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Fire can be a friend and fire can be your worst enemy: Fire Expert
Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the ...
Jan 14, 2025 Cliff Buettner has spent decades, in fact, 44 years in the forestry and wildfire management industry in our province. He's currently the Director of forestry and emergency protective services for the Prince Albert Grand Council. He's on the Evan Bray Show to offer insight into how fires like the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in California came about and what can be done to put them out. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Exhibitors excited as Western Canadian Crop Production Show begins
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show will welcome thousands to Saskatoon's Prairieland Park over the next three days. Leigh Ann Hurlburt, the park's agriculture manager, said it will be a very bu...
Jan 14, 2025 The Western Canadian Crop Production Show opened Tuesday at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Two security guards bear sprayed at Midtown mall: Police
Police in Saskatoon have responded to yet another bear spray attack at a downtown shopping mall. According to police, officers were called to the Midtown mall on First Avenue South just before 5 p.m. ...
Jan 14, 2025 Saskatoon's Midtown mall has been the site of a number of bear spray attacks in recent months. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan offers aircraft and firefighters to help battle California fires
Saskatchewan has offered to send equipment and personnel to California to help fight the deadly fires sweeping the American state. The wildfires have so far left at least 25 people dead, and have burn...
Jan 14, 2025 Cars sit at an auto repair shop after they were destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
'Bad' drugs may be cause of spike in overdoses: Prairie Harm Reduction
Saskatoon safe consumption site Prairie Harm Reduction is warning people of a potentially "bad" batch of drugs in the city. The non-profit organization noticed a spike in suspected overdoses near the ...
Jan 13, 2025 Prairie Harm Reduction said it had seen 'close to' 10 overdoses late last week. (650 CKOM files)
Collision near Biggar that killed Saskatoon man also caused deaths of 50 pigs
A crash on Highway 14 east of Biggar that killed a 35-year-old Saskatoon man last week was also deadly for the livestock the semi was hauling. RCMP said on Monday that 50 pigs were killed or euthanize...
Jan 13, 2025 (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Two 17-year-olds arrested in separate dangerous weapons incidents
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025 In Mount Royal, a 25-year-old man from Saskatoon was charged with five firearms-related offences by the Saskatoon Police Service. Around 8 p.m. officers responded to an apartment...
Jan 13, 2025 All three arrests happened between January 10 to 12, 2025, in Saskatoon's Westmount, Confederation Park and Mount Royal neighbourhoods.
(Mia Holowaychuck/650 CKOM)
Three dead after pair of crashes on Highway 7: RCMP
Three people are dead after two separate crashes on Highway 7 on Sunday. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the first crash saw two SUVs collide on the highway west of Delisle at around 8 a.m. Read M...
Jan 13, 2025 The RCMP said two people were killed in the crash, and a third person was taken to hospital by STARS with serious injuries. (STARS/Twitter)
Mounties make major marijuana bust near Swift Current: 1,500 lbs
A traffic stop on Highway 1 last week saw Saskatchewan RCMP officers seize more than a thousand pounds of illicit cannabis. The total amount seized was roughly 1,551 lbs according to an RCMP news rele...
Jan 13, 2025 The RCMP said the case began around 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9 when the police force's Roving Traffic Unit stopped a large cargo van on the highway near Swift Current. (Saskatchewan RCMP)
Manitoba man allegedly tried to ram police vehicle with tractor: RCMP
A Manitoba man is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to ram an RCMP vehicle with a tractor last week. According to the RCMP, officers were planning to visit a rural home about 15 kilometre...
Jan 13, 2025 According to the RCMP, the man tried to ram a police vehicle with his tractor before running away from the officers. (fotokostic/Depositphotos.com)
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