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P.A. RCMP traffic stop leads to drug seizure and 4 arrested
In the RM of Garden River, P.A. RCMP responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle on July 21, 2024. Officers attempted to do a traffic stop on Highway #302, however the suspect vehicle fled towards the...
Jul 24, 2024 Officers located the vehicle parked on a service road and arrested three adult women and one adult man. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
More than $20,000 raised for Waskesiu Lake drowning victim
More than $20,000 has been raised to repatriate drowning victim Yuren Patel's body back to his homeland of India. The 23-year-old, who died at Waskesiu Lake on July 14, was a "good swimmer" but panick...
Jul 24, 2024 Yuren Patel, 23, drowned at Waskesiu Lake on July 14, 2024. (Supplied/GoFundMe)
Trevor Laplant was a fixture in Prince Albert
A 33-year-old man will make his first appearance in Prince Albert Provincial Court Wednesday morning on a charge of second-degree murder. The man, whose name was not released as he has not had his fir...
Jul 24, 2024 Trevor Laplante. (Facebook)
Pike Lake's Rylan Wiens hopes for a Olympic Games Paris 2024 medal
When thinking of Pike Lake, Saskatchewan, images of the beach might pop up or it might be references as that place next door to Dakota Dunes, but in 2024 it's now known for being home to a two-time Ol...
Jul 24, 2024 Rylan Wiens (pictured left) and his coach Mary Carroll (pictured right) will be heading to their second Olympic Games in Paris together. Wiens says he's hoping to get on the podium at this summers Games. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Update: GoFundMe for 7-year-old whose lemonade stand was robbed
There is now a GoFundMe for the seven-year-old who was selling lemonade in her front yard and was robbed by two teenage boys on July 22, 2024. "This is super scary for a seven-year-old little girl," M...
Jul 24, 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)
Drowning prevention week: How to stay safe on the lake
The Lifesaving Society has announced that July 21-27 will be National Drowning Prevention Week. In Saskatchewan, five water-related deaths have been reported this month. Since the beginning of the sum...
Jul 24, 2024 Life Jackets are made available to everyone at the beach thanks to the Life Jacket Loaner Station at Pike Lake. (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for a second consecutive time on Wednesday but warned the path back to two per cent inflation may be uneven and would ultimately determine the pac...
Jul 24, 2024 The central bank says its decision to lower its policy rate by a quarter percentage point was motivated by easing price pressures and weakening economic conditions. (The Canadian Press)
New pediatric specialist welcomed to Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
Read more Province's first portable pediatric MRI now operational in Saskatoon JPCH Foundation donates $2 million for new pediatric research fund Children in Saskatchewan will soon be able to get help...
Jul 23, 2024 Jim Pattison Children's Hospital has welcomed Gastroenterologist Dr. Rabin Persad to their pediatric care uni . (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
VIDEO: Lemonade stand of 7-year-old girl robbed in Westview on Monday
Saskatoon Police have reported a lemonade stand robbery in the Westview neighbourhood. In a Facebook post, Saskatoon police report that several teens allegedly took juice, money and candy from a seven...
Jul 23, 2024 Juice, money and candy were stolen from a seven-year-old girl's lemonade stand in Saskatoon on Monday. (jjvallee / Depositphotos.com)
Bear spray rampage in Saskatoon, 7-year-old amongst victims
A seven-year-old boy was among five people who were attacked by someone on Monday and Tuesday with bear spray during a 24-hour period in Saskatoon. The five incidents took place in different parts of ...
Jul 23, 2024 Saskatoon Police don't believe any of the five bear spray incidents are related to each other. (650 CKOM)
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