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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)
Wanuskewin Heritage Park gets $2.5M from feds for expansion
The federal government is providing Wanuskewin Heritage Park with significant funding for a new education facility and Indigenous art gallery. Canadian Heritage parliamentary secretary Sean Casey anno...
Sep 13, 2017 Wanuskewin Heritage Park has put in a bid to become a UNESCO world heritage site, which also includes plans to re-introduce bison to the park. (Tourism Saskatoon/CONCEPTS Photography & Design)
Somali community awaits answers in kindergartener's death
A five-year-old boy who died Monday after being found in a pond near cole Dundonald School has been laid to rest. A funeral was held Tuesday for Ahmedsadiq Elmmi at Saskatoon's Islamic Centre, as the ...
Sep 13, 2017 A balloon tied to a tree in honour of five-year-old Ahmedsadiq Elmmi near the pond where he was found on Sept. 11, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Stolen truck suspects linked to rash of Sask. thefts
Two people accused of stealing a truck and trailer out of Nipawin have now been linked by police to a rash of break-ins and thefts in Saskatchewan. Around 5: 15 a.m. Tuesday, Tisdale RCMP responded to...
Sep 13, 2017
Snake on the plains: boa constrictor found roaming Saskatoon
Red-tailed boa constrictors are used to dense, humid tropical forests. So it was quite the surprise when conservation officers were called to remove one roaming in Saskatoon. The Saskatchewan Associat...
Sep 13, 2017 A 1.5 m long red-tailed boa found on 8th Street in Saskatoon on Sept. 10, 2017. (Saskatchewan Association of Conservation Officers/Facebook)
Feds announce $3M for Children's Discovery Museum
The federal government is chipping in money for Saskatoon's new Children's Discovery Museum (CDM). Sean Casey, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian heritage minister, was on hand for the ann...
Sep 12, 2017 Kids and Children's Discovery Museum (CDM) staff play ahead of a $3 million funding announcement from the Department of Canadian Heritage in Saskatoon on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kristy Werner/650 CKOM)
Police use tasers on rake-wielding suspect
A 30-year-old man is facing several charges after a series of incidents in downtown Saskatoon Monday evening. Police were called to the 200 block of 3rd Avenue South around 10 p.m. after the man repor...
Sep 12, 2017
3 people seriously injured after morning home invasion
Saskatoon police are looking for several suspects after a home invasion in Confederation Park early Tuesday left three people seriously injured. Police said they received an emergency call from a woma...
Sep 12, 2017
Saskatoon Blades name Fiala as new captain
The Saskatoon Blades are turning to a local boy to captain the team this upcoming season. The team named 20-year-old defencemen Evan Fiala captain during a news conference at Merlin Ford on Tuesday. T...
Sep 12, 2017 Newly named Blades captain Evan Fiala shows off the team's new third jersey on Sept. 12, 2017.
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