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Teen charged after Saskatoon's 11th homicide of 2019
A 17-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with Saskatoon's 11th homicide of 2019. Police were dispatched to the 3800 block of Fairlight Drive on Sunday at 5:10 a.m., a...
Aug 26, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police investigating 'suspicious' death at Saskatoon hotel
Saskatoon police are treating a death Sunday morning as suspicious in nature. They were called to a hotel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North at around 10:30 a.m. to find a deceased male. The pol...
Aug 25, 2019 Joseph Raymond Skillen, 50, was found deceased at a hotel on the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North Sunday morning (Saskatoon Police Service)
Sunday afternoon thunderstorm brings hail, rain, but not considered severe
A Sunday afternoon thunderstorm in Saskatoon brought pea-sized hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 46 km/h. Environment Canada said the storm was not classified as 'severe' as it didn't hit the cor...
Aug 25, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Police search for two BMX bike-riding suspects after armed robbery
Saskatoon police are looking for two men after an early Sunday morning armed robbery. It happened on the 700 block of 7th Avenue North just after 6 a.m. According to a media release, a man and woman w...
Aug 25, 2019
Saskatoon fire crews attend house fire near Ashworth Holmes Park
The Saskatoon Fire Department battled a blaze Saturday night at a home on the 1000 block of Avenue F North, near Ashworth Holmes Park. According to a media release from the fire department, crews arri...
Aug 25, 2019
Fire destroys 2 vehicles, causes garage roof collapse
A garage fire late Saturday morning sent heavy black smoke over the Avalon neighbourhood. Around 11:20 a.m. firefighters received multiple 911 calls about smoke coming from a garage at 2413 Albert Ave...
Aug 24, 2019
Expert says safe injection sites should lead people into rehabilitation
This fall AIDS Saskatoon will be moving to 20th St. West in the former Pleasant Hill Bakery building. Part of the plan for the new location is the opening of a safe injection site which is expected to...
Aug 23, 2019 The new safe consumption site will be located on 20th Street in Saskatoon, and is currently under renovations. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon excited for CEBL Championship Weekend
Saskatoon basketball fans are getting excited about the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Championship Weekend. The Saskatchewan Rattlers are hosting the 3 game tournament. They're also putting on a ...
Aug 23, 2019 The stage at the Rattlers Street Festival on Friday Aug. 23, 2019.
(Dominick Lucyk/650 CKOM)
'Miscommunication' leads to late invite for community association on Pleasant Hill violence
The Pleasant Hill Community Association wasn't at a police board of commissioners meeting Thursday evening at city hall to discuss safety in the neighbourhood, due to a "miscommunication" by the board...
Aug 23, 2019
Saskatoon police using education to prep for new safe injection site
Saskatoon was approved for the province's first-ever safe consumption site on Tuesday. AIDS Saskatoon, who manages the site, has already started renovations on the new location on 20th Street, where P...
Aug 22, 2019 The new safe consumption site will be located on 20th Street in Saskatoon, and is currently under renovations. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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