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Hospital Home Lottery 2024 grand prize fall winners
A Prince Albert man has won the $1.6 million grand prize showhome and 50,000 cash from the 2024 Hospital Home Lottery. Chirag Patel had the winning ticket for the Edgemont Park Estates home, located s...
Nov 14, 2024 Chirag Patel from Prince Albert had the winning ticket for the Edgemont Park Estates home, located south of Saskatoon. His family is joined by Lecina Hicke, CEO of St. Pauls Hospital Foundation.(Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Advance polls, uploading issues blamed for delay in Saskatoon election results
Residents in Saskatoon did not see municipal election results posted online until 10 p.m. on Wednesday night - two hours after the polls closed. Returning officer Shellie Bryant said closing the advan...
Nov 14, 2024 “We are already making notes to look at possible bylaw changes in the future, where we could count these special polls a day before or during the day,” said the city's returning officer. (650 CKOM file photo)
Mounties seize drugs, illegal smokes and $30,000 in cash in Kindersley
RCMP officers seized drugs, illegal cigarettes and thousands of dollars in cash from a home and vehicle in Kindersley last week, leading to the arrest of a man and a woman. According to police, office...
Nov 14, 2024 Police seized cocaine, fentanyl, illegal cigarettes and cash from a home and vehicle. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Many new mayors elected across Saskatchewan
Saskatoon and Regina both have new mayors, and it's a trend that continued across much of Saskatchewan on Wednesday night. Here are the mayoral race winners for each Saskatchewan city, according to th...
Nov 14, 2024 A number of Saskatchewan cities are waking up to new mayors on Thursday morning. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
McBride: Violent crime is declining, but urges increased reporting
Saskatoon Police Chief Cam McBride said violent crime in the city appears to be slowing down. "We're trending in a good way when it comes to violent crime. I know, around the end of 2023, we were up a...
Nov 13, 2024 Saskatoon Police Chief Cam McBride said hearing that people don’t want to report crimes because they don’t think anything will be done about it bothers him.
He said over the next year, he’ll be looking at how the SPS can better respond to reports of property crime. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan votes ahead of municipal election
Throughout Saskatchewan, people are heading to the polls to make their voices heard in the 2024 municipal election. Meadow Wells-Goudie was voting in Regina when the polls opened on Wednesday morning,...
Nov 13, 2024 Polling stations across Saskatchewan are open until 8 p.m. for the municipal election. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Who's running in Saskatoon's municipal elections?
Saskatoon's municipal elections are set for November 13, as voters in the Bridge City head to the polls to choose their next mayor, city councillors and school board trustees. Polls close at 8 p.m. on...
Nov 13, 2024 Saskatoon is heading to the polls on Nov. 13 to choose its next local government representatives. (Elections Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Sucker River woman called a true hero after saving boy from drowning
By Derek Cornet A woman from Sucker River is being called a hero after putting herself in harm's way to rescue a nine-year-old boy from drowning on Sunday. Elaine Ratt was working at the local conveni...
Nov 13, 2024 Elaine Ratt (blue vest) saved a drowning child in Sucker River over the weekend. (Facebook/Jim Tammy Cook-Searson)
Crime in brief: Woman charged after 14 car windows smashed with bat
A 42-year-old woman has been charged with 14 counts of mischief after car windows were smashed with a baseball bat in the 100 block of Pichler Crescent in Rosewood on Monday. The woman is also facing ...
Nov 12, 2024 (Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com)
Ward 1 incumbent alleges campaign interference, impersonation
As the Saskatoon civic election approaches Wednesday, Ward 1 incumbent councillor Darren Hill is alleging campaign interference in the district he has represented for 18 years, citing incidents of sto...
Nov 12, 2024 Saskatoon city councillor Darren Hill. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
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