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ATM stolen from business in Paradise Hill
There has been another ATM theft in Saskatchewan. The RCMP was called early Wednesday to a break-and-enter and theft of an ATM from a business in Paradise Hill, located 65 kilometres northeast of Lloy...
Jan 05, 2024
Mayor Charlie Clark says 2024 will set the bar for urban prairie life
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark said he often goes to River Landing in the evenings, where he sees hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered along the South Saskatchewan River. "Sometimes there...
Jan 04, 2024 Charlie Clark says some of the challenges the city saw in 2023 included a major budget shortfall and issues with homelessness and addictions. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Pine Grove inmate pronounced dead at hospital
A 23-year-old woman who was on remand at Pine Grove Correctional Centre near Prince Albert has died, the province said Thursday in a news release. Family members confirmed to paNOW that the woman is T...
Jan 04, 2024 Tatianna Custer, 23, was remanded into custody at Pine Grove and died Wednesday after being found unresponsive by prison staff. (paNOW file photo)
Saskatoon Light & Power giving rebate to those using electric heating
Saskatoon Light and Power customers who use electric heat as their primary heating source will be getting a one-time rebate. It will be calculated on 60 per cent of the carbon tax applied to the custo...
Jan 04, 2024 A heating expert says now is the time for Saskatchewan residents to make sure their furnaces are ready for the arrival of winter. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon's Charlie Clark says 2023 was a year of financial challenges
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says 2023 was a year of both uncertainty and big financial challenges. It began with a city-wide plan to clear at least 34 centimetres of snow that fell between Christmas...
Jan 03, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says 2023 brought a number of unexpected challenges for the city. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Population growth, strong economy lead to strong home sales in Sask.
The CEO of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says housing sales in Saskatchewan in 2023 were strong. "We've had six consecutive months of above-average sales," Chris Gurette told The Evan Bray Sho...
Jan 03, 2024 Chris Guérette of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association says the success realtors in the province are seeing isn’t being seen across the country. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon facility adding 14 more addictions treatment spaces
A Saskatoon facility is set to open 14 new addictions treatment spaces. Tim McLeod, Saskatchewan's minister for mental health and addictions, announced Wednesday the spaces for Possibilities Recovery ...
Jan 03, 2024 Tim McLeod, Saskatchewan's minister for mental health and addictions, announced Wednesday that Possibilities Recovery Center in Saskatoon will open 14 new addictions treatment spaces. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. RCMP says murders, manslaughters up 50% over past five years
The Saskatchewan RCMP is reporting a 50 per cent increase in murders and manslaughters over the past five years - and the Mounties say nearly half of the people charged were in the justice system befo...
Jan 03, 2024
RCMP probing rash of break-and-enters in Wadena area
Mounties in Wadena are investigating a string of break-ins that have occurred in the area in recent weeks. Between Dec. 15 and Dec. 28, Wadena RCMP received nine reports about break-ins in the communi...
Jan 03, 2024
Nutrien fined $200,000 for worker's injury in 2021
A workplace injury that occurred in September of 2021 has resulted in a $200,000 fine for a Saskatchewan company. On Dec. 19, Nutrien Ltd. pleaded guilty in Moosomin Provincial Court to a violation of...
Jan 03, 2024
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