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Saskatoon police seeking suspect in historical sexual assault
The Saskatoon Police Service is asking for the public's help to find a 47-year-old man wanted in connection with sexual assaults that occurred nearly 15 years ago. Kenneth Dauphinais has lived most re...
Dec 13, 2021 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
'We can go to five overdoses in a row': Regina police sergeant describes challenges of overdose crisis
A call where two people are overdosing in the same house, or one where someone is overdosing in a car - the drug overdose crisis is taking a toll on a lot of people in Saskatchewan, including those wh...
Dec 13, 2021
Saskatoon rises to the occasion again during the holiday season
Hundreds of families in Saskatoon will have a special Christmas thanks to the generosity of the local community. This year's 650 CKOM's Adopt-A-Family campaign collected $92,800 in cash, food and gift...
Dec 13, 2021 Volunteers sort through donations for Adopt-a-Family campaign on Dec 11th, 2021 (650 CKOM)
Extension cord to blame for fire in Saskatoon strip mall
The Saskatoon Fire Department has issued a warning about extension cords following a fire in a downtown strip mall on Saturday night. Crews were called to a strip mall at 25th Street and Second Avenue...
Dec 13, 2021 Fire in a strip mall at 25th Street and 2nd Avenue on Dec. 11, 2021 (Submitted/Saskatoon Fire Department)
Latest COVID update Dec. 12: Lowest new case number since August, no new deaths
Saskatchewan reported its lowest day of COVID cases since the summer on Sunday. There were just 37 new cases in the province's daily COVID update. That's the lowest such number since Aug. 3. There wer...
Dec 12, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Saskatoon Tribal Council prepares to open new downtown wellness shelter
Just days after Saskatoon City Council approved a new wellness shelter in a special meeting, Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is gearing up to open the doors. Chief Mark Arcand is aiming to have the doo...
Dec 12, 2021 Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to media in front of a building in downtown Saskatoon that has been identified as a possible place for a temporary wellness centre for up to 50 people without homes this winter. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Roughnecks steal the show in Rush home opener
After 644 days, the Saskatchewan Rush finally made their return to the SaskTel Centre for their home opener. The NLL season was cancelled because of COVID in March of 2020. Saskatoon's lacrosse team h...
Dec 12, 2021 Rush Defender Kyle Rubisch #4 gets introduced in the home opener against the Calgary Roughnecks. (SaskRushLAX/Twitter)
Broadway Bridge crash sends 1 person to hospital
A collision between two cars on the Broadway Bridge early Saturday morning sent one person to hospital. Saskatoon firefighters responded to the scene at 1:54 a.m. and discovered extrication was requir...
Dec 11, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire Department/submitted)
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19. A survey from Uni...
Dec 10, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Mounties in Maidstone area nab three impaired drivers in short order
Saskatchewan RCMP officers needed just 2 1/2 hours to pull over three impaired drivers in the Maidstone area. On Friday, the Mounties said officers from the Maidstone detachment and the Roving Traffic...
Dec 10, 2021 (RCMP/Submitted)
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