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Saskatoon council to decide on shared e-scooter continuation at next meeting
Saskatoon city councillors could decide by the end of the month whether they'll permit shared e-scooters to continue to operate in the city for the next several years. A pilot program in the city with...
Jan 15, 2025 Helmet use was one of the top concerns raised by council members and Mayor Cynthia Block. (650 CKOM file photo)
New look as Blades return home after trade deadline
The Saskatoon Blades returned home this past weekend, for the first time in nearly two weeks with a team that looks completely different than the one that left the Queen City on Jan. 4. After going "a...
Jan 15, 2025 A newly looked Saskatoon Blades team returned home this week for the first time since the trade deadline on Jan. 10. The team lost six players off its roster and acquired eight new bodies as the Blades recoup prospects and picks after going "all-in" last season. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Three charged after 1.2 kilos of cocaine seized during RCMP traffic stop
Two men and a woman are facing charges after a traffic stop by Saskatchewan RCMP officers turned up more than a kilogram of cocaine. According to the RCMP, officers with the Kamsack detachment receive...
Jan 15, 2025 Roughly 1.2 kilos of cocaine seized by RCMP officers in December. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Saskatchewan musician selected to have work sent to the moon
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Nigel Bell will be one of many musicians who will have their work sent to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis Program. The Artemis Program has a goal to land humans on t...
Jan 15, 2025 NASA is sending unmanned missions to the moon, which will carry commercial payloads, including the time capsules that make up the Lunar Codex. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
APAS calls for withdrawal, consultation on capital gains tax hike
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) wants the federal government to withdraw its proposed changes to Canada's capital gains tax. Since June, the Canada Revenue Agency has bee...
Jan 15, 2025 APAS president Bill Prybylski said the tax hike will be “quite severe for anybody who's in that position where they're wanting to sell their land or transition to next generation.” (650 CKOM file photo)
RUH Foundation launches campaign to fund $1.2 million neurosurgical robot
Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital (RUH) Foundation is seeking to raise $1.2 million to help change the way it conducts some brain surgeries by purchasing a neurosurgical robot. Neurosurgeon Dr. Am...
Jan 14, 2025 Neurosurgeon Amit Persad is hoping the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon will be able to raise $1.2 million. He is acquiring the skills to operate the robot at Western University in London, Ontario. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan introduces border plan in wake of Trump tariff threat
In the wake of tariff threats from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday unveiled a new Saskatchewan Border Security Plan. "It's these initiatives that will ensure that we...
Jan 14, 2025 Sask. Premier Scott Moe said on Jan. 14, 2025 the border initiative will help in his government's plan to increase public safety in the province.(Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'This was my child': Murder victim Timothy Tootoosis went to a party and never left
Warning, this story contains graphic details Priscilla Tootoosis-Iron is reeling over her son's murder in Saskatoon last month. "I hope and pray that they do find, who (is) responsible," said the Poun...
Jan 14, 2025 Timothy Tootoosis' mother Priscilla Tootoosis-Iron (third from left) now turns to her community and cultural teachings like smudging and ceremonies to process grief. She is pictured here with her three sons, with Timothy second from left. (Priscilla Tootoosis-Iron/submitted)
RCMP charge three with drug trafficking at Sask. Penitentiary
A request from Correctional Service Canada (CSC) was received by the Prince Albert RCMP on January 11 just before 9:30 p.m. asking for help in a Saskatchewan Penitentiary drug trafficking investigatio...
Jan 14, 2025 A homemade slingshot used to get drugs into the Saskatchewan Penitentiary was seized by Prince Albert RCMP after employees from the correctional facility noticed a suspicious vehicle with three people in their parking lot. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
A water main break closes Spadina Crescent for at least a day
Spadina Crescent is expected to remain closed for at least another day after a water main broke on Tuesday morning. The water main broke between Duchess and Queen Street causing water to pool and free...
Jan 14, 2025 A Saskatoon snow grader clears blocks of ice after a water main burst earlier on Jan. 14, 2025, morning causing water on Spadina Crescent between Duchess and Queen Street to pool and freeze. The road isn't expected to re-open for at least another day. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM News)
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