Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Busload of Warman school kids safe after highway collision
A bus driver's expertise is being commended by the Prairie Spirit School Division after a close call on Highway 16 Wednesday morning. About 100 Grade 4 students from Warman Elemetary School wer...
Mar 21, 2018 Emergency crews responded to a crash between a charter bus and a truck on Highway 16 near Borden on March 21, 2018. (Joel S. Dustan/Twitter)
Blades fire head coach Dean Brockman
After four seasons with the Saskatoon Blades, head coach Dean Brockman was fired on Sunday. "Ultimately, I felt with our management staff, that the last two years we've been in a playoff position in a...
Mar 18, 2018 Saskatoon Blades head coach Dean Brockman behind the bench during the 2016-17 season. (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
Police report third death from tainted drugs
Tainted drugs have claimed another life in Saskatoon. A 25-year-old woman who reportedly ended up in a coma after consuming fentanyl-laced cocaine has died in hospital. Police reported the woman passe...
Mar 15, 2018
Health officials urge drug users, family to get Naloxone kits
As Saskatoon grapples with a new development in the opioid crisis, health workers hope to distribute more life-saving kits to reverse overdoses. Saturday morning saw police and paramedics rush to thre...
Mar 13, 2018 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
Tochor defeats Trost for Saskatoon-University CPC nomination
Less than a year after placing fourth in the race for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, Brad Trost has lost the CPC nomination of his own riding. The veteran MP was ousted Saturday after...
Mar 10, 2018 Corey Tochor resigned his position as Speaker at the Saskatchewan legislature Jan. 5, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
‘No justice’ after Crown won’t appeal acquittal in farm shooting: father
By Kelly Geraldine Malone REGINA - The father of a young Indigenous man who was killed on a Saskatchewan farm says he is heartbroken the Crown will not appeal the acquittal of the man accused in the f...
Mar 08, 2018
Snow causes poor road conditions in and around Saskatoon
Saskatoon remained under a snowfall warning Monday morning, with drivers reporting poor conditions on highways around the city. Environment Canada warned that a Colorado Low system would dump more sno...
Mar 05, 2018 A Saskatoon resident clears snow from his walkway during a later winter snow storm (Chris Carr 650/CKOM)
Southeast, central Sask. under snowfall warning
By Environment Canada A Colorado Low will spread several waves of heavy snow over portions of southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan Sunday through Monday. Storm total snowfall with this system w...
Mar 04, 2018
Stormy weather to hit parts of Saskatchewan
People planning highway travel around the province this weekend may have to watch out for blizzard conditions. After a week of warm spring-like temperatures and sun, the first weekend of March is expe...
Mar 02, 2018 (File photo/650/CKOM)
Van de Vorst family hopes SGI lawsuits send a message
A Saskatoon man whose son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were killed by a drunk driver is applauding a move by the province's insurance company to hold bars more accountable. Lou Van de Vorst ...
Mar 01, 2018 Jordan and Chanda Van de Vorst and their children Kamryn, 5, and Miguire, 2, died after being hit by a drunk driver on Jan. 3, 2016. (Vigil for the Van de Vorst family/Facebook)
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