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Saskatoon driver flees scene of rollover
Saskatoon police are looking for a driver that fled the scene of a crash at the end of rush hour on Thursday. Just before 6 p.m. emergency services responded to a collision at 8th Street and Eastlake ...
Jun 14, 2019 One of two vehicles that rolled after a crash at 8th Street and Eastlake Avenue on June 13, 2019 (Saskatoon Fire)
Sask. Raptors fans celebrate first-ever NBA title
Thousands of Saskatchewan basketball fans celebrated the Toronto Raptors' first NBA championship on Thursday night, joining the country in cheering on Canada's only team to a series-clinching 114-110 ...
Jun 13, 2019 Basketball fans in Saskatoon's Civic Square celebrate as the Raptors are named NBA Champions on June 13, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon developer plans to bring solar-powered homes to market in 2020
Solar-powered homes are coming to the Saskatoon market next year. Arbutus Properties said the next batch of homes in its Meadows development will be equipped with rooftop panels that can produce their...
Jun 13, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP: Person missing near Green Lake presumed drowned
The Green Lake RCMP fears a canoeist has drowned after he did not return from a fishing trip on Saturday. Two friends were camping in the area of Green Lake last week when a man from Calgary left the ...
Jun 13, 2019
Saskatoon police keeping close eye on human trafficking
Human trafficking isn't just a global problem, it's a fight that's happening locally in Saskatoon. Staff Sgt. Grant Obst of the Saskatoon Police said the cases they see in the city are often victims i...
Jun 13, 2019 (650 CKOM)
Lock it or lose it, Saskatoon police remind homeowners
Saskatoon police are reminding homeowners to lock their belongings in hopes of reducing easy opportunities for thieves. From May 3 to June 3 police responded to 88 break-ins to sheds and garages acros...
Jun 13, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon firefighters called to house fire in Meadowgreen
Damage is pegged at $50,000 after fire ripped through a home in Meadowgreen Thursday morning. Firefighters were sent to a home in the 100 block of Avenue X South around 7 a.m. after a city worker noti...
Jun 13, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews responded to a house fire in the 100 block of Avenue X South on June 13, 2019 (Saskatoon Fire)
Unicyclist taking unique trip across Canada
A Toronto man is travelling through Saskatchewan on his way across Canada on a unicycle. Dave Cox said he's taking the coast-to-coast trip in such a unique method just for fun. He told Saskatchewan Af...
Jun 12, 2019 Dave Cox rides near Kincaid. (Photo courtesy of unicycledave.com)
Saskatoon taxpayers can now look further into the future
It has been done in Calgary and now Saskatoon city council will try rolling out a multi-year budget. Administration said on Wednesday that the goal is to give taxpayers, and the city, a better sense o...
Jun 12, 2019 Kerry Tarasoff, chief financial officer with the City of Saskatoon, on June 12, 2019. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man celebrates $1.14M VLT jackpot
Saskatoon has a new millionaire thanks to the province-wide Vault Breaker jackpot. Kevin Olsen was playing a VLT at Coachman Beverage Room in Market Mall last Sunday when he hit the jackpot of $1,149,...
Jun 12, 2019 Kevin Olsen won $1.14M on a VLT at Coachman Beverage Room on June 9, 2019 (Western Canada Lottery Corporation)
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