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Saskatoon reacts to Sailor Dan's death
Saskatoon Police Service Const. Derek Chesney fondly remembered his friend Dan Hicks on Tuesday. Hicks, who went by the nickname Sailor Dan, died early Tuesday morning at St. Paul's Hospital. He was 6...
Jul 09, 2019 Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died on July 9, 2019 in Saskatoon. (submitted)
Sailor Dan dies at 65
A Saskatoon icon has died. Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died in hospital at age 65. He was being held at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre when he was sent to St. Paul's Hospital. He died th...
Jul 09, 2019 Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died on July 9, 2019 in Saskatoon. (submitted)
Saskatoon man rocks out on stage with Nickelback
A Saskatoon man lived his dream of playing guitar with Nickelback on Sunday. Austin Anderson travelled to Fort McMurray, Alta., to see his favourite band play live. When he showed up to the concert, t...
Jul 09, 2019 Austin Anderson stands centre stage with Nickelback. (Austin Anderson/Facebook)
Swarm of bees over takes truck at Saskatoon Costco
A swarm of bees was all the buzz at the southend Costco on Monday. Thousands of the flying insects surrounded part of a pick-up truck in the store's parking lot creating some extra excitement for shop...
Jul 09, 2019 A swarm of bees covering part of a pick-up truck at the southend Costco in Saskatoon on July 8th, 2019 (Michelle Vilness/Facebook)
Boy traps himself inside display safe at Peavey Mart
A Saskatoon boy escaped unscathed from a local hardware store after locking himself inside a display model safe Monday afternoon. Saskatoon police and firefighters were called to the Peavey Mart store...
Jul 09, 2019 Peavy Mart on 51st Street in Saskatoon (Screen grab/Google)
Saskatoon set to welcome Canada's premiers
Provincial leaders from every corner of the province are set to arrive in Saskatoon for the annual summer meeting of Canada's premiers taking place this week. The three-day day event begins on Tuesday...
Jul 08, 2019 Scott Moe addresses Sask. Party members during a leadership convention at Prairieland Park on Jan. 27, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
One person dead following two-vehicle crash near Shell Lake
One person is dead following a two-vehicle collision near Shell Lake over the weekend. Spiritwood RCMP said the crash happened on the intersection of highways 3 and 12 when a vehicle travelling west t...
Jul 08, 2019 Intersection of Highway 3 and Highway 12. (Justin Blackwell/650 CKOM)
Police add patrols to counter Pleasant Hill crime
The Saskatoon police are increasing patrols in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. In the last three weeks, the area has seen three murders, a stabbing, a standoff, and a home invasion. Chief Troy Cooper...
Jul 08, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police investigating Saskatoon's 9th homicide of 2019
Saskatoon police have labelled a suspicious death in Pleasant Hill on Friday as the city's ninth homicide of 2019. Police were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Avenue V South where a 52-year-o...
Jul 08, 2019
Saskatoon police open murder investigation in Pleasant Hill
The death of a 45-year-old man on Friday is being investigated as the city's eighth murder of 2019. Saskatoon police responded to reports of an injured man on the 300 block of Avenue T South Friday af...
Jul 06, 2019
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