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Three dead on Sask. roads over long weekend: RCMP
RCMP officers responded to three fatal incidents on Saskatchewan's roads over the Canada Day long weekend. The first fatal crash was a single-vehicle rollover Friday afternoon that happened on Canoe R...
Jul 04, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Jazz Festival opens with strong weekend attendance
The Jazz Festival is on in Saskatoon, with a new location in Victoria Park. This year's festival is opening with a week of free programming, followed by ticketed shows that run Thursday through Saturd...
Jul 04, 2023 (SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival/Twitter)
Dino-mite turnout astounds tavern owner after Canada Day event
The owner of a Saskatchewan tavern said he's blown away after his vision for a town full of dinosaurs roared to life on Canada Day. Gary Grady owns Big Mur's Tavern in Dundurn. He said about 1,000 peo...
Jul 04, 2023 (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Crews completing repairs after Saturday storm left 20,000 without power
About 20,000 SaskPower customers lost power over the weekend after a brutal Canada Day storm swept through the province. Scott McGregor, SaskPower spokesperson, said that count was at the height of th...
Jul 04, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Moose Jaw kayaker found dead on Buffalo Pound Lake: RCMP
A 25-year-old kayaker is dead after his boat overturned on Buffalo Pound Lake. According to the RCMP, the Moose Jaw man was kayaking at Sand Point Beach Sunday afternoon when his kayak overturned, and...
Jul 04, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon's Art Placement Gallery features social justice artwork by Grade 8 students
A new and unique art exhibition called 'I am here. I am human' is being featured for the next five weeks at Saskatoon's downtown Art Placement Gallery. It's the culmination of a year-long series of pr...
Jul 04, 2023 The 'Cart of Hope' project on display at Art Placement. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Small-town store selling American goods expanding to Saskatoon
You don't have to travel all the way to the U.S.A. to try American snacks. A Watrous business selling American goods and ice cream is expanding, with a second location coming to Saskatoon. "Me and my ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Kelvin’s Perk/ Facebook)
Canada Day storms bring damage from wild weather
Canada Day brought some wild weather this year. Extreme wind and rain storms raged through the province on Saturday night. Nipawin, Waskesiu, Prince Albert and Hafford were some of the hardest hit on ...
Jul 04, 2023 The results of a plow wind that tore through 1015 Nipawin on July 1, 2023. (Barb Quinney/Submitted)
Dundurn tricera-tops dinosaur costume world record
In Saskatchewan, people wore something different than red and white to celebrate Canada Day this year. Instead, more than a thousand wore inflatable dinosaur costumes. On July 1, the town of Dundurn, ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Police asking for information in historical killing
Police are asking the public for help to crack a 16-year-old homicide case. Paul Theodore Jacobson's body was located near Central Avenue and Agra Road after a citizen reported it to Saskatoon police ...
Jul 04, 2023 Paul Theodore Jacobson from around the time of his death in 2007. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
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