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Funnel cloud spotted west of Saskatoon
In the middle of severe thunderstorm warnings Saturday afternoon, a funnel cloud was spotted just outside of Saskatoon. Around 12 p.m. listeners told 650 CKOM they spotted cloud on the west side of th...
Jul 13, 2019 A funnel cloud seen July 13, 2019 near the Highway 16 weigh scales just west of Saskatoon. (Submitted)
Saskatoon woman, man, arrested for hit and run with kids on board
Saskatoon police arrested a man and a woman after a series of hit-and-run collisions on Thursday night. At around 5:15 p.m., officers received a report of a purple minivan rear-ending a vehicle stoppe...
Jul 12, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Polytechnic camp hammers gender stigma in the trades
Abigail Scott seldom picked up a hand tool or offered her help when it came to operating power tools, but all that changed with her experiences in the past week. Scott, 12, is one of a dozen girls age...
Jul 11, 2019 The Girls Exploring Trades and Technology camp at Sask. Polytechnic has been showing girls that trades aren't just for men for the past 29 years. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM).
University of Saskatchewan support staff ratify new deal
Support staff at the University of Saskatchewan have agreed to a new working agreement after going nearly four years without a contract. Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1975 voted...
Jul 11, 2019 CUPE Local 1975 President Craig Hannah speaks to reporters after a union news conference at the University of Saskatchewan on Feb. 26, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon driver survives scare after large rock dropped on vehicle
Police are looking for two boys who allegedly hurled a large rock from an overpass in Saskatoon Tuesday evening. It happened on Circle Drive around 7:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a vehicl...
Jul 11, 2019 Police say a rock was dropped onto a vehicle from this overpass on July 9, 2019 (Google)
Man, high on meth, charged after alleged abduction of a baby
A 29-year-old man is facing charges, including abduction, after allegedly trying to snatch a baby from a Saskatoon apartment early Tuesday. Police responded to a disturbance call around 2 a.m. at a bu...
Jul 10, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon reacts to Sailor Dan's death
Saskatoon Police Service Const. Derek Chesney fondly remembered his friend Dan Hicks on Tuesday. Hicks, who went by the nickname Sailor Dan, died early Tuesday morning at St. Paul's Hospital. He was 6...
Jul 09, 2019 Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died on July 9, 2019 in Saskatoon. (submitted)
Sailor Dan dies at 65
A Saskatoon icon has died. Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died in hospital at age 65. He was being held at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre when he was sent to St. Paul's Hospital. He died th...
Jul 09, 2019 Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died on July 9, 2019 in Saskatoon. (submitted)
Swarm of bees over takes truck at Saskatoon Costco
A swarm of bees was all the buzz at the southend Costco on Monday. Thousands of the flying insects surrounded part of a pick-up truck in the store's parking lot creating some extra excitement for shop...
Jul 09, 2019 A swarm of bees covering part of a pick-up truck at the southend Costco in Saskatoon on July 8th, 2019 (Michelle Vilness/Facebook)
Boy traps himself inside display safe at Peavey Mart
A Saskatoon boy escaped unscathed from a local hardware store after locking himself inside a display model safe Monday afternoon. Saskatoon police and firefighters were called to the Peavey Mart store...
Jul 09, 2019 Peavy Mart on 51st Street in Saskatoon (Screen grab/Google)
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