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Powerful gift: Saskatoon woman giving a kidney to a stranger
A Saskatoon woman is giving the ultimate gift this holiday season. Marie Green is in the hospital where she is donating one of her kidneys to a complete stranger. The 66-year-old was going to give her...
Dec 10, 2019 Marie Green
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Police launch holiday season check stop campaign
At a press conference on Monday, the Saskatoon Police Service announced the start of their holiday check stop campaign to crack down on impaired driving. According to staff sargeant Patrick Barbar, th...
Dec 10, 2019 The Drager DrugTest 5000 is a portable way for officers to test drivers for cannabis impairment. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Blades acquire Saskatoon-born forward from Seattle in Monday deal
The Saskatoon Blades have a new forward, and he's no stranger to the Bridge City. The team acquired Saskatoon-born 18-year-old Alex Morozoff from the Seattle Thunderbirds Monday. Going the other way i...
Dec 10, 2019 Saskatoon Blades goaltender Nolan Maier and forward Max Gerlaach celebrate a victory on March 15th, 2019. (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
U of S Health Sciences building without power, water
University of Saskatchewan (U of S) students have something else on top of their exams to worry about. Areas of the Health Sciences building are without power and water. In a tweet, the U of S outline...
Dec 10, 2019 University of Saskatchewan students making their way through campus. (Twitter/U of Saskatchewan)
No public details coming on Saskatoon fraud protections, staff consequences
The City of Saskatoon says better financial controls are coming and staff are facing consequences in the wake of a fraud scheme that temporarily bilked $1.04 million from public coffers, but the publi...
Dec 10, 2019
Officers find hit-and-run victim laying on road early Tuesday
A man is recovering in hospital after he was found laying in the middle of the road by Saskatoon police members, who believed him to be a victim of a hit-and-run. Police say patrol officers came acros...
Dec 10, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
City has a plan should a rail disaster strike
Monday's train derailment resulted in cars carrying crude oil going up in flames, causing huge plumes of smoke, and forcing the closure of part of Highway 16 near Guernsey. No injuries were reported, ...
Dec 10, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
'You feel like you have more control:' former Humboldt Bronco speaks out on Thailand surgery
A former Humboldt Bronco paralyzed in the April 2018 bus crash joined David Kirton on Saskatchewan Afternoon on Monday to talk about his recent surgery in Thailand. Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed fr...
Dec 09, 2019 A video posted to twitter Friday shows former Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki kicking a medicine ball. Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the waist down following the April 2018 bus crash. (Twitter/Strazsr)
Two arrested in drug bust at Rosewood apartment building
Saskatoon's tactical support unit busted down the doors of a Rosewood apartment building during a drug bust on Thursday night. The tactical unit had search warrants for two different suites in the bui...
Dec 09, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Extreme cold warnings for northern, central and eastern parts of the province
Environment Canada has issued extreme cold warnings for some parts of Saskatchewan overnight and into Wednesday morning. The areas affected include regions in the north, and areas in the eastern and c...
Dec 09, 2019
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