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Extreme heat has some Saskatchewan producers concerned
Many producers in southern and western Saskatchewan are concerned after another hot, dry week. According to the latest crop report from the Ministry of Agriculture, which covered the week ending on Mo...
Jul 25, 2024 Canola producers are concerned about how their crop will fare as the flowering period is heat-sensitive. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Sask. Government helps food banks with $2M over two years
Food Banks of Saskatchewan is getting a multi-million-dollar boost from the provincial government. The provincial government is giving the organization $2 million over the next two years in order to h...
Jul 25, 2024 The Moose Jaw and District Food Bank says its number of monthly clients has doubled over the past two years. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Woman arrested after driving stolen van through park: Police
A 24-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly driving a stolen van through a Saskatoon park while being chased by police. According to police, officers got a report just before 11 a.m....
Jul 25, 2024 Police say the driver took the stolen van through several intersections at high speeds. (650 CKOM file photo)
WATCH: Saskatoon girl describes 'scary' lemonade stand robbery
It was a "really scary" moment for seven-year-old Maddy Vanden Dungen when her lemonade stand was robbed by teen boys in Saskatoon's Westview Neighbourhood on Monday. "They took all of my candy and gr...
Jul 25, 2024 Seven-year-old Maddy Vanden Dungen described the 'scary' robbery at her lemonade stand this week in an interview with 650 CKOM. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Workers describe attempts to battle blaze at Prestige Flooring
A fire at a flooring business left a smokey haze over Jasper Avenue in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Saskatoon fire crews responded to a two-alarm blaze at Prestige Flooring and Hardwood, which left behind ...
Jul 25, 2024 Crews begin to clean up after a massive blaze at Prestige Flooring and Hardwood in Saskatoon. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Wildfires near Jasper force residents and tourists to leave
As wildfires continue to spread across Canada, many people have been forced to flee from Jasper, Alberta. Tyler Kerr, who is originally from Regina, lives and works in the Jasper area. "It was very sm...
Jul 25, 2024 Multiple wildfires in Jasper National Park flared up with a vengeance late Monday night, forcing all park visitors along with the 4,700 residents of the Jasper townsite to flee west with little notice over mountain roads through darkness, soot and ash according to the Canadian Press. (Kregg Ochitwa/Submitted)
Arrest made in 2023 murder in Saskatoon
A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with a Saskatoon murder from eight months ago. A 33-year-old man was found early in the morning on December 14th on the 2700 block of 21st St. W. Police...
Jul 24, 2024 The Saskatoon police major crimes unit, guns and gans unit, and the RCMP WEST team all helped in finding a man accused of a Saskatoon murder. (CKOM file photo)
Dakota Dunes breaks ground on new thermal spa
Ground was broken today as Whitecap Dakota First Nation announced its newest addition to the Dakota Dunes Resort. A $52 million dollar thermal spa will be open to the public at the Dakota Dunes resort...
Jul 24, 2024 Ground was broken at Dakota Dunes today for their 52- million dollar thermal spa. (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Crews battle 'two alarm' fire at Prestige Flooring on Jasper Avenue
The total cost for damages is expected to be substantial after fire crews battled a blaze at Prestige Flooring and Hardwood in Saskatoon on Wednesday. Everyone got out of the building okay and no one ...
Jul 24, 2024 A two alarm fire required more than a dozen response vehicles to Jasper Avenue on Tuesday as crews battled a blaze at Prestige Flooring. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
'One final day of extreme heat' says Environment Canada
The province seems to be split in half, with the Northern sections having air quality warnings and the South still blanketed with heat. Heat Warning: Southern Saskatchewan Environment Canada urges peo...
Jul 24, 2024 Environment Canada says "A slow-moving ridge of high pressure is responsible for bringing the extreme heat into Saskatchewan. A reprieve from the heat will arrive on Thursday." (Céline Grimard)
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