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Evacuations underway as fire burns northeast of Prince Albert
Anyone who lives or works in the immediate area around the large fast-moving fire burning northeast of Prince Albert has been ordered to get out. That area is north of Highway 55, across from the airp...
May 17, 2021 (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW)
Parole request denied for man who attacked, set fire to woman in P.A.
The man sent to prison for attacking a Prince Albert woman and setting her on fire in 2014 will remain behind bars. The Parole Board of Canada has denied the parole request of Leslie Black. The 35-yea...
May 17, 2021 An undated photo of Marlene Bird, who was the victim of a 2014 attack in Prince Albert that forced doctors to amputate both her legs. (Rebbeca Marroquin/paNOW Staff)
Provinces, territories across Canada looking at Sask. drive-thru model
Over the past several months, tens of thousands of Saskatchewanians have received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at one of 20 drive-thru clinics in the province. In fact, they've proven so ...
May 17, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update May 17: Active case numbers drop below 2,000 in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has reached another vaccination milestone with more than 600,000 doses given while active cases of COVID-19 in the province are under 2,000 for the first time since April 1. Another 12,17...
May 17, 2021
Saskatoon police searching for Jeep in connection with fatal hit-and-run
The Saskatoon Police Service is asking for the public's help in finding a blue Jeep Compass that investigators believe was involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision on May 10. A woman died as a result...
May 17, 2021 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon police investigating assault involving axe
A man is recovering in Saskatoon hospital after being assaulted with an axe and a pellet gun. Saskatoon police said officers were dispatched Saturday at about 8 p.m., to an apartment building in the 4...
May 17, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan senior 'elated' to join second dose queue
Ileen Boechler is hoping for an unusual 95th birthday present. She is joining thousands of others across the province booking COVID-19 second dose vaccinations. "I am elated," Boechler said. "I'm so, ...
May 17, 2021 Ileen Boechler was eagerly waiting for second dose appointments to open to the general public Monday. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Sask. doesn't want to mix and match vaccines unless necessary: Merriman
As long as there aren’t significant supply issues, Saskatchewan does not plan on giving residents a different vaccine if they got AstraZeneca the first time around. That’s according to Sas...
May 17, 2021
Semi carrying empty anhydrous tank ends up on train tracks off Highway 7
Traffic was moving slowly through one lane Monday morning as emergency crews dealt with what could have been a horrible situation. According to a Facebook post by the Delisle Fire Department, a semi w...
May 17, 2021 A semi carrying an empty anhydrous tank was found on railroad tracks early on May 17, 2021 near the Cory Potash Mine. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Wild week of weather ahead for Saskatoon and area
Anything can happen when it comes to springtime weather in Saskatchewan. And at least this week, we shouldn't be getting any snow. That's according to Chris Stammers, an Environment Canada meteorologi...
May 17, 2021
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