Murray Wood: Fish, biscuits and scenery drawing Americans to Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says Saskatchewan's north is a big draw to American anglers, for some obvious reasons.
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Saskatoon teacher first Canadian to win prestigious math award
Rolling the dice has landed a Saskatoon math teacher a $25,000 prize. Nat Banting, who teaches at Marion M. Graham Collegiate in Saskatoon, is the first Canadian to win the Rosenthal Prize for Innovat...
Jan 07, 2020 Saskatoon teacher Nat Banting became the first Canadian to win the Rosenthal Prize. (Nat Banting)
Saskatoon police search for 21-year-old charged in December murder
Saskatoon Police is reminding the public to keep an eye out for a 21-year-old charged in the December death of 35-year-old Winston Littlecrow. Eiryn Ashlee Straightnose is wanted on a Canada-wide warr...
Jan 07, 2020 Eiryn Ashlee Straightnose,is charged in a Saskatoon murder on Dec. 7, 2019. (Twitter/Saskatoon Police)
Take keys out of unattended cars to avoid theft: Saskatoon police
Saskatoon police issued a public advisory Tuesday, reminding drivers not to leave their keys inside vehicles. It comes as Environment Canada forecasts cooler temperatures and heavy snowfall in Saskato...
Jan 07, 2020
Snowfall warnings issued as 4 to 6 inches expected to fall in Saskatoon through Wednesday
It's time to gear up and get ready-a major snowfall is on its way to Saskatoon. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for the Saskatoon, Martensville, Prince Albert and Battlefords areas on Tues...
Jan 07, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon's Kleiter shines on the curling circuit, classroom and gridiron
Accountability is a big aspect of Saskatoon's Rylan Kleiter's success. The 21-year-old balances two high-performance sports, curling and football, along with working towards an accounting degree throu...
Jan 07, 2020 Rylan Kleiter's foursome won the 2019-20 Junior Provincial Championships on Jan. 1, 2020 in Saskatoon. (Kelly Faber/CurlSask)
Chicken with razor blades tossed into dog owner's west Saskatoon backyard
A Saskatoon dog owner is keeping a closer eye on her canine in the backyard after a chilling incident Monday morning. Brittany Betker had just let Duke, her rescue dog, out into their backyard around ...
Jan 06, 2020 A baggy containing a chicken breast with embedded razorblades was found in a Pacific Heights neighbourhood backyard on Jan. 6, 2020. (Brittany Betker/Facebook)
Downtown Regina bank robbed in broad daylight
A man walked in and robbed the Royal Bank on 11th Avenue Monday morning, according to the Regina Police Service. There were few details given - just that a man walked into the bank around 9:50 am, and...
Jan 06, 2020
More details given on Canadians fighting Australian wildfires
Almost 100 Canadians are hard at work in Australia helping to fight fires in New South Wales. As of Monday, 95 Canadian fire experts had made the trip overseas. That included 11 from Saskatchewan, whi...
Jan 06, 2020
Saskatoon police search for truck, suspects after armed carjacking
Saskatoon police are investigating an armed carjacking in the city's Kelsey Woodlawn neighbourhood early Sunday morning. According to a media release, officers were called to the area of 36th Street E...
Jan 05, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Overdose-reversing kits being used more in Saskatoon area, says fire department
First responders in Saskatoon administered a life-saving overdose reversal drug about once a day in 2019. Len Protz, battalion chief with the Saskatoon Fire Department, said naloxone -- a drug that ca...
Jan 05, 2020 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
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