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Grandmother says 9 year-old boy in critical condition following incident in the water at Pike Lake
A nine-year-old boy is fighting for his life in a Saskatoon hospital after what his grandmother is calling a drowning incident at Pike Lake Tuesday. Zoe Bunnie confirmed to 650 CKOM in a Facebook mess...
Aug 26, 2020 STARS approaches the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital heliport on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
New, $26.5 million school unveiled in Rosthern
The newest school in Saskatchewan is ready to start up. Rosthern Community School, located about 40 minutes away from Saskatoon, will be open for prekindergarten to grade 12 students on Sept. 8. The n...
Aug 26, 2020 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe prepares to cut the ribbon for the new Rosthern Community School. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Demand for full-time online learning surges for Saskatoon Public Schools
Support staff, administration and teachers are preparing this week and next, for what is going to be a very different school year because of COVID-19. Parents and students will have the option of atte...
Aug 25, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Conservation inspector weighs in on what to do when encountering an aggressive bear
The tragic death of a 44-year-old woman in northern Saskatchewan last week has brought attention to just how dangerous bears can be. Stephanie Blais was attacked and killed by a black bear on Thursday...
Aug 25, 2020
Canada-wide warrant issued for suspect in Saskatoon's 9th murder of 2020
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for the man believed to be responsible for Saskatoon's ninth murder of 2020. As a result of the investigation, Saskatoon police say 32-year-old Afrah Ali is wante...
Aug 25, 2020 (Saskatoon police/Submitted photo)
City council to decide whether to give green light to whistleblower policy
Four years after a July, 2016 inquiry by Ward 5 councillor Randy Donauer, a preliminary document has been prepared by city administration to develop a whistleblower policy for City of Saskatoon employ...
Aug 25, 2020
Multi-vehicle collision near Wakaw blocks Highway 41 in both directions
Wakaw RCMP are on the scene of a collision involving four vehicles and a semi-truck on a construction site on Highway 41, about five miles east of Wakaw. In a release, the RCMP say traffic is currentl...
Aug 25, 2020
Woman charged after drugs tossed over fence at P.A. Correctional Centre
A 30-year-old woman from Prince Albert is accused of assisting a local street gang get drugs into the men's jail by organizing an effort to have the drugs physically tossed over a 12-foot-high barbed ...
Aug 25, 2020 A view of the fenceline at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Vandals rewrite Humboldt theatre marquee with 'those 7 words you can't say on television:' owner
The co-owners of Humboldt's theatre are disappointed with the actions of vandals who have rearranged the letters on its marquee to display vulgar terms and language. Mike Yager, who co-owns Reel Attra...
Aug 25, 2020 Reel Attractions Cinema and Videom pictured pre-pandemic on March 21, 2020. (Facebook/Reel Attractions Ltd.)
Body of missing swimmer recovered from Lake Diefenbaker
The body of a 35-year-old man who went missing while swimming in Lake Diefenbaker has been recovered. A release from the RCMP says at about 1:15 Monday afternoon, the man's body was found about 30 met...
Aug 25, 2020
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