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Saskatoon police investigate homicide in Lakeview area
Saskatoon police are investigating after a woman was found dead in the Lakeview area early Wednesday. In a news release, police said officers were called to a home in the 200 block of Wakaw Place just...
Jan 06, 2021 Police investigate a woman’s death at a home on Wakaw Place on Jan. 6, 2021. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
RCMP arrests suspect in November abduction on One Arrow First Nation
A 26-year-old woman is to appear in Melfort Provincial Court on Thursday in connection with an incident that occurred in November on the One Arrow First Nation. The woman, who had been the subject of ...
Jan 05, 2021
Saskatoon police investigating man's death
The Saskatoon Police Service is investigating the death of a man whose body was found Sunday night in the Exhibition neighbourhood. According to a media release Tuesday, officers were dispatched just ...
Jan 05, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon's residential snow removal program to be completed by mid-January
Saskatoon snow removal crews who have been scouring, scraping and trucking away snow from November's huge storm should complete their work by the middle of January. That's according to Saskatoon roadw...
Jan 05, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. RCMP hands out 8 tickets for not self-isolating, 2 for large gatherings over holidays
For the most part, people in the province followed the COVID-19 public health orders over the Christmas break. RCMP media spokesperson Cpl. Rob King said the Saskatchewan Mounties issued 10 tickets be...
Jan 05, 2021
'COVID-19 has stolen her from us:' 25-year-old Thunderchild COVID victim remembered
Savannah Noon was 25 years old when she was diagnosed with COVID-19. The diagnosis came on Dec. 3. Just 23 days later, the woman from the Thunderchild First Nation died at St. Paul's Hospital in Saska...
Jan 05, 2021 25-year-old Savannah Noon died with COVID-19 on Dec. 26, 2020. (submitted/Dwayne Noon)
Riders sign Fajardo to contract extension through 2022
All-star quarterback Cody Fajardo is sticking with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for another two years. The CFL team announced Tuesday that Fajardo had signed a contract extension that will run through...
Jan 05, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Saskatoon's city councillors, mayor say they followed holiday health orders
It seems as though Saskatoon's elected officials spent the holidays in the confines of their own homes. 650 CKOM reached out to all 10 Saskatoon city councillors as well as Mayor Charlie Clark on Mond...
Jan 05, 2021
VIDO-InterVac prepares for human trials with COVID-19 vaccine
It's the kind of start to a new year that researchers at Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac were hoping for. CEO Volker Gerdts says they are days away from the first human testing with the COVID vaccine they'v...
Jan 04, 2021 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon snow sculpture artist creates virtual hug for passersby
In the front yard of a home along Cumberland Avenue South in Saskatoon sits a little girl with long, curly hair, hugging her most precious teddy bear. Except, this "little" girl is about seven-and-a-h...
Jan 04, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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