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Murder charges laid in teen's shooting death in Saskatoon in 2015
After nearly seven years, Saskatoon police have arrested two people in the murder of a 16-year-old boy. Danil Tsannie was found shot to death outside an Avenue I North home on April 1, 2015. According...
Feb 16, 2022 Danil Tsannie, 16, was found dead outside a Saskatoon residence on April 1, 2015. (Saskatoon Police Service)
$20M Lotto Max jackpot belongs to someone in Saskatchewan
Someone in Saskatchewan just had their life changed. The Western Canada Lotteries Corporation says the winning ticket from Tuesday's $20-million Lotto Max draw was purchased in the province. Another m...
Feb 16, 2022
Rocker Rod Stewart coming to Saskatoon in September
A legendary rock star is making his way to Saskatchewan. Rod Stewart will perform at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on Sep. 14. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on March 4. The 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' s...
Feb 16, 2022 A media image of singer Rod Stewart from his official website (rodstewart.com).
Sask. Party breaks through with byelection win in northern Sask.
It appears that voters in northern Saskatchewan are sending former RCMP officer, Jim Lemaigre to the provincial legislature. Preliminary results of Tuesday's byelection in the constituency of Athabasc...
Feb 16, 2022 Saskatchewan Party candidate for Athabasca Jim Lemaigre (Facebook)
Former Sask. civil servant calls PM's invoking of Emergencies Act 'debatable'
A former deputy minister in two Saskatchewan governments said the invoking of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday didn't surprise him, but it is a "judgment call." Howard Le...
Feb 15, 2022 Trucks parked on Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa as a rally against COVID-19 restrictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Justin Tang
Security takes down man who brandished dummy grenade at St. Paul's Hospital
Two security guards at a Saskatoon hospital went above and beyond the call of duty to protect staff and patients. On Monday, shortly after midnight, security witnessed a man creating a disturbance out...
Feb 15, 2022 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
54 unmarked graves found on Keeseekoose First Nation
The ceremony in the Keeseekoose school gym opened with a flag song and an honour song, preceded that morning by a pipe ceremony -- all to set the stage for the heartbreaking news to be publicly announ...
Feb 15, 2022
Loblaws won't restrict future tenants at Broadway Extra Foods location, Clark says
Loblaw Companies Ltd., will not be restricting future tenants as a condition of the sale of the Extra Foods property on Broadway Avenue, according to Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. The Nutana area's o...
Feb 15, 2022 Extra Foods on Broadway Avenue in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
U of S professor explains impact of Emergencies Act
The reactions began even before the official announcement was made on Monday - the prime minister was, for the first time, invoking the Emergencies Act. With reactions came misinformation and assumpti...
Feb 15, 2022
Voters head to the polls in northern Saskatchewan byelection
Athabasca constituents are heading to the polls on Tuesday in a byelection to choose a new MLA. The byelection was triggered in August 2021 after long-time NDP MLA Buckley Belanger resigned to pursue ...
Feb 15, 2022 Georgina Jolibois, left, Darwin Roy, center and Jim Lemaigre. (Submitted photos)
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