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Driver was using phone, in wrong lane during crash with police vehicle: RCMP
A driver has been ticketed after a crash that left two people - including an RCMP officer - hospitalized in June. According to the RCMP, a truck collided with a marked RCMP vehicle on Highway 15 near ...
Oct 15, 2025 The police officer, who was the only occupant of the RCMP vehicle, was airlifted to hospital by STARS with injuries described as serious but not life-threatening. The truck driver, who was also alone in the vehicle, was taken to hospital by paramedics. (650 CKOM file photo)
Scams and digital fraud on the rise in Saskatchewan
Investors and businesses need to be more and more wary when wading through transactions online these days, as reports of fraud and scams pile up. Fraud in Saskatchewan is becoming more digital, accord...
Oct 15, 2025 Around 26 kg of meth, 1 kg of heroin, 9 kg of cocaine as well as around $43,000 in cash were seized in Saskatoon on Aug. 1 2024. (Saskatoon Police Service/submitted)
Court hears closing arguments in Roderick Sutherland's manslaughter trial
During closing arguments in Roderick Sutherland's manslaughter trial on Tuesday, Crown prosecutor William Burge suggested Sutherland was involved in Megan Gallagher's death from beginning to end. Suth...
Oct 15, 2025 Roderick Sutherland is charged with manslaughter, unlawful confinement and offering an indignity to human remains in connection with the 2020 killing of Megan Gallagher. (650 CKOM file photo)
'Basic' shelter could help overnight winter warming centres issues: Salvation Army
As Saskatoon city councillors consider adopting a new affordable housing strategy, the executive director of the Salvation Army's Crossroads Residential Services is offering some advice. Major Gord Ta...
Oct 13, 2025 Saskatoon’s Sage Clan Patrol hands out warm clothes to the city’s homeless as winter approaches. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Affordable housing units open in Prince Albert's West Flat
by Nigel Maxwell Speaking to a crowd gathered outside two new affordable housing complexes on Oct. 10, Bill Powalinsky acknowledged there is a housing shortage in Prince Albert. The mayor was among a ...
Oct 13, 2025 People attend the opening of two new affordable housing complexes in Prince Albert on Oct. 10, 2025. (Nigel Maxwell/PANow)
Saskatoon organizations helping out during Thanksgiving
It's the worst time of year to be a turkey, but the best time of year to be someone who likes eating turkey, with Thanksgiving on Monday. Not everyone has the luxury of affording a full Thanksgiving d...
Oct 12, 2025 The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, and the Mustard Seed are preparing for Thanksgiving on Monday. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM files)
Second World War veteran celebrates 100th birthday in Saskatoon
One hundred years is a long time, during which a lot can happen and a lot can change. In 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald was published, and Saska...
Oct 12, 2025 Ruth Bond-Martinson celebrated her 100th birthday in Saskatoon this week. (Brittany Caffet/650CKOM)
Saskatoon families to receive 1,800 Thanksgiving-themed bags
Putting turkey on the table for Thanksgiving was made a little easier for hundreds of Saskatoon families this year. Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation, in partnership with Canpotex, packaged over 600...
Oct 12, 2025 While talking about the cheer crates Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation CEO Zeba Ahmad said, "We want kids and families to feel respected." (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Storm system forecast to hit parts of Saskatchewan this weekend
The weather in many parts of Saskatchewan - including Regina - will take a drastic turn from warm and sunny on Saturday with daytime highs in the mid 20 C range, to cold, rainy, and snowy on Sunday. R...
Oct 11, 2025 The weather in many parts of Saskatchewan — including Regina — will take a drastic turn from warm and sunny on Saturday with daytime highs in the mid 20 C range, to cold, rainy, and snowy on Sunday. (ekina1 / Depositphotos.com)
Sask. govt celebrates September employment gains as province adds 1,700 full-time jobs
The Government of Saskatchewan is celebrating strong job numbers for September. According to data released on Friday by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan added 1,700 full-time jobs between August and Se...
Oct 11, 2025 “Saskatchewan continues to experience strong year-over-year job growth,” Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan’s minister of immigration and career training, said in a statement. (650 CKOM file photo)
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