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Downtown collision backs up traffic
A collision in Saskatoon's downtown Tuesday afternoon has backed traffic up on Idylwyld Drive. Emergency crews are at the scene at Idylwyld and 20th Street. Traffic is backed up on Idylwyld and over t...
Aug 18, 2020 A collision at Idylwyld Drive and 20th Street backs traffic up on Aug. 18, 2020.
(Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Fire department deploys firefighting grenade for the first time
Firefighters have a new tool in Saskatoon. A fire suppression grenade was deployed for the first time to help control fires at two boarded-up homes near St. Paul's Hospital on Sunday. "We throw it lik...
Aug 18, 2020 A fire suppression grenade was used to help contain a fire on Avenue R South on Aug. 16, 2020.
(Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
RCMP busts booze boat near Wollaston Lake
The RCMP says it made a significant seizure of alcohol from a boat on Sunday near Wollaston Lake. In a release, the RCMP says a boat was stopped after having come from Barge Landing and docking at Hat...
Aug 18, 2020 (Wollaston Lake RCMP/Submitted)
Heat warnings blanket Saskatchewan
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for nearly all of Saskatchewan. The province is broken up into 32 regions on the Environment Canada alerts page - and 26 of them were put under a heat warni...
Aug 18, 2020
Saskatchewan Hutterites battling 'cultural lines' when it comes to COVID-19
For the past several weeks, Saskatchewan Hutterite colonies have been hotspots for COVID-19. According to the chair of the Hutterian Safety Council, David Tschetter, the higher number of cases is due ...
Aug 17, 2020 (Image courtesy of Hutterian Health Communities)
Recovery team searching for missing boater on Bittern Lake
A search is underway for a 23-year-old man who went missing at Bittern Lake on Saturday, according to a release from the RCMP. The Montreal Lake RCMP says at about 3 p.m., it was reported that a boat ...
Aug 17, 2020
Sask. schools get funding for more staff, encouraged to find ways to shrink classes
Premier Scott Moe provided more details Monday on the Saskatchewan government's updated return-to-school plan. In a social media post Saturday, Moe had said the government was pushing back the start d...
Aug 17, 2020
'Hopefully you have an air conditioner:' Environment Canada warns of near-record heat in Saskatoon
It's going to be a toasty one in Saskatoon on Monday. Environment Canada is forecasting a daytime high of 35 C for the city, along with an overnight low of 14 C. Warning preparedness meteorologist Nat...
Aug 17, 2020
'Everybody's safe having a great time': vehicle enthusiasts gather in Saskatoon
Typical Show and Shine Weekend festivities were cancelled this weekend but classic car lovers still got the opportunity to admire some rides that they normally wouldn't see. Attendees flocked to 8th S...
Aug 16, 2020 Norm Mowles and his 1956 Ford Sunliner. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
21st COVID-19 death announced in Saskatchewan, 25 new cases
The Saskatchewan government is announcing a 21st person is dead from COVID-19 as the province added 25 new cases on Saturday. This person was in the South Central Zone and was in the 80 to 89 age rang...
Aug 15, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
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