Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Traffic stop near Maidstone results in drug trafficking charges
A traffic stop on Highway 16 has resulted in a 28-year-old Edmonton woman facing drug trafficking charges. On Tuesday, RCMP stopped a vehicle near Maidstone for a driver's licence, registration and so...
Jun 19, 2020
More than 17 million empties already processed by SARCAN in the five days since reopening
After a nearly three month long closure, people are sure eager to get their empties back to SARCAN. So much so, that Communications Manager Sean Homenick says more than 17 million cans, bottles and ca...
Jun 19, 2020 A line of nearly 100 people wait outside the Broadway SARCAN recycling depot in Saskatoon Friday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. reports 8 new COVID-19 cases, 4 people in hospital
The province is reporting eight new cases of COVID-19. This brings the Sask. total to 716. Seven of the new cases are in the Far North region, and one is in the Saskatoon region. A total of 636 people...
Jun 19, 2020
COVID-19 in Saskatchewan: The Week in Review, June 19
The official start to summer is here, and it might be closer to a normal break for kids than we thought it was going to be a few months ago! Though the rules of your kid's camp, pool or sport might be...
Jun 19, 2020
Landlords risk losing properties as delinquent rent soars to $30M during pandemic
A Saskatchewan group that advocates for landlords says some owners are considering foreclosure and bankruptcy due to tenants withholding rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Officer for the Sa...
Jun 19, 2020
Saskatoon police to report to Board of Police Commissioners on how they are left to intervene in non-criminal crisis situations
The Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners received two motions from commission member and Mayor Charlie Clark at its Thursday meeting. One motion was introduced as a result of the dozens of letters ...
Jun 19, 2020 There was a special board of police commissioners meeting to vote on the request for eight additional police officers in Saskatoon on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man facing child pornography charges
A 22-year-old Saskatoon man is facing child pornography charges following a Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) investigation that began in March. The ICE unit had been investigating a...
Jun 19, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Charges laid after man struck by crossbow bolt
A 32-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries, after he was struck by a crossbow bolt Wednesday morning. At around 11:30 a.m. police responded to the 140...
Jun 19, 2020
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools ready for virtual graduation premiere
There was plenty of lights, cameras and action happening at Catholic high schools across Saskatoon this week. Each high school in the city invited graduates to come back one final time to walk across ...
Jun 19, 2020 A couple of St. Joseph grads celebrate after recording their part of the virtual graduation. (Submitted/Cheryl Thorson)
Wind and rain causing some localized crop damage in central Saskatchewan, says provincial expert
Donovan Block has been growing canola, wheat, barley and hay on his 2,000 acres in the Leroy area, southeast of Humboldt, for the last 42 years. This year, while he says most of his crops are doing pr...
Jun 18, 2020
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