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Police lay assault charge after man stabbed in neck
Saskatoon police have charged a man with aggravated assault after an alleged stabbing Tuesday evening. Officers arrived at a home on the 200 block of Grant Street just before 8 p.m. where they found a...
Jul 19, 2017 (650 CKOM)
Online fundraiser doubles goal for missing teen
People are offering support as the search continues for a missing teen. Justin Warwaruk, 17, was last seen swimming in the South Saskatchewan River near the Fred Heal Canoe Launch on Sunday night. Sin...
Jul 19, 2017 Search crews stationed at Fred Heal Canoe Launch, south of Saskatoon, as teams look for a swimmer who went missing in the area on July 16, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Early morning garage fires deemed suspicious
The Saskatoon Fire Department says a series of early morning blazes were deliberately set. Crews were called out to 13 Maxwell Crescent around 4:35 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fl...
Jul 19, 2017 Saskatoon firefighters respond to a garage fire at 13 Maxwell Crescent on July 19, 2017. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Former patient reacts to delayed mental health unit at RUH
Two years ago, Crystal Stenersons learned first hand how difficult a place Royal University Hospital can be for those dealing with a mental health crisis. She came into the emergency room feeling suic...
Jul 18, 2017
Search continues as fundraising starts for missing swimmer
A fundraising page has been started to fund the search for a teen who went missing in the South Saskatchewan River over the weekend. Justin Warwaruk, 17, went missing "after diving into the river," wh...
Jul 18, 2017 A member of the Saskatoon Search and Rescue team takes part in efforts to find a missing swimmer at Fred Heal Canoe Launch on July 17, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Bees delay flight at Saskatoon airport
An Ontario man is back home after a bizarre incident at the Saskatoon International Airport over the weekend. Kitchener's Jeremy Doorten said he and his son were in Saskatoon Sunday waiting to catch a...
Jul 18, 2017 A beekeeper attends to a swarm of bees on the runway at the Saskatoon airport on July 16. 2017. (Jeremy Doorten/Submitted)
Search underway for missing swimmer in South Saskatchewan
A search is underway for a 17-year-old boy who went swimming in the South Saskatchewan River Sunday. Witnesses confirmed the youth went missing from the beach at Fred Heal canoe launch, around 12 kilo...
Jul 17, 2017 Search crews stationed at Fred Heal Canoe Launch, south of Saskatoon, as teams look for a swimmer who went missing in the area on July 16, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Doctor sounds alarm over delayed mental health unit
A Saskatoon psychiatrist is speaking out over a decision to hold off on opening a mental health area at the Royal University Hospital (RUH) emergency unit. Dr. Tamara Hinz is a child and adolescent ps...
Jul 17, 2017
Suspect demands cash for hostage release via text: police
39-year-old woman is facing charges of unlawful confinement and extortion following a police investigation over the weekend. Saskatoon police said a woman reportedly got a text message Saturday aftern...
Jul 17, 2017
Taste of Sask. expects to crush attendance record this year
Deep fried Mars bars and alligator is just some of the options at the 22nd annual Taste of Saskatchewan. The six-day event, which features 30 restaurants, started beating attendance records on day one...
Jul 16, 2017 More than 80,000 people visited Taste of Saskatchewan over the first four days, organizers say they're on track to beat attendance records (JT Marshall/ 650 CKOM)
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