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Suspect leaps from stolen truck before crash with city bus
A suspected thief's attempt to get away from Saskatoon police in a stolen vehicle had mixed results Thursday morning. The unidentified person jumped out of the driver's seat of a truck while it was tr...
Jan 17, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Inmate recaptured after escaping Saskatoon correctional centre
A 33-year-old inmate at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre is back in custody after making a brief bid for freedom Wednesday. Saskatoon police said officers were called to the jail shortly a...
Jan 17, 2019
Early morning fire destroys new house in Corman Park
Saskatoon firefighters had an early morning call to Corman Park Thursday. Multiple 911 calls came in shortly after 2 a.m. reporting a blaze at a home which was still under construction at 313 Greenbry...
Jan 17, 2019 Saskatoon Firefighters spray a blazing home with water after it caught fire early on the morning of Jan. 17, 2019. (Submitted by Saskatoon Fire)
Crokicurl set to return to Saskatoon's Broadway district
A popular attraction is coming back to brighten up the dead of winter on Saskatoon's Broadway Avenue. Work will begin this weekend to install a crokicurl rink near the Broadway Roastery coffee shop. T...
Jan 15, 2019 Saskatoon's crokicurl sheet is located just off Broadway Avenue at the "five corners" intersection. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
City eases requirements for reporting nuisance dogs
The City of Saskatoon is moving to make it easier for neighbours to report problem dog barking. City council's planning, development and community services committee voted Monday to reduce the number ...
Jan 15, 2019
Expert to farmers: Pesticide misuse may cause export trouble
Global markets are becoming more sensitive to the presence of pesticides in crop imports, and farmers in Saskatchewan and across Canada need to pay attention to those concerns. That was the message fr...
Jan 14, 2019 Cereals Canada President Cam Dahl speaks to a crowd at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon on Jan. 14, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Crop Production Week kicks off in Saskatoon
The agriculture trade show season is getting started in Saskatoon with Crop Production Week. Prairieland Park agriculture manager Lori Cates said this year's edition of the long-running event will fea...
Jan 14, 2019 The annual Crop Production Week in Saskatoon attracted farmers from across the prairies to Prairieland Park on Jan. 10, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Police search for suspect in Mount Royal shooting
A shooting Saturday morning left a 41-year-old man with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Police responded to a residence on the 100 block of Avenue T South around 10:40 a.m. and found the ma...
Jan 12, 2019
Esports enthusiasts gather in Saskatoon
Players from all over western Canada are meeting Saturday at Sasktel Centre for a competition like no other. Rather than lacing up a pair of skates and dawning a jersey, these players arrive with one ...
Jan 12, 2019 Bailey Dietrich, marketing director for SKL Esports, poses next the main screen at Sasktel Centre ahead of Smashfest 4, the group's largest event to date. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
The voice of BRIT: Jordie Hughton
Anyone who has been to the Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) since the turn of the millennium has heard his voice. A booming baritone, announcing each high school basketball player in the st...
Jan 11, 2019 Bedford Road Invitational Tournament announcer Jordie Hughton looks on during a game on Jan. 10, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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