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Feeling the love: Mitch Love named new Blades head coach
The Saskatoon Blades front office has found its man. Mitch Love was unveiled Wednesday as the club's new head coach. Love, 33, arrives in Saskatoon after seven seasons as an assistant coach with the E...
May 30, 2018 Mitch Love was named the new head coach of the Saskatoon Blades on May 30, 2018. (Chris Mast/Everett Silvertips)
Police lay weapons charges in Saskatoon incident
Reports of a man walking with a weapon at 22nd and Betts Avenue Tuesday evening ended with police arresting a 30-year-old man. Police got the first call about the man with a knife at 7:40 p.m. with th...
May 30, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Woman, infant safe after alleged kidnapping in Saskatoon
A Saskatoon man is facing five criminal charges after a suspected kidnapping Tuesday morning. At around 9:20 a.m., Saskatoon RCMP received a call from someone who saw a vehicle with a woman in the bac...
May 30, 2018
Saskatoon Ex announces Carly Rae Jepsen as opening night headliner
No maybes about it - Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen is coming to Saskatoon this summer. Saskatoon's Prairieland Park Corporation announced Wednesday that Jepsen, best known for her 2012 hit Call M...
May 30, 2018 Carly Rae Jepsen will perform Aug. 7 at the Saskatoon Ex. (Carly Rae Jepsen/Facebook)
Police report spike in bike thefts from garages, sheds
Saskatoon police say thieves looking for bicycles are behind a growing number of break-ins to garages and sheds. According to police, this uptick happens every summer. Thieves often use the bikes for ...
May 30, 2018 Stolen bicycles seized by Saskatoon police in July 2016. (Saskatoon police)
Saskatoon theatre shuffle: new Cineplex, Rainbow ousted
Saskatoon's movie theatre industry is adhering to the old adage of "out with the old, in with the new." As Landmark Cinemas gets ready to open its first Saskatoon location at Brighton Gate this week, ...
May 29, 2018 Moviegoers will have until May 2020 to enjoy Rainbow Cinemas in The Centre mall. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police locate missing 12-year-old boy
Saskatoon police say they've found 12-year-old Desmond Larocque safe after he was reported missing on May 25. The Saskatoon Police Service would like to thank the public and the media for their help i...
May 29, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Jeff Jorgenson named as next Saskatoon city manager
After a nationwide search, Saskatoon city council decided to promote from within to fill the vacant city manager position. Jeff Jorgenson was announced as the city's top administration official at Mon...
May 29, 2018 Jeff Jorgenson speaks with reporters after being named Saskatoon city manager on May 28, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man grieves son lost in crash on Circle Drive
The father of a young man killed over the weekend in a crash on Circle Drive is remembering his son as a good kid who knew what he wanted in life. The crash happened early Sunday morning near Preston ...
May 29, 2018 A roadside memorial to Carson Sawatkzy, 20, who died in a single-vehicle crash on Circle Drive near Preston Avenue on May 27, 2018. (Calvin Sawatzky/Facebook)
Grave markers nearly a century old vandalized in Saskatoon
An act of vandalism in Saskatoon has city officials shaking their heads in disappointment. It happened sometime Friday night at the Woodlawn Cemetery off Warman road. About 25 headstones, some dating ...
May 28, 2018 Toppled grave markers lay on the ground at Woodlawn Cemetery on May 28, 2018. (Dayne Winter)
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