Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
Murray Wood says Prime Minister Mark Carney is happily accepting floor crossers from the Conservatives, but maybe it's t...
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Saskatoon company fundraising to give teachers free masks
A Saskatoon company that has been supplying masks to schools during the COVID-19 pandemic says it wants to give back to some of its best customers. Benchmark PPE has launched a fundraiser for teachers...
Feb 23, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan food banks feeling the pinch from inflation
Inflation is making it harder for households to make ends meet and Saskatchewan food banks are seeing the fallout. Canada's inflation topped five per cent last month for the first time in 30 years. Th...
Feb 17, 2022
Canada's Christine de Bruin slides to bronze in debut of women's monobob
Bronze remains the popular colour of medal for Canada at the Beijing Olympics. Christine de Bruin (Stony Plain, Alta.) slid her way to a podium finish in the first-ever women's monobob event, capturin...
Feb 14, 2022 Christine de Bruin reaches Olympic podium in the debut of women's monobob (Twitter/@Team Canada)
Saskatoon's downtown emergency shelter making a difference
Less than two months after opening, Saskatoon's temporary emergency wellness centre is already bursting at the seams. The shelter, located at 145 First Ave. N, opened Dec. 15 with a 50-person capacity...
Feb 10, 2022 Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to media in front of a building in downtown Saskatoon that has been identified as a possible place for a temporary wellness centre for up to 50 people without homes this winter. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Extreme weather exposes driver shortage in towing industry
Winter has been a whirlwind for tow truck companies in Saskatchewan. Tow operators have been pulling long hours this week rescuing vehicles stuck in snowbanks after Monday's blizzard, but for some in ...
Feb 03, 2022 Tow truck (Courtesy Brad Stratychuk)
Rosetown becomes a refuge for people caught in storm
Bad weather typically brings out the best in Saskatchewan people and that was true again during Monday's wicked blizzard. Rosetown ran out of hotel rooms to accommodate the influx of travellers lookin...
Feb 01, 2022 Rosetown water tower (Facebook)
Almost all Saskatchewan highways reopened following storm
Nearly all of Saskatchewan's highways were reopened Tuesday after much of Saskatchewan was hit by a wicked blizzard on Monday. At 2:45 p.m., the Highway Hotline map showed just one stretch of road -- ...
Feb 01, 2022 Highway Hotline camera on Highway 1 at Balgonie (Government of Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon's economy continues to chug along amid the Omicron wave
Depending on which business you ask, the answer to how Saskatoon's economy is doing will be different. The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) has its own opinion. SREDA has been...
Jan 26, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
City of Saskatoon continues to maintain services in the face of Omicron
There's no panic from Saskatoon City Hall despite more employees testing positive for COVID-19 than ever before. According to a city report presented at Monday's Governance and Priorities Committee, t...
Jan 24, 2022
Extreme cold warnings in effect across central Sask.
Saskatchewan is still feeling the effects of the Alberta Clipper weather system. Southern Saskatchewan was battered by strong winds into Tuesday morning, while the northeast grainbelt saw the highest ...
Jan 18, 2022
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