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Last splash: Sask. outdoor pools ready to close for summer
Your last days to enjoy outdoor swimming pools will also be among the hottest of the summer. Outdoor facilities in Saskatoon are set to close Wednesday and Thursday, when Environment Canada is calling...
Aug 29, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
Groups to provide wild meat, cultural support for Lighthouse
Indigenous groups are coming together to provide cultural practices for clients of a supported living facility in Saskatoon. A memorandum of understanding was announced Tuesday at The Lighthouse. The ...
Aug 29, 2017
Teen seriously injured in early morning shooting
Saskatoon police responded to a shooting early Tuesday morning in the city's west end. Officers arrived on the 200 block of Tache Crescent, in the Pacific Heights neighbourhood, around 5 a.m. Accordin...
Aug 29, 2017 Saskatoon police responded to a shooting on the 100 block of Tache Crescent on Aug. 29, 2017. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Two kids run toward danger to warn neighbours of house fire
A devastating fire started by a cigarette gutted a house on Hampton Circle Sunday night. Eleven-year-old Colson Klinger had been sent to his room over spilled milk when he noticed flames coming from h...
Aug 28, 2017 Ami (left) and her brother Colson (centre) ran toward a fire on Aug. 27, 2017, to warn their neighbours inside while their dad (right) called 911. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
3 arrested after stolen I.D.s, credit cards found in U-Haul
Bags filled with stolen identification and credit cards were found in a U-Haul after three people tried to evade Saskatoon police on Sunday night. Police said in a release officers attempted a traffic...
Aug 28, 2017
Traffic Bridge parrot mystery continues
No one had any leads Monday on who might have been behind a prank that saw a large bird statue removed from a local restaurant and placed on top of the Traffic Bridge over the weekend. A spokesperson ...
Aug 28, 2017 A parrot statue from the rooftop of Saskatoon's Earls restaurant was seen on top of the Traffic Bridge on Aug. 26, 2017. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
Home heavily damaged in late night blaze
Two young girls are being credited for helping three people escape a potentially deadly house fire. The Saskatoon Fire Department got to 543 Hampton Circle around 10 p.m. Sunday night. Crews arrived t...
Aug 28, 2017 Fire caused an estimated $450,000 in damage to a home at 543 Hampton Circle in Saskatoon on Aug. 27, 2017. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Honoway family honoured at 6th annual Mandi Schwartz run
Despite 30-degree temperatures in Saskatoon hundreds of people still showed up for the 6th annual Breck Construction Run for Mandi on Sunday afternoon. Lincoln Honoway from Regina and his family were ...
Aug 27, 2017
Saskatoon police search for missing 10 year old girl
Police are asking for help to locate a 10-year-old girl last seen Saturday around 3 p.m. in Westmount. According to a police media release, efforts to find Nyanhail "Nenny" Smoke haven't been successf...
Aug 27, 2017 Nyanhail "Nenny" Smoke, 10, was last seen on Saturday around 3 p.m. in the Westmount area (Saskatoon Police)
Impaired driving charges laid after two movers hit by vehicle
Saskatoon Police say a woman blew over three times the legal limit after two movers were hit by a car. Around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the men were parked outside a house in the 2300 block of 33rd Street ...
Aug 26, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
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