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Grieving mother hopes James Smith inquest leads to better supports for victims
By Nigel Maxwell Acknowledging feelings of anxiety, Vanessa Burns says she is looking forward to an inquest that will hopefully provide her with some closure and allow her to move on with her life. Bu...
Jan 12, 2024 Vanessa Burns with her five children. (Submitted/ Vanessa Burns)
Two arrested after attempt to flee from cops foiled by icy road
They were slip-slidin' but didn't get away. Two men are facing charges after their attempt to flee from a traffic stop in Saskatoon was hampered by icy road conditions. According to police, officers s...
Jan 11, 2024 Police say an attempt to flee from a traffic stop was short lived due to the icy roadways. (650 CKOM file photo)
Several Sask. communities considering Citizens on Patrol to help deter crime
By Jaryn Vecchio It's no secret that crime rates continue to trend upwards across Saskatchewan. It has got to the point that some communities have started discussing whether or not to set up a Citizen...
Jan 08, 2024
Saskatoon overpasses damaged, taxpayers on the hook for bill
Saskatoon taxpayers could be on the hook for a big repair bill after two separate hit-and-run incidents before Christmas involving overpasses. Both incidents happened on the evening of Dec. 20. The fi...
Jan 08, 2024 The city of Saskatoon is looking for witnesses after two overpasses were hit by two oversized trucks before Christmas (City of Saskatoon)
RCMP looks for ways to prevent crimes as Sask. killing stats climb
As violent crime increases in rural parts of the province, the Saskatchewan RCMP is trying to find time and resources for officers to invest in preventing crime -- not just responding to it. Earlier t...
Jan 05, 2024 Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says the RCMP needs to address the root causes of crime to lower the number of incidents in Saskatchewan. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM file photo)
ATM stolen from business in Paradise Hill
There has been another ATM theft in Saskatchewan. The RCMP was called early Wednesday to a break-and-enter and theft of an ATM from a business in Paradise Hill, located 65 kilometres northeast of Lloy...
Jan 05, 2024
Former Legacy Christian Academy student speaks at abuser's hearing
The former athletic director of Legacy Christian Academy will learn his sentence for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor later this month. Aaron Travis Benneweis served as the independen...
Jan 04, 2024 Jennifer Beaudry speaks to media outside of Saskatoon Provincial Court on Jan 4, 2023. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
Church in small Saskatchewan town broken into around Christmas
Someone with very little holiday spirit stole items from a church in the community of Moffat sometime between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The RCMP says candle holders were stolen from a church in...
Jan 03, 2024
Sask. RCMP says murders, manslaughters up 50% over past five years
The Saskatchewan RCMP is reporting a 50 per cent increase in murders and manslaughters over the past five years - and the Mounties say nearly half of the people charged were in the justice system befo...
Jan 03, 2024
Thieves use chains, stolen truck to pull ATM out of Shaunavon business
The RCMP is investigating after another ATM was stolen from a business in southwestern Saskatchewan. One of the suspects in the theft of an ATM in Shaunavon. (RCMP/Submitted) Two weeks after thieves d...
Jan 02, 2024
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