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Four men facing drug trafficking and firearms charges after traffic stop
Four men are facing several charges in relation to drug trafficking and firearms offences after Saskatoon police conducted a traffic stop Thursday in the 500 block of Avenue W South. The officers obse...
Jun 05, 2020
'We can’t entice the police:' protesters clean up graffiti at city hall war memorial
As the "Justice for George" protest continued Thursday in Saskatoon, many focused on keeping the rally peaceful. With police ushering the large march through the streets, there was a moment where a bi...
Jun 05, 2020 Jordan and Sarah clean the war memorial in front of Saskatoon City Hall on June 4, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Mother and two children located deceased after house fire, man’s death nearby considered separate incident
An investigation into a house fire in North Battleford on Thursday is now a sudden death investigation as a mother and her two children were located deceased at the residence. The cause of the house f...
Jun 05, 2020 RCMP have ruled a house fire in North Battleford on June 4, 2020, that killed a mother and her two children, to be a murder-suicide.
(Josh Ryan/BattlefordsNOW Staff)
'Change is happening:' peaceful protesters take over Saskatoon's downtown in rally, march
Around two thousand people marched through Saskatoon's downtown Thursday, looking to raise awareness about racism following the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt...
Jun 04, 2020 Protesters made their way through Saskatoon's downtown in the "Justice for George" rally on June 4, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
UPDATED: Power outages affecting several Saskatoon neighborhoods Thursday evening
UPDATE: 8:50 p.m. - SaskPower's Joel Cherry tells 650 CKOM a power outage in Saskatoon affecting potentially thousands of customers in the River Heights, Brighton, Arbor Creek, Erindale, Forest Grove,...
Jun 04, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Locked out refinery workers take pickets to FCL headquarters
Upwards of 400 Unifor workers waving flags and holding signs held a demonstration in Saskatoon on Thursday to call for an end to the six-month lockout for refinery workers in Regina. Holding signs rea...
Jun 04, 2020 Locked out refinery workers walk the picket line outside the Federated Co-op Limited building in downtown Saskatoon on June 3, 2020 as part of a demonstration to help end a six-month lockout (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Families feel a sense of relief as SHA relaxes visitation restrictions
The news this week from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) that it would be relaxing some of the visitation restrictions for people in long-term care, critical care and emergency room visits, has...
Jun 04, 2020 Mike McGuire and his mom outside of her seniors' residence.
(Mike McGuire/Facebook)
STF hopes teacher health and safety taken into consideration when school reopening plans are announced
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is following on the heels of the provincial NDP, calling for a safe and cautious return to schools eventually. While STF President Patrick Maze didn't mention the...
Jun 04, 2020
Tent caterpillar numbers to remain low this year in Saskatoon
It's an annual part of spring in Saskatoon - forest tent caterpillars are back. "We are definitely into the early stages of tent caterpillar season in general," said Jeff Boone, entomologist with the ...
Jun 04, 2020
"Justice for Floyd" rally to march through city's downtown
A march through Saskatoon's downtown will be part of tonight's "Justice for George Rally." Saskatoon police say they have spoken to organizers and will allow everything to proceed as "long as it remai...
Jun 04, 2020 Thursday's rally is expected to include a march through Saskatoon's downtown. (Saskatoon Police)
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