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Zenon Park woman dead after two-vehicle crash on Highway 23: RCMP
A two-vehicle crash left a 66-year-old woman dead on Thursday. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers with the Carrot River detachment received a report about the crash on Highway 23, east of Ar...
Jun 27, 2025 The crash remains under investigation, the RCMP said, with help from a collision reconstruction expert. (650 CKOM file photo)
Three people hospitalized after three-vehicle crash on Highway 11 Thursday
Three people, including a child, were taken to hospital on Thursday after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 11. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the crash happened just south of Warman, at the inter...
Jun 27, 2025 Police said three people, including a child, were hospitalized after the crash near Warman. (650 CKOM file photo)
Drought support for farmers coming from provincial, federal governments
The provincial and federal governments are joining forces to provide relief for drought-stricken producers in Saskatchewan. In a joint statement issued on Friday, the two levels of government said the...
Jun 27, 2025 “As in past years, it will help address feed shortages so many ranchers are experiencing,” said Bill Huber, head of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. (650 CKOM file photo)
Hail the size of golf balls hammers Lumsden, denting vehicles and cracking windows
The cleanup is underway in Lumsden after a hailstorm left vehicles dented and windows cracked on Thursday. Golf ball-sized hail was spotted in the Lumsden area, and many people are now reporting damag...
Jun 27, 2025
Saskatchewan RCMP warns boaters to stay sober this summer
The Saskatchewan RCMP is cautioning boaters to stay sober while they're out on the water this summer, warning that drinking and boating can result in a boater losing their driver's licence and picking...
Jun 27, 2025 The RCMP said impaired boating carries stiff penalties, just like impaired driving. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
FSIN Chief 'outraged, in shock' over RCMP assistant commissioner removal
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said he wants Rhonda Blackmore to stay as the commanding officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP. Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore was re...
Jun 26, 2025
Red Earth man, 18, charged with second-degree murder: RCMP
An 18-year-old man from the Red Earth Cree Nation is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 29-year-old Gerald McKay. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, officers were...
Jun 26, 2025 According to the RCMP, officers were called to a home on the Red Earth Cree Nation Tuesday evening after getting a report of in injured man. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Wildfire crisis exposes flaws in public alerting landscape
By Teena Monteleone As a lull sets in from the early and rampant fire season in Saskatchewan, questions are surfacing about the effectiveness and use of the province's emergency alert system. One of t...
Jun 26, 2025 Questions are being raised about the public alerting systems and their flaws. (650 CKOM file photo)
FSIN wants answers after RCMP assistant commissioner's removal
Multiple chiefs with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have issued a joint statement raising concerns about the removal of assistant commissioner Rhonda Blackmore from her role as ...
Jun 26, 2025 The FSIN said Rhonda Blackmore deserves praise for her leadership during the stabbing attacks on the James Smith Cree Nation in 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Man who lit homeless woman on fire in P.A. has release revoked
The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the statutory release of a man who lit a homeless woman on fire in Saskatchewan. Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in the 2014 bludgeon...
Jun 26, 2025 Marlene Bird is shown in this undated handout provided by radio station CKBI. A Saskatchewan man who brutally attacked Bird and set her on fire more than a decade ago has been granted statutory release with conditions. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout CKBI)
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