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Police presence expected at Holy Cross Tuesday
Saskatoon Police officers will be stationed at Holy Cross High School Tuesday a little more than two weeks after a student at the school posted to social media, using a map to threaten a school shooti...
Dec 16, 2019 (Facebook/Holy Cross High School)
Statistics Canada, SPS look back at the first year of legalization
Statistics Canada released its one-year report on pot sales and people in Saskatchewan aren't doling out major dollars like their provincial neighbours. Nearly $908 million was spent at the more than ...
Dec 12, 2019
Police launch holiday season check stop campaign
At a press conference on Monday, the Saskatoon Police Service announced the start of their holiday check stop campaign to crack down on impaired driving. According to staff sargeant Patrick Barbar, th...
Dec 10, 2019 The Drager DrugTest 5000 is a portable way for officers to test drivers for cannabis impairment. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Mobile testing unit coming to Saskatoon
Saskatoon police will be rolling out a new mobile testing unit in the new year to better process impaired drivers at roadside check stops. The $100,000 large van is being retrofit to include working s...
Dec 02, 2019
Not clearing the snow off your car could cost you
We've all seen them. The drivers whose windshields are covered in ice and snow, except for that tiny square they've brushed off to peer through while making their commute. Saskatoon Police Service Dir...
Nov 29, 2019
Budget day 1: Saskatoon Police get their ask; City changes tax increases
Although the new Saskatoon central library stole the show on Monday night, there was still a lot that went on in council chambers on day 1 of the multi-year budget deliberations. Saskatoon Police will...
Nov 26, 2019 Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper answers Saskatoon Council questions during budget deliberations on November 25, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
New central library approved with $20 million knocked off price tag
Saskatoon City Council has approved Saskatoon Public Library's (SPL) operations budget, along with the new central library for a smaller borrowing cost. Councillor Darren Hill's motion of allowing SPL...
Nov 25, 2019 Saskatoon Public Library's CEO Carol Cooley and Board Chair Lisa Erickson plead their case for the Saskatoon Public Library budget at deliberations on November 25, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Police investigating shooting in Pacific Heights
Police are investigating a shooting in Saskatoon's Pacific Heights neighbourhood. A Saskatoon police media release said the shooting took place at 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning in the 3800 block of Cente...
Nov 02, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police looking to hire 8 more officers to patrol safe consumption site
The Saskatoon Police Service is hoping to hire eight more officers as the city prepares to allocate more resources related to the opening of a safe consumption site next year. Saskatoon police are ask...
Nov 01, 2019
FSIN marks 15 years since Stonechild Inquiry with update on police oversight in province
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations marked 15 years since the release of the inquiry into Neil Stonechild's death Wednesday. The press conference, held at FSIN's headquarters in Saskatoon, ...
Oct 23, 2019 FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, past Chief Lawrence Joseph, and Vice Chief Dutch Lerat speak of the 15 year anniversary of the inquiry into Neil Stonechild's death on October 23, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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