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Highway patrol seizes millions of illegal cigarettes, cigars
Highway patrol officers in Saskatchewan seized 6.6 million illegal cigarettes and 28,800 illegal cigars during a traffic stop last month. According to police, a highway patrol officer stopped a commer...
Jan 04, 2023 The Saskatchewan Highway Patrol has seized almost two million unstamped cigarettes. (650 CKOM file photo)
Snow removal in Saskatoon to cost as much as $15 million
Saskatoon city snow removal crews are facing a huge challenge after two significant storms over three days dumped 34 centimetres of snow on the ground. That figure comes from city roadways director Go...
Jan 03, 2023 Goran Saric, Saskatoon's roadways director. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Police investigate 'disturbance' at Prince Albert Correctional Centre
By Nigel Maxwell A source close to an incident that happened on New Year's Eve at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre says inmates smashed windows, lit fires and in general caused a lot of damage. I...
Jan 03, 2023 (File photo/paNOW)
Travellers returning home on rescheduled Sunwing flights
Saskatchewan travellers temporarily stranded by Sunwing's cancellations are returning home on rescheduled flights to both the Saskatoon and Regina airports. Last Thursday, Sunwing Vacations announced ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM file photo)
Woman accused of abducting son, faking deaths, intends to go to trial
Dawn Walker, the Saskatoon woman accused of abducting her son and fleeing to the United States after faking their deaths, intends to go to trial. Walker and her seven-year-old son became the subject o...
Jan 03, 2023 Dawn Walker. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon woman helps other find missing bags after airline loses luggage
A Saskatoon woman spent 10 days in Mexico over Christmas without any luggage, but that didn't stop her from helping two strangers track down their own missing bags. Michelle Linklater said she booked ...
Jan 03, 2023 A room where WestJet luggage was being stored in the Cancun airport on Dec. 30, 2022. (Michelle Linklater/Submitted)
Saskatoon begins mailing 2023 property assessment notices
The City of Saskatoon is starting to mail its 2023 property assessment notices to about 15,000 residential and commercial property owners. According to the city, property owners will only receive an a...
Jan 03, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Civilian-led team begins police investigations in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan's new Serious Incident Response Team has begun its work investigating police in the province, and is already looking into a death in police custody. The team's mandate is to investigate i...
Jan 03, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon welcomes first baby of 2023 one hour before Regina
The first babies of 2023 to be born in Saskatoon and Regina arrived within an hour of each other. Elliot Quinn Hubbard made his appearance as the first baby born in Saskatoon this new year within just...
Jan 03, 2023
Two dead, five injured in New Year's Day highway crash
A crash involving seven people left two dead on New Year's Day. At 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Warman RCMP said a three-vehicle collision had closed the northbound lane on Highway 11 between the entranc...
Jan 03, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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