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Roughrider Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be losing a key piece on the field, and an energetic part of the locker room with second-year wide receiver Ajou Ajou set to join the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Ajou h...
Jan 25, 2025 Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver Ajou Ajou catches his first CFL touchdown pass at Mosaic Stadium on June 23, 2024. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Sask RCMP locates NYE escaped prisoner, charges laid
An inmate who went missing from the Prince Albert Penitentiary on New Year's Eve is once again behind bars. According to Correctional Service Canada, 29-year-old Glen Halkett was found to be missing d...
Jan 22, 2025 During Halkett's arrest, officers found and seized 197 grams of cocaine, 95 grams of methamphetamine, six grams of cannabis and $1,620 in cash from the vehicle he was in with a handful of other people. (Saskatchewan RCMP/submitted)
Saskatoon Police respond to injured person, bear spray, evade in four days
The Saskatoon Police have been busy with calls for the last four days. It responded to multiple bear spray incidents. Two out of three of the incidents involve teenagers and youth. The first call happ...
Jan 22, 2025 Saskatoon Police respond to an injured person on the 1300 Block 8th Street East. The man is expected to be okay. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Doctor says influenza, walking pneumonia cases rising in Sask.
A Saskatoon physician is saying the province is seeing more cases of walking pneumonia, which is abnormal compared to other years. Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said on the Jan. 22, Greg Morgan ...
Jan 22, 2025 Family physician Dr. Carla Holinaty said the cold temperatures, more people cramming into small spaces to get out of the cold, and the humidity are all reasons why more people get sick in the winter. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
LISTEN: Sask. Braces for warmer days after wild weather ride
Saskatchewan's weather has been like riding a rollercoaster lately, but the coldest part might be waving goodbye to the prairies. After seeing a high of four degrees last week, then dropping into a th...
Jan 21, 2025 Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips said, "I don't have to tell you how fast flesh freezes, exposed flesh. It was brutal and then code to go from a high yesterday of minus 23 to a high today of mine is three. My gosh, this is Saskatchewan's version of a Chinook." (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Cocaine linked to 2021 inmate death at Regina Correctional Centre
A 42-year-old from Moose Jaw was charged with the death of an inmate on February 8, 2021. According to Saskatchewan RCMP, an "Investigation determined an adult male provided cocaine to the deceased pr...
Jan 21, 2025 A 38-year-old male inmate died at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre on Febuary 8, 2021. (980 CJME)
'Beloved' service dog Merlot remembered for comfort in Sask. courts
A beloved four-legged member of the Regina Police Service is being remembered for her years of comforting service in Saskatchewan courtrooms. Merlot, a black Labrador, passed away on Jan. 17 after a b...
Jan 21, 2025 Merlot provided comfort to countless children and adults who had been victims of crime and trauma in Provincial Court and at Court of King’s Bench. (Regina Police Service/Facebook)
Two charged after pellet gun used in two separate crimes at Cornwall Centre
Regina Police Service (RPS) said on Monday that its officers had discovered the same pellet gun was used twice in two separate crimes at the same downtown Regina business last week. A 25-year-old woma...
Jan 20, 2025 Regina Police Service (RPS) said on Monday that its officers had discovered the same pellet gun was used twice in two separate crimes at the same downtown Regina business last week. (980 CJME)
Cocaine, meth, loaded gun found during Kamsack traffic stop: RCMP
A sighting of a suspicious vehicle parked on a grid road near Keeseekooose First Nation last week, led to a discovery of cocaine, methamphetamine, as well as a loaded gun. Kamsack RCMP said in a news ...
Jan 20, 2025 Police said the chase ended in a 30-year-old man arrested on a number of charges, including drug trafficking, fraud, and impaired driving. (Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com)
Mass of Arctic air invades parts of Canada, sends mercury plunging
FREDERICTON - A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta. Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Env...
Jan 20, 2025 Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Environment Canada, says winds circulating from west to east cause Arctic air to occasionally invade the southern latitudes for a few days before retreating north.
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