Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
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Woman arrested after alleged assault on city bus
A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly assaulting and threatening another woman on a city bus. According to police, officers were called to the 300 block of Confederation Drive at...
Jul 03, 2024 Saskatoon's transit union has been raising concerns this year about increasing levels of violence on city buses. (650 CKOM file photo)
Bike thieves stab man in downtown Saskatoon: Police
A pair of bike thieves stabbed a man in downtown Saskatoon on Canada Day. According to police, officers were flagged down by bystanders at Second Avenue South and 20th Street East at 12:20 a.m., where...
Jul 03, 2024 Police also responded to a stabbing on Tuesday on Broadway Avenue. (650 CKOM file photo)
Escaped prisoner Michael Edstrom found dead: RCMP
An escaped prisoner in Saskatchewan was found dead this week, but the RCMP says his death isn't considered suspicious. According to police, 58-year-old Michael Edstrom fled on foot while he was being ...
Jul 03, 2024 Police say 58-year-old Michael Edstrom "fled on foot when being escorted to a parked police vehicle" on Canada Day. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
RCMP looking for prisoner who escaped from police in Dinsmore
Mounties are searching for a prisoner who escaped from police on Canada Day in Dinsmore. According to the RCMP, officers from the Outlook detachment arrested a man on an outstanding warrant for failin...
Jul 02, 2024 Police say 58-year-old Michael Edstrom "fled on foot when being escorted to a parked police vehicle" on Canada Day. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Dozens gather for Domestic Violence and Homicide awareness walk
A few dozen people gathered in Red, Purple or Orange t-shirts as a walk to bring awareness towards domestic violence and domestic homicide took place in Saskatoon on Saturday. The walk started at the ...
Jun 30, 2024 A banner to honor Melissa Bear, her baby and Nykera Brown. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Mounties seize two kilos of meth during traffic stop near Meadow Lake
RCMP officers uncovered a huge stash of illegal drugs during a traffic stop near Meadow Lake last weekend. According to the RCMP, officers from the Green Lake detachment stopped a vehicle on Highway 5...
Jun 28, 2024 Cpl. Paul Loder with the Green Lake RCMP said the “significant drug seizure” removed as many as 20,000 doses of methamphetamine from the black market in the area. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Third woman facing murder charge in death of Christopher Joseyounen
A third woman is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of 42-year-old Christopher Joseyounen on the Hatchet Lake First Nation. The Mounties said officers were called to the First Nation ...
Jun 27, 2024 Mounties say Joseyounen died of injuries he sustained in an altercation at a Hatchet Lake home on Saturday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Charges laid in high-speed crash that killed a Saskatoon student
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a fatal collision that killed a Saskatoon high school student. Sixteen-year-old Sheryaar Amir, a Grade 10 student at Evan Hardy Collegiate, was th...
Jun 27, 2024 Driver impairment is not believed to be a factor in the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old on April 14, 2024. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
RCMP says drones were 'game changer' in Rice River Canyon hiker rescue
The RCMP is calling its drone expansion as a success after one of the unmanned aerial vehicles was used to help rescue stranded hikers in Rice River Canyon this month. "It really did a great job, and ...
Jun 25, 2024 Mounties helped the stranded hikers out of the area after water levels rose by three feet overnight. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Two charged in connection with 2023 homicide at Poundmaker First Nation
Two people are facing murder charges after a 2023 homicide on the Poundmaker First Nation. On October 16, the body of 31-year-old Lee Bearsears was found in a rural area on the First Nation, which is ...
Jun 25, 2024 An investigation by the Mounties led to the arrest of two men in Regina and Saskatoon this month. (650 CKOM file photo)
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