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Community concerned after shooting and police standoff in Pleasant Hill
A shooting that prompted an emergency alert in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood has left residents feeling unsettled. On Wednesday morning, a 35-year-old man was shot in that neighbourhood acro...
Jun 15, 2023 A heavy police presence in the afternoon on June 14, 2023 on Avenue S South in Saskatoon, across from Pleasant Hill Community School. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
RCMP seizes cocaine, fentanyl during raids in Martensville and Saskatoon
A drug bust by Saskatchewan police has led to the seizure of a variety of drugs, including cocaine, cannabis, fentanyl and Xanax. The RCMP said officers from a number of units — including the Pr...
Jun 12, 2023
Two Saskatoon councillors not happy with how administration announced budget shortfall
Reaction is continuing to trickle in after last week's bombshell news from Saskatoon city hall. The city is facing a $52.4-million budget shortfall in 2024 because of the rising costs of various diffe...
Jun 12, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Two women charged in Saskatoon's latest murder
A weapons calls in Saskatoon's Riversdale neighbourhood has become the city's fifth homicide of the year. At approximately 1:22 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a disturbance in the 300 block of A...
Jun 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Not blowing smoke: Almost a million illegal cigarettes seized
That's a lot of darts. Officers with the Saskatoon Police Service's Vice Unit seized almost a million cigarettes during two searches this week. Last weekend, officers in Saskatoon seized 58,000 cigare...
Jun 09, 2023 (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Plans in the works for new Saskatoon Food Bank location
The Saskatoon Food Bank could soon have a new home. On its website, the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre said land has been purchased to construct a new food bank and warehouse near Avenue P an...
Jun 09, 2023 Future site for the Saskatoon Food Bank at the corner of Avenue P and 17th Street. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon's $52.4M budget gap a 'brutal' situation to be facing: Clark
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says he's shocked at the extent of the city's $52.4-million budget gap in 2024, and the predicted shortfall of $23.2 million in 2025. Calling it a "brutal situation to be...
Jun 08, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
New funding allows special heart valve surgery to be done in Saskatchewan
People in Saskatchewan won't have to travel out of the province to get a new specialized cardiac procedure done. This year, the province began providing $330,000 in funding to help establish the Trans...
Jun 06, 2023 An overview of the Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair system used to treat patients at Royal University Hospital. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Making a splash: Riversdale Pool is now open in Saskatoon
Kids screamed with joy Tuesday as they splashed into the water after going down the Riversdale Pool waterslide. The pool in Saskatoon is now open for the summer season, with more outdoor pools set to ...
Jun 06, 2023 Riversdale Pool and waterslide. (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
New transformation possibly coming for old Saskatoon bus barn
After searching for six years for a buyer for the former "bus barn," the City of Saskatoon seems to have finally found one. At its finance committee meeting Wednesday, the city is expected to approve ...
Jun 06, 2023 Southwest corner of the old bus barn. (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
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