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Saskatoon officials talk safety in wake of child's death
Officials from the city and Saskatoon Public Schools have agreed to work together on a safety review following the death of the five-year-old Dundonald student Monday. The boy, Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, was r...
Sep 16, 2017 A makeshift memorial seen near a retention pond where a 5-year-old student from École Dundonald School died on Sept. 11, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
1 dead after car, semi collide on Highway 41
A 68-year-old man from Melfort is dead following a collision between a semi and a car on Highway 41 Saturday morning. MD Ambulance was called to the scene between Saskatoon and Aberdeen around 7 a.m. ...
Sep 16, 2017 Emergency crews from Aberdeen were re-routing traffic from Hwy. 41 onto Gordon Rd. after a fatal crash on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. (Ryan Brandt/650 CKOM)
College Park East garage damaged in early morning blaze
Several 911 calls early Saturday morning led Saskatoon fire crews to a garage behind a College Park East home. When crews arrived at 2 Brandon Place just before 4 a.m., they found flames crawling up o...
Sep 16, 2017 A garage in the College Park East area damaged in a fire early Saturday morning. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Saskatoon school welcomes refugee family to Canada
A Saskatoon school's efforts to help a refugee family from Burundi culminated Thursday in an emotional reunion at the city's airport. cole St. Matthew School began fundraising to bring the fami...
Sep 15, 2017 Staff, students and parents from École St. Matthew School at the Saskatoon airport on Sept. 14, 2017 to greet the final member of a family of Burundian refugees they sponsored to come to Canada. (Ryan Brandt/650 CKOM)
No charges laid after man reported with gun in Buena Vista
Saskatoon police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the Buena Vista neighbourhood Friday morning. Officers were seen at the residence on the 400 block of Craig Street around 10:30 a.m. Polic...
Sep 15, 2017 Saskatoon police, fire and paramedic crews respond to a weapons call in the 400 block of Craig Street on Sept. 15, 2017. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
SPCA receives 40K pounds of pet food, largest-ever donation
Rescue pets across Saskatoon are chowing down after the city's SPCA received the largest food donation in their organization's history. Nearly 40,000 pounds of dry pet food was given to the Saskatoon ...
Sep 15, 2017 The Saskatoon SPCA unloaded 40,000 pounds of dry pet food from a PetSmart donation on Sept. 14, 2017. (Saskatoon SPCA/Facebook)
Schoolyard fencing a complicated issue: public board chair
Saskatoon's public school board chair is warning concerned citizens a fencing solution to safety fears on school playgrounds may be a complicated fix. Calls for fencing - either around retention ponds...
Sep 14, 2017 Concerned parents and neighbours have suggested a fenced schoolyard at École Dundonald School could prevent another retention pool tragedy. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Police say man robbed of cigarettes at gunpoint
Saskatoon police are looking for a suspect who allegedly pulled a gun on someone over a pack of cigarettes. Police were called to an alley on the 1100 block of Avenue W North just after 10 p.m. Wednes...
Sep 14, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
First responders train for shooter at Saskatoon airport
First responders swarmed Saskatoon's airport Wednesday morning in a training exercise designed to simulate an active shooter situation. Around 9 a.m., Saskatoon police officers came rushing into the a...
Sep 13, 2017 Saskatoon police play out their role in an emergency training exercise at the Saskatoon airport on Sept. 13, 2017. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Children's Advocate to investigate Dundonald School death
Saskatoon Public Schools has asked the province's children and youth advocate to investigate what led to the death of five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi at cole Dundonald School. Director of Education Bar...
Sep 13, 2017 Ahmedsadiq Elmmi, 5, drowned in a retention pond near École Dundonald School on Sept. 11, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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