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Sask. cheerleading teams safe after active shooter threat in Dallas
A scary moment in Dallas, Texas, delivered a trip three Saskatchewan cheer teams will never forget. A series of loud bangs rang out at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center around 1 pm on March 1...
Mar 02, 2025 Saskatoon Prairie Fire Cheerleading squad at the NCA competition in Dallas, Texas. (Taylor Dea/ Submitted)
Bad drug alert: At least 23 more overdoses in Saskatoon in 24 hours
The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD), already under pressure after a number of overdoses this week, is now dealing with 23 more in the last 24 hours. A Saskatchewan Ministry of Health alert on Saturday...
Mar 02, 2025 Pictured is a package of fentanyl seized by the Regina Police Service in 2023. Testing provided by Prairie Harm Reduction on Feb. 26, 2025, said the recent spike on Saskatoon overdoses involved drugs sold as fentanyl or other drugs that are light pink chunks, or dark purple chunks. (Regina Police Service/Submitted)
Huskies' Ryker Frank off to CFL invitational combine
Ryker Frank is hoping to inch a bit closer to playing in the CFL. The University of Saskatchewan Huskies running back received an invite to the CFL invitational combine in Waterloo, Ont., on Friday. T...
Feb 28, 2025
Water damage crews in Saskatoon seeing business increase with warm-up
The increase in temperatures across Saskatchewan this past weekend is keeping water damage crews in Saskatoon busy as they deal with all the extra water from the melting snow. Saskatoon Fire and Flood...
Feb 25, 2025 Saskatoon Fire and Flood's Carey Knihniski says his crews have been working overtime dealing with calls for flooded basements and leaky roof because of the warm weather we've seen in the city over the last several days. (980 CJME News files)
One person sent to hospital after house fire in Mount Royal nieghbourhood
An early morning fire at a home in Saskatoon's Mount Royal neighbourhood Tuesday morning has sent one person to hospital. The Saskatoon Fire Department said the fire broke out just after 11 a.m. on th...
Feb 18, 2025 The Saskatoon Fire Department says one person was sent to hospital after a fire broke out in the Mount Royal neighbourhood on Tuesday morning. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon citizen hopes to create Citizens On Patrol group to help police
Days after information from Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) revealed officers weren't able to respond to a man who died in the cold on New Year's morning, there's an effort underway to create a new cit...
Feb 16, 2025 Brad Best hopes to create a new Saskatoon Citizens On Patrol group to act as another set of eyes and ears for police. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM )
Occupant of Saskatoon home found dead after bungalow fire
The occupant of a home in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood of Saskatoon was found dead after a house fire early Sunday morning. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release that crews were ca...
Feb 16, 2025 The occupant of a home in Pleasant Hill was found dead after a house fire on Feb. 16, 2025. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Cold blast won't freeze Saskatoon's WinterShines festival fun
As the extreme cold weather continues in Saskatoon, a popular winter event is gearing up to open its doors. Nutrien WinterShines starts on Feb. 15 at 12 p.m. at Market Square on 19th St W and will run...
Feb 15, 2025 A dragon ice sculpture is just one of many at the WinterShines festival in Saskatoon in 2025. (Will Mandzuk)
Saskatoon community rinks hit with theft and vandalism
In a discouraging trend that's leaving community rink co-ordinators worried, at least four outdoor rinks have been hit with a string of thefts and vandalism this winter. In November 2024, the Eastview...
Feb 11, 2025 In January 2025, the Hampton Village community rink had a storage shed damaged and their snow sweeper stolen, along with two jerry cans full of gas. (Hampton Village Community Association website)
The Mustard Seed takes over the former downtown Saskatoon Lighthouse
Downtown Saskatoon has a new face on a familiar land mark - the former Lighthouse building on Second Avenue South. Since Dec. 1, 2024, Alberta-based non-profit organization The Mustard Seed has taken ...
Feb 10, 2025 The Mustard Seed took over running and operating the downtown building on Dec. 1, 2024. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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