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Snowfall warnings continue as storm arrives in Sask.
Winter is likely here to stay for parts of Saskatchewan as a winter storm makes its mark on the province. Environment Canada snowfall warnings continued Wednesday for southwest, west-central and north...
Nov 02, 2022
Turnor Lake stabbing suspect taken into custody
A man wanted in connection with a stabbing in Turnor Lake on Monday has been arrested. The Buffalo Narrows RCMP said Tuesday that 23-year-old Kobin Morin had been taken into custody. In their initial ...
Nov 01, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Snowfall warnings, special weather statements in place in Saskatchewan
The winter storm that was building in Alberta early Tuesday is officially on its way to Saskatchewan. Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for areas of Saskatchewan, with 10 to 15 centimetres e...
Nov 01, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan First Act introduced to 'address and quantify economic harm'
The first piece of legislation the provincial government introduced this sitting was The Saskatchewan First Act, which was introduced Tuesday afternoon. It amends the province's constitution to assert...
Nov 01, 2022
RCMP searching for two men involved in armed robbery on highway
The RCMP is warning drivers not to stop if they come across what might look like a staged accident after a motorist was robbed Thursday in northwestern Saskatchewan. The Pierceland RCMP says a driver ...
Nov 01, 2022 (650 CKOM files)
Winter wallop expected to hit northwest Saskatchewan
Southern Saskatchewan got its first taste of winter before Halloween, and now the rest of the province is set to get a turn. A winter storm brewing in Alberta is on track to hit west-central and north...
Nov 01, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Results of First Nation suicide study show need for improvement, offer hope for change
Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation remembers sitting in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' previous building three years ago, filled with emotion and sharing much of the p...
Oct 31, 2022 (From left to right) Chief Ronald Mitsuing of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, Tracey Sherin with the Health Quality Council, FSIN first vice chief David Pratt, Headwoman Audrey Isaac and Chief Margaret Bear of Ochapowace First Nation at FSIN in Saskatoon on Oct. 31, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Man who was shot and killed by Saskatoon police identified
A police shooting on Avenue E North in Saskatoon on Thursday left a man dead, but police didn't release his name at the time. Through a family member and a now-unpublished online obituary, the man has...
Oct 31, 2022
Moe apologizes for Thatcher's attendance at throne speech, removes Stewart from post
Premier Scott Moe gave an "unequivocal" apology Monday afternoon in the Legislature for Colin Thatcher's attendance at the throne speech. Thatcher -- a former Progressive Conservative MLA and cabinet ...
Oct 31, 2022 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Heavy smoke pours into downtown from brush fire
Saskatoon fire crews were called to an unlikely place for a brush fire Monday. Fire crews were called around 10 a.m., to the northern edge of downtown after heavy smoke was spotted coming from a secti...
Oct 31, 2022 Saskatoon fire crews respond to a brush fire off 29th Street behind the Ramada golf dome on Oct. 31, 2022. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
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