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RCMP hunting for Prince Albert man after high-speed chase
Saskatchewan RCMP is looking for a man after a high-speed chase near Big River earlier this week. RCMP said in a news release on Friday that the RCMP Warrant Enforcement Suppression Team (WEST) was in...
Aug 03, 2024 Saskatchewan RCMP are still looking for 31-year-old Jordan Peterson from Prince Albert for charges of possession of stolen property and fleeing from police. (Submitted/Saskatchewan RCMP)
Campers flock to Saskatchewan's parks for long weekend
Paul Johnson said people love Saskatchewan's parks and it shows. The assistant deputy minister of the Saskatchewan Parks Division said on Friday that campsite reservations were sitting around the 86 p...
Aug 03, 2024
Quartet wins nearly $1.5 million on Saskatoon slot machine
It was a low-key night out for four women in Saskatoon before one roll on a slot machine would change their lives. The group was at Rock Creek Woodsmoke Grill & Bar in Stonebridge on Thursday nigh...
Aug 02, 2024 The slot machines at Rock Creek in Saskatoon, where a group of four women won close to $1.5 million on Aug. 1 2024. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Saskatoon police to give update on Mackenzie Trottier landfill search
Police will provide an update on Tuesday about the search at a Saskatoon landfill for missing woman Mackenzie Trottier. Trottier was 22 years old when she was last seen leaving her home on Trent Cresc...
Aug 02, 2024 Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen on Dec. 21, 2020. (findmackenziet.com)
Knives feature in two Saskatoon arrests
Knives featured in two arrests in Saskatoon on Thursday. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on Aug. 2 that the first situation involved a report of a robbery in the area of 10th Str...
Aug 02, 2024 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
'A leader in class': Sask. Olympian's roots at Waldheim School
Canada's women's rugby team claimed a historic silver medal after a loss in the final against New Zealand on Tuesday. Waldheim's Carissa Norsten is one of 12 players with Canada's rugby seven's team f...
Aug 01, 2024 Carissa Norsten plays for Canada’s Rugby Sevens team, and won silver at the Paris 2024 Olympic
games (Thomas Skrlj/COC)
Cash, Cocaine and Cars seized by Saskatoon Police, 4 arrested
A five-month drug trafficking investigation into three men has been concluded by the Saskatoon Police Service Drug Unit and Crime Reduction Team. On July 17, according to police they arrest a 20-year-...
Aug 01, 2024 Saskatoon Police Service executed search warrants at 1800 block of Main Street, 200 block of Maningas Bend, 100 block of Spencer Crescent, 300 block of Fleming Crescent, 3800 block of Fairlight Drive and 900 block of 1st Avenue North. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Lower income Sask. renter wants AC included in rentals
Saskatchewan has been feeling the heat during this record-breaking summer. Unfortunately, cooling down with an air conditioner is a luxury not everyone can afford. A renter with Boardwalk apartments i...
Aug 01, 2024 Some apartments on 8th street are up to twenty years old, and not every unit has an air conditioner. (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Battlefords man dead after crash north of Denholm
A 67-year-old man from the Battlefords is dead after a collision on Highway 687 on Wednesday. According to the RCMP, a car and truck collided north of Denholm just before 7 a.m. The driver and only oc...
Aug 01, 2024 Police say the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash, while the truck driver was taken to hospital for treatment. (650 CKOM file photo)
PlayNow users asked to change passwords after 'incident'
Saskatchewan gaming website PlayNow is asking all of its users to update their passwords on their accounts as a precautionary measure after what it calls a "recent incident." The company didn't specif...
Aug 01, 2024 PlayNow users were advised to change their passwords. (650 CKOM file photo)
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