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Cold case: Wanted man pushes freezer into Nipawin RCMP officer
By Susan McNeil An RCMP officer is fine after being hit by a freezer that was recently pushed into him by a fleeing suspect. Officers in Nipawin were called to a store on the 100 block of First Avenue...
Jul 26, 2022
Major gift kicks off Saskatoon Food Bank's campaign to fund new location
The Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre's campaign to fund its move to a new location is off to a great start, thanks to a $2.5-million gift from Nutrien Ltd. The food bank has purchased a new p...
Jul 26, 2022 Laurie O'Connor, executive director for the Saskatoon Food Bank. (File photo/650 CKOM)
Prairieland Park vaccine clinic to close Wednesday
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is closing its vaccination clinic at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park on Wednesday. According to the health authority, the lease agreement for the space is ending, and as...
Jul 26, 2022 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Province's plan to reduce surgical wait times raises questions for health-care workers
The Saskatchewan government's plan for cutting into provincial surgical wait times comes with more questions than answers for the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN). The province laid out some ideas i...
Jul 25, 2022
Sask. First Nations communities hoping for action after papal apology
Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) said Indigenous communities will "of course" accept the apology issued to Indigenous peoples by Pope Francis on Monday. The...
Jul 25, 2022
U of S reveals new policy for confirming Indigenous identity in hiring practices
A significant policy change at the University of Saskatchewan is going to implement a documentation verification process to confirm the membership and citizenship of people with Indigenous heritage. T...
Jul 25, 2022
Search continues for missing Saskatoon woman, boy
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron says Dawn Walker is never more than a phone call away. That's how many members of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations who worked with Walker, as well as friends and...
Jul 25, 2022 Chief Bobby Cameron addresses the media about the disappearance of Dawn Walker on July 25, 2022 at the Saskatoon Inn. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
HEART and RCMP recover body of missing boater
The body of a man who fell off his boat while fishing on Dore Lake has been recovered. According to the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) -- a Manitoba-based group helping with the sea...
Jul 25, 2022 Searchers scoured Dore Lake for the body of Austin Bomok. (HEART Team/Facebook)
'It's a social outing:' Saskatoon umpire enjoys time at the diamond
Sometimes there are bigger things than who wins and loses when it comes to the world of sports. Gary Dodds is a baseball umpire in Saskatoon who is widely known in the community for being one of the b...
Jul 25, 2022 The U18 AAA Saskatoon Cubs present longtime umpire Gary Dodds with a signed ball and pre-game presentation for Dodd's final game of the season. (Tiffany Dodds-Little/Facebook)
Woman, boy reported missing in Saskatoon
The Saskatoon police and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations are putting out a call to help find a missing woman and a minor. Dawn Walker, 48, was last seen on Friday at 6 p.m. at a business on...
Jul 25, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
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