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Saskatoon firefighters kept busy with 2 house fires
A busy week for firefighters in Saskatoon continued on Wednesday evening. The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) was called at 9:14 p.m. to the 400 block of Avenue E South, where a small fire had broken ...
Apr 21, 2022 A fire in the 300 block of Avenue Q South on April 20, 2022. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Another spring storm headed for southeast corner
It's going to feel like deja vu in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan this weekend. The Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle and Moosomin areas are expecting another massive storm. Environment Canada has issue...
Apr 21, 2022
Poultry farmers tightening up as bird flu arrives in Saskatchewan
Poultry producers in Saskatchewan are having to keep their eyes a little wider and look a little sharper at their flocks after avian flu was identified in two different poultry flocks in the province ...
Apr 21, 2022
Sinking feeling: City deals with another spring sinkhole
For the third time this spring, a sinkhole opened up on Saskatoon roads. The large hole formed Wednesday afternoon at Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street where city crews have been working on a water ma...
Apr 21, 2022 A water main break caused a sinkhole at Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street on April 21, 2022 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
UPDATE: Pelicans finally arrive in Saskatoon
Like snowbirds, pelicans return to Saskatoon every spring. However, the birds were late landing between the CPR Bridge and the weir this year. The first bird to touch down did so Thursday at 11:48 a.m...
Apr 21, 2022
Search efforts continue for missing five-year-old boy
A Saskatchewan community is still frantically searching for a five-year-old boy who has been missing from his home on the Red Earth Cree Nation since noon on Tuesday. Sgt. Richard Tonge of the RCMP's ...
Apr 20, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
New exhibit brings Arctic to life for Saskatoon visitors
It might feel like the Arctic climate is in Saskatoon, thanks to the spring snow that has blanketed the province over the past week. A new exhibit at Midtown in Saskatoon, however, is bringing a real ...
Apr 20, 2022 A 360-degree video filmed by Mario Cyr brings visitors into the depths of the Arctic waters. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Search on George Gordon First Nation finds 14 'possible burials'
The George Gordon First Nation said Wednesday a search near the site of a former residential school has located 14 "possible burials." Members of the community expect that number to grow in the future...
Apr 20, 2022
Weekly wastewater results suggest COVID increases in Saskatoon, Regina
While wastewater results in Prince Albert and North Battleford showed declines in their viral loads, Saskatoon is on its way up. An increase of 25.5 per cent in the viral RNA load in Saskatoon's waste...
Apr 20, 2022
RCMP reports death of second person involved in crash near Martensville
A second person has died in the wake of a fatal crash near Martensville. The RCMP confirmed the teenage driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was involved in the two-vehicle crash has died in hospital....
Apr 20, 2022
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