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Man stabbed, vehicle stolen in Meadowgreen neighbourhood
Late Saturday night a 35-year-old man was taken to hospital by EMS after he was stabbed and the assailants got away in his vehicle. According to police, it happened just before midnight at 18th Street...
Apr 29, 2018
Dundurn grass fire sparked by training exercise
Winds pushing north brought clouds of smoke into Saskatoon from CFAD Dundurn over the weekend. The fires were set on their firing ranges during a training exercise. Initial reports suggested it was a ...
Apr 29, 2018 Clouds of smoke drifted over Saskatoon from CFAD Dundurn on April 28, 2018. Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Pleasant Hill shooting sends 1 person to hospital
A shooting early Saturday morning sent one person to hospital with unknown injuries. According to police, it happened on Avenue S South around 12:30 a.m. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Avenue S Sou...
Apr 28, 2018 Saskatoon police closed Avenue S South between 22nd Street West and 21 Street West on April 28, 2018 to investigate a shooting that sent one person to hospital. (Google Maps)
Contractors charged over 2016 hospital construction death
Saskatchewan's public prosecutors are pressing charges against two construction contractors over the 2016 death of a worker at the site of the new children's hospital in Saskatoon. The charges stem fr...
Apr 27, 2018
Conditions ripe for grass fires in Sask.: asst. fire chief
Dry conditions and dead vegetation are making for challenging grass fire conditions in and around Saskatoon, according to the city's assistant fire chief. Wayne Rodger spoke to 650 CKOM on Friday, a d...
Apr 27, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters were called out to farm properties near Dalmeny to battle a grass fire on April 26, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon company charged in workplace death
A company involved in a tragic workplace death in Saskatoon is now being charged. In November of 2016, a large piece of concrete fell off the back of a truck and landed on a 19-year-old man in a back ...
Apr 27, 2018 Gurpreet Singh will make an appearance at Saskatoon Provincial court on Thursday, January 23, 2020 where he faces multiple charges relating to immigration fraud. (650 CKOM)
Thousands expected for Humboldt Broncos tribute concert
Close to 13,000 people are expected to attend the Humboldt Broncos tribute concert Friday at Sasktel Centre to benefit victims' families affected by the crash. Country music stars and hockey stars fro...
Apr 27, 2018 SaskTel Centre could play host to the 2023 world junior hockey championship. (Tourism Saskatoon/Submitted)
Moviegoers immersed as IMAX opens in Saskatoon
Saskatoon's first-ever IMAX shows packed hundreds into Cineplex's downtown theatre Thursday night as people turned out for Avengers: Infinity War. The new auditorium, converted ahead of schedule, feat...
Apr 27, 2018 Saskatoon's IMAX auditorium opened on April 26, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Naloxone saves 2 men from overdoses in Saskatoon
Two men are recovering in hospital after Saskatoon police and paramedics used Naloxone to revive the men, saving them from suspected overdoses. Police responded to a call at an apartment building in t...
Apr 26, 2018
Saskatoon police officer charged with sexual assault
Military police have charged a 16-year veteran member of the Saskatoon Police Service with sexual assault. Constable Robert Brown was charged Tuesday by officers from the Canadian Forces National Inve...
Apr 26, 2018 The Sgt. Hugh Cairns VC Armoury at 930 Idylwyld Drive North in Saskatoon. (Canadian Cadet Corps)
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