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Saskatoon police board asks for $200K more for alternative response officers
Saskatoon's board of police commissioners has voted to ask city council for another $200,000 to fund five more alternative response officers next year. The AROs develop relationships with vulnerable r...
Nov 20, 2023 A homeless encampment in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon teacher served as head referee in Sunday's Grey Cup
The Green and White weren't on the field during the 110th Grey Cup game on Sunday, but one of the people wearing black and white was representing Saskatchewan. Tim Kroeker, a Grade 7 teacher in Saskat...
Nov 20, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Party MLA removed from government after charge for 'sexual services'
A Sask. Party MLA has been removed from the government's benches and stripped of all his appointments and responsibilities. Ryan Domotor, MLA for Cutknife-Turtleford, has been charged under the sectio...
Nov 17, 2023 Ryan Domotor, MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford. (Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan)
New emergency shelter location to be approved in Saskatoon
A former liquor store could be the location for a complex-needs shelter in Saskatoon. Last month, the province announced a strategy to address homelessness, which included 120 new, permanent emergency...
Nov 17, 2023 Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper discusses police funding and plans for a new emergency shelter on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Moose Jaw cops collect Van de Vorst Family Award for work on impaired driving
Six police officers in Moose Jaw collected the Van de Vorst Family Award this week for their work fighting impaired driving. The award was established by Linda and Lou Van de Vorst five years ago in m...
Nov 17, 2023 Cst. Alanna Coghill, Cst. Ryan Lundquist and Cst. Sarah Kristy were among the six recipients of the Van de Vorst Family Award. (Moose Jaw Police Service/Submitted)
Child abuse case leads to 3.5 year jail sentence for Saskatoon woman
A Saskatoon woman was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Friday for abusing three children at her home on Lenore Drive. The woman, who can't be named because doing so could identify the young victims...
Nov 17, 2023 A Saskatoon woman has been handed a 3.5-years sentence for abusing three young children. (650 CKOM file photo)
Province provides $7.61 million to Saskatoon police, funding 54 positions
This year's contributions from the provincial government to the Saskatoon Police Service add up to $7.61 million. According to the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, police in the Br...
Nov 17, 2023 Charlie Clark, Saskatoon’s mayor, said neighbourhoods across the city are seeing “an increasing challenge” due to mental health issues and addictions. (650 CKOM file photo)
New funding bringing more transit buses, new leisure centre to Saskatoon
Saskatoon is getting a new leisure centre, a number of new buses and other improvements to its transit system thanks to more than $151.9 million in new funding. The funds come from the federal, provin...
Nov 16, 2023 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark called Thursday's funding announcement "transformational." (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Trial date to be set this month for former Legacy Christian Academy leaders
About half a dozen former students of Saskatoon's Legacy Christian Academy were sitting in a Saskatoon courtroom on Thursday morning. They were there to watch appearances by the school's former princi...
Nov 16, 2023 John Olubobkun, former executive director of Legacy Christian Academy, arrives at the Saskatoon provincial courthouse on Nov. 16, 2023. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
New program to help separated parents work out child support outside court
A new initiative from Saskatchewan's justice ministry aims to save both costs and stress by helping divorced and separated parents work out child support without a trip to family court. The new servic...
Nov 16, 2023 Under the pilot program, parents can apply for the service at no cost, without having to pay legal fees or fill out complex court applications. (650 CKOM file photo)
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