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14-year-old boy dies in rollover south of Prince Albert
The holiday weekend resulted in a fatal crash on a rural road in Saskatchewan. On Sunday afternoon, Birch Hills Fire and Rescue responded to a single vehicle rollover north of town on the Coxby grid. ...
Oct 15, 2019 (650 CKOM files)
Volunteer army rolls up sleeves for Friendship Inn Thanksgiving feast
For the past 50 years the Friendship Inn has been hosting a Thanksgiving meal for less fortunate people in Saskatoon. What started as offering a few dozen meals to people soon grew to thousands as the...
Oct 14, 2019 A look at the Friendship Inn on Oct. 14, 2019 during the annual Thanksgiving Feast. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
SaskPower sending help to restore power in Manitoba
SaskPower is assisting in cleanup efforts to restore power for thousands of residents in Manitoba. Spokesperson Joel Cherry confirmed SaskPower is sending workers, trucks and equipment to get people i...
Oct 14, 2019 (SaskPower/Twitter)
Garage fire causes estimated $10k in damage
A garage fire on Spadina Crescent Saturday evening caused roughly $10,000 in damage. Saskatoon Fire Department was called to a reported house fire at 7:54 p.m., but other callers found it was a garage...
Oct 13, 2019
Local Rubik's Cube enthusiast is breaking world records
Jake Klassen is one of the world's best at what he does but the 19-year-old science student at the University of Saskatchewan catches people by surprise when he tells them he is a world champion at so...
Oct 13, 2019 Jake Klassen, one of the world's fastest blindfolded Rubik's Cube competitors, demonstrates his skills. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Police seek suspect in early morning chase
Saskatoon police are asking for help to locate a man who ran from a stolen Jeep early Saturday morning. Officers responded to a call about a vehicle alarm going off at 1:13 a.m. on the 500 block of Av...
Oct 12, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Corn mazes and pumpkin patches offer family fun on Thanksgiving weekend
Thanksgiving weekend is a time when many families get together for big meals and a chance just to spend some time which each other. For families with small children, it can be a challenge to keep the ...
Oct 12, 2019
Friendship Inn set to host 50th annual Thanksgiving feast
Volunteers at the Friendship Inn have been hard at work all week preparing the community centre's annual Thanksgiving dinner. More than 1,300 people are expected for the community centre's largest eve...
Oct 12, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police face challenges dealing with an increase in crime
Despite having some of the highest crime rates in the country, Saskatoon has among the lowest number of front line police officers. Saskatoon has just 173 police per 100,000 people. The only major Can...
Oct 11, 2019 Saskatoon Chief of Police, Troy Cooper, spoke at a media event at the Indian and Metis Freindship Centre in Saskatoon on Friday Oct. 11, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/ 650 CKOM)
Abandoned Briarwood home cleared for demolition by judge, city urged to hold off
A house rotting away in Saskatoon's Briarwood neighbourhood is cleared to be torn down by city crews. Court of Queen's Bench Justice R.W. Elson ruled Friday afternoon there was no legal basis for him ...
Oct 11, 2019 (Justin Blackwell/650 CKOM)
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