are heading the other way this week. A low pressure system tracking through the province M...
Feb 27, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
TeleMiracle wraps with $5.5 million raised
When the final donations were tallied at 5 p.m. on Sunday, the 47th TeleMiracle had raised more than $5.5 million. The annual telethon fundraiser generated a grand total of $5,519,229 for the Kinsmen ...
Feb 27, 2023 The grand total of the 47th TeleMiracle in 2023. (TeleMiracle/Submitted)
Pandas eliminate Huskies from Canada West women's basketball playoffs
Provincial rivals will meet in the Canada West women's basketball final, but it likely isn't the rivals -- or the province -- many would have expected. Less than 24 hours after the third-seeded Univer...
Feb 25, 2023 The University of Saskatchewan Huskies and University of Alberta Pandas women's basketball teams in a file photo. (Electric Umbrella/Derek Elvin/HuskieFan.ca)
Both new and old faces to be at TeleMiracle 47 this year
It's almost time to ring those phones to give back to Saskatchewan. Richard Kies, executive director of the Kinsmen Foundation, said people can expect to see some familiar faces and some new ones duri...
Feb 25, 2023 (Telemiracle/Facebook)
Saskatoon judge approves Lighthouse receivership application
It was a deal that was literally agreed upon minutes before a Saskatoon Court of King's Bench justice gave it her stamp of approval. Lawyers representing the Lighthouse Supported Living Inc., and two ...
Feb 24, 2023 Lighthouse board member Adeel Salman (left) and Don Windels (right) leave Court of King's Bench on Feb. 24, 2023. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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