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Severe thunderstorm watch, tornado alert in Saskatchewan
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is predicting that dangerous thunderstorms will develop over much of the province late Saturday afternoon and evening, and a tornado warning was issued for...
Aug 17, 2024 (Frank Cone/ Pexels.com)
Saskatoon Berries' inaugural season exceeds expectations on and off the field
Despite losing in the eastern final of the WCBL playoffs, people within the Saskatoon Berries organization are keeping their heads held high. Their inaugural season in Saskatoon is being regarded as a...
Aug 17, 2024 The Saskatoon Berries play their inaugural home opener in front of a sold out crowd. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Chess club hosts camp to attract more female players
A silence fills the air at the Saskatoon Bridge Club where a small group of women have gathered to play chess. The one-year-old Saskatchewan Horizon Chess Club decided to try something new this summer...
Aug 17, 2024 Saskatchewan Horizon Chess Club is hosting a chess campfor women and girls. (Payton Zillich/650CKOM)
Gun, drugs and knives: Saskatoon police arrest 3
A three-week drug trafficking investigation by the Saskatoon Police Service has resulted in a 40-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman and a 44-year-old woman being charged. The Saskatoon Police Service C...
Aug 16, 2024 Search warrants were executed according to police in the 300 block of 29th Street West and the 2300 block of Millar Avenue. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Ottawa removes funding caps for residential school searches
OTTAWA - The federal government is backtracking on a move to limit funding for searches of former residential school grounds. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a statemen...
Aug 16, 2024
Saskatoon set to host inaugural YXE Urban Games
The inaugural YXE Urban Games will take over Saskatoon's Victoria Park this weekend. Over the weekend, the event will feature a wide range of competitive sports - from wakeboarding nationals to compet...
Aug 16, 2024 The 3x3 court in Victoria Park where the basketball events will be played at the YXE Urban Games (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon homicides up 67 per cent so far in 2024, say police
Saskatoon police have released the latest crime statistics for the second quarter of 2024, and they are telling. This year has been one for the books so far, with Saskatoon having 11 homicides before ...
Aug 16, 2024 Homicides within the City of Saskatoon have increased by 67% according to the latest statistics released by the Saskatoon Police Service. The statistics were based on both the first and second quaters of 2024 compared to that of 2023. (Leaflet | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)
Wildfire smoke raises air quality risks for all in Saskatchewan
This smoke drifting across Saskatchewan could have a bigger impact on you than you realize. The air quality index across Saskatchewan is trending higher than normal due to wildfire smoke, and air qual...
Aug 16, 2024 Air quality advisories from Environment Canada remained in effect on Friday for much of the province. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)
'Several people' in custody after suspicious death in Saskatoon
Police in Saskatoon say several people are in custody in connection with a suspicious death. According to police, officers responded to "an ongoing incident" in the 200 block of Avenue I South early o...
Aug 16, 2024 Police say officers are investigating a suspicious death on Avenue I South, but the deceased person has not yet been identified. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Public Safety Agency shares update on fire threatening Sandy Bay
The wildfire in northern Saskatchewan that forced the evacuation of Sandy Bay is still not contained, but sprinklers and other resources have been put in place to protect homes and property. The Saska...
Aug 16, 2024 As of 11 a.m. on Friday, 76 wildfires were burning in Saskatchewan, with five of them considered uncontained. (Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency/Facebook)
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