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What police want you to know about Amber Alert week in Saskatchewan
Jan. 13 marked National Amber Alert Awareness Day in Canada. Police forces across the province gathered to demonstrate what goes on behind the scenes in an Amber Alert. In the past 10 years, there hav...
Jan 18, 2025 Representatives from two cities in Saskatchewan along with the RCMP took part in a Jan. 16 Amber Alert information session in Saskatoon. From left are Saskatoon Police Service's Supt. Tonya Gresty, RCMP Senior Major Crimes Inspector Ashley St. Germaine and Prince Albert Police Service's Deputy Chief of Police Farica Prince. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
'Our bodies, our future': Saskatchewan marches highlight women's issues
The frigid temperatures did not stop hundreds of people from gathering around the province for the annual Women's March on Saturday. In Regina, the walk started at the new YWCA facility at 10 a.m. and...
Jan 18, 2025 Sarah Cummings Truszkowski (left) and her 12-year-old daughter Grace chose to walk to fight for bodily autonomy on Jan. 18, 2025 in Regina. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Brr! Extreme wind chills bring cold warnings to much of Saskatchewan
After a brief reprieve from cold weather earlier in the week, it has returned with a vengeance, with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) saying people in Saskatchewan can expect a multi-day e...
Jan 18, 2025 With wind chill values reaching -40 C at times this weekend, motorists in Saskatchewan are being advised to carry emergency supplies that include extra blankets and jumper cables. (OlafNaami / Depositphotos.com)
$300,000 donation pushes Hope's Home closer to $8.6M fundraising goal
A major gift is pushing Hope's Home closer to its goal of opening Saskatoon's first medically inclusive child-care centre. The charitable organization is aiming to raise $8.6 million for the centre, w...
Jan 18, 2025 The donation will fund a fully equipped kitchen for the medically inclusive child-care centre in Saskatoon. (Hope's Home/Submitted)
More frigid prairie weather on the horizon, meteorologist says
Things are about to get a whole lot colder in the prairies. After a week that saw above-freezing temperatures in many parts of Saskatchewan, some arctic air is blowing into the province, which is expe...
Jan 17, 2025
Dozy Saskatoon driver wakes up to drug and weapons charges: Police
A driver who took a nap behind the wheel got a rude awakening on Thursday night, and he's now facing a lengthy list of criminal charges. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers were called...
Jan 17, 2025 According to police, officers found three types of drugs and six weapons inside the van. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police respond to three bear-spray incidents in less than 24 hours
A number of criminal cases involving bear spray kept police in Saskatoon busy in this week, with three separate incidents happening in the past 24 hours alone. The first incident happened just after 5...
Jan 17, 2025 Canisters of bear spray seized in Saskatoon. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Sask. RCMP responded to record 40 homicides in 2024, Blackmore tells Bray
Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, the officer in charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP, joined the Evan Bray Show on Friday morning to check in on a number of different topics, including crime statis...
Jan 17, 2025 Rhonda Blackmore says the Saskatchewan RCMP responded to a record number of homicides in 2024. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Twitter)
RCMP warns of treacherous highway conditions across Saskatchewan
A blast of winter weather caused by an Alberta clipper is creating difficult driving conditions on highways across Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan RCMP issued an advisory on Friday morning, warning tha...
Jan 17, 2025 The Saskatchewan RCMP is warning drivers of tricky conditions on roads around the province. (Highway Hotline/Twitter)
Gallagher family disappointed with guilty plea at murder trial
"It's like a kick in the gut," is how Brian Gallagher and his wife described how they felt on Thursday after hearing about the latest developments in Megan Gallagher's homicide case. On January 6, the...
Jan 16, 2025 Although it was not the outcome Brian and his wife Debbie had hoped for, he said "I'm not losing faith in the justice system, but I know that there are some holes in it." (650 CKOM file photo)
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