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Teen arrested after bear spray attack at Midtown Plaza
An incident involving bear spray at Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza has a teen in custody. According to a release, Saskatoon Police were called to a mall at approximately 11:30 a.m. for a report of a man wh...
Sep 24, 2019 Crews responded to Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza following an incident involving bear spray on September 24, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Black bin pickup debate pushed back to budget talks
The City of Saskatoon has shelved the reduction of black bin waste collection until November budget talks. The question was raised following a report by the city, outlining approximately $500,000 in s...
Sep 24, 2019
5 arrested in police traffic stop, weapons, drugs seized
Saskatoon police removed weapons and drugs from the streets during a traffic stop overnight. It happened on 33rd Street near Idylwyld Drive around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. In a media release, police say...
Sep 24, 2019
'Quite a lot of work' lies ahead for library after delivery of business case
Saskatoon Public Library's (SPL) proposed $154 million-centralized library took a step back Monday, as council voted unanimously to look for more information about the business case SPL presented. Lib...
Sep 24, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Gas station manager fearful after racist tirade, attack
Hedayet Ullah woke up Monday scared to go to work for the first time since he immigrated to Saskatoon seven years ago. Ullah was pumping gas for a customer around 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the Shell gas st...
Sep 23, 2019 Hedayet Ullah poses next the gas pump where a man attacked him on Sept. 22, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
A murder, a violent beating, and a shooting
It was a weekend full of crime in Saskatoon that had police officers extremely busy. On Saturday alone, a 31-year-old man was killed at a home on Howell Avenue. Mohamad Al-Zawahreh, Darrell Keith Dust...
Sep 23, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. to make change to minimum wage on Oct. 1
Saskatchewan's minimum wage is set to increase on Oct. 1. It's to go up by 26 cents per hour to $11.32 per hour. The change - the 11th in the province since 2007 - was announced in June. "Our governme...
Sep 23, 2019
Highway 7 twinning project reaches finish line
Years of road construction west of Saskatoon is wrapping up as crews complete the final touches on Highway 7 twinning. The final 12-kilometre stretch of roadway near Vanscoy was officially opened to t...
Sep 23, 2019 Mike Given (left), Delisle and District Fire Department chief and Murray McCracken (right), the chief of the R.M. of Vanscoy Police Department, pose next to the newly constructed stretch of road along Highway 7 on Sept. 23, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Four men charged in city's 13th murder appear in court
The four men charged with manslaughter in Saskatoon's 13th murder of the year made their first court appearance on Monday. Mohamad Al-Zawahreh, Darrell Keith Dustyhorn, Destin Mosquito, and Devin Wesa...
Sep 23, 2019 Family identified 31-year-old Kevin Nataucappo as the victim of Saskatoon's 13th murder of 2019. (Kevin Nataucappo/Facebook)
Charges laid in weekend attack near St. Paul's Hospital
Two people are facing charges following a weekend attack that has left a man in critical condition. According to a Saskatoon media release, a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy each facing a charge...
Sep 23, 2019 Saskatoon police respond to an injured person near St. Paul's Hospital on Sept. 22, 2019. (Submitted)
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