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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)
'Safety always has to be a primary concern,' Saskatoon Councillors weigh in on proposed PA bylaw
On Monday night, Prince Albert City Council proposed a new bylaw prohibiting access to public back alleys and walkways at night. This had support, but also concerns with some aspects of the proposed b...
Aug 21, 2019
Police looking for suspects who hit and robbed elderly man Monday
A 72-year-old man was robbed and assaulted Monday at a Saskatoon bus stop in the 700 block of Appleby Drive. Police are working to identify two suspects in the incident. In the mid-afternoon, the man ...
Aug 21, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Man, found snoozing after police chase, and two teens arrested Wednesday morning
Two teens and a 32-year-old man were arrested after a police chase early Wednesday morning. At around 1 a.m., Saskatoon Police saw a suspicious black Honda Accord parked near Ave. I North and 33rd Str...
Aug 21, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
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