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Fire crews respond to weekend spree of dumpster fires
The Saskatoon Fire Department has been busy as of late, mainly with fires in city dumpsters. Saturday night was no exception, with three small fires being lit in dumpsters, just a few blocks from one ...
Feb 16, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Huskies season ends in heartbreak with double-overtime loss to UBC
The season is over for the women's hockey team at the University of Saskatchewan. The team, which finished in third in the Canada West standings, was swept in two straight games this weekend by the Un...
Feb 16, 2020 Eight fifth year players have now ended their careers with the U of S Huskies Women's Hockey Team. (Twitter/Huskie Athletics)
Police identify unknown man after shooting, still looking for public's help
Saskatoon police have identified the boy critically injured after a shooting Saturday night in the Mount Royal neighbourhood. In a release, police say the boy is 17 years old, and he remains in critic...
Feb 16, 2020 (650 CKOM)
Fantasy football league raises money with last place punishment
For as long as fantasy football leagues have been in existence, so have punishments for the losers of those leagues. Some have a commemorative trophy that goes to the worst player -other's force the l...
Feb 15, 2020 Fantasy football league trophy (FanDuel.com)
Blades drop second straight game to Brandon, fall further in East Division
The Saskatoon Blades failed to make up any ground in the East Division standings, losing to the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-2 Friday. It was the second straight loss to Brandon after a 5-1 drubbing on Wedne...
Feb 15, 2020 Brandon Wheat Kings forward Duncan Pierce celebrates a goal on Feb. 14, 2020. (Brandon Wheat Kings/Twitter)
Unifor releases video on barricade north of Saskatoon
The union representing locked out Co-op Refinery workers has released a video on social media describing the motivation for it's latest labour dispute tactic - putting a fence around the Co-op cardloc...
Feb 15, 2020 Unifor members set up barricades around the entrances to the co-op cardlock, north of Saskatoon, just off highway 16 on Friday, February 14, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
3 men charged in Saskatoon home invasion
Saskatoon police have charged three men aged 36, 41 and 50 in a home invasion Friday on the 3100 block of 33rd Street West. Around 5 p.m. officers responded to reports of a home invasion at an apartme...
Feb 15, 2020
Firefighters respond to 8 suspicious fires on Valentine's Day
Saskatoon firefighters spent a good part of Friday battling suspicious fires. The first five were set early in the morning in the King George neighbourhood and all involved garbage or recycling bins. ...
Feb 15, 2020
Saskatoon firefighters have a busy Friday morning
The Saskatoon Fire Department was kept busy in the early hours of Friday morning. In addition to the fire at a tire recycling facility north of the city, Saskatoon firefighters responded to five fires...
Feb 14, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Train handled properly, no malfunctions found at Guernsey derailment site
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says investigators haven't found any mechanical malfunctions on the train that derailed near Guernsey on Feb. 6. In an update issued Friday, the TSB said no "caus...
Feb 14, 2020 Transportation Safety Board investigators inspect a derailed oil car east of Guernsey on Feb. 9, 2020. (TSB/Submitted)
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