REGINA — 100 Years of CKRM: Two young people in Saskatchewan find a bomb from Japan and Saskatoon suffers through a massive blizzard.
In the last months of the Second World War, an increasingly desperate Japan launched hundreds of balloons with bombs attached to them. The idea was that they would land in the continental U.S., causing panic. They were called Fugo bombs and one was found in Saskatchewan near Minton in January of 1945. Only one caused deaths or injuries. It was found in May of 1945 by people on a picnic in Oregon. The bomb went off, killing six people.
In January of 2007, Saskatoon suffered one of the worst blizzards in recorded history. More than two feet of snow fell in a short period of time, snarling traffic, stranding people, and shutting down services. It's still the heaviest snowfall on record.
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100 Years of Saskatchewan History
This article is part of a series that celebrates both the history of Saskatchewan and the 100th anniversary of one of Saskatchewan's most storied radio stations. For more key moments from the last 100 years, visit the CKRM timeline.
