Sarah Mills: Teachers deserve gratitude as school year wraps up
There's a collective sigh coming from Saskatchewan's teachers as the school year ends. Sarah Mills says teachers are ask...
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Saskatoon developer plans to bring solar-powered homes to market in 2020
Solar-powered homes are coming to the Saskatoon market next year. Arbutus Properties said the next batch of homes in its Meadows development will be equipped with rooftop panels that can produce their...
Jun 13, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon man claims harrassment by Brad Redekopp canvasser
A Conservative Party volunteer in Saskatoon won't be knocking on anymore doors before the upcoming federal election this fall. Saskatoon-West candidate Brad Redekopp reassigned a campaign worker after...
Jun 10, 2019 A photo of federal conservative candidate for Saskatoon-West Brad Redekopp (Facebook)
U of S vet school first in Canada to have PET-CT
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is now home to Canada's only PET-CT unit dedicated to animals. The Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) celebrated the official opening of the Allard-R...
Jun 07, 2019 The new PET-CT is located in the Allard-Roozen Imaging Suite at the University of Saskatchewan. (Submitted)
D-Day postcard makes it to Saskatoon mailbox
When a postcard landed in the mailbox of Saskatoon resident Denis Bonthoux last month, he wasn't sure what to make of it. "I first thought it was junk mail," Bonthoux said. A second glance revealed th...
Jun 06, 2019 Saskatoon's Denis Bonthoux reflects on the D-Day postcard he received highlighting the soldier who called his house home before joining the Second World War (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Police remind parents to be vigilant after SUV stolen outside daycare
Saskatoon police hope an SUV that was stolen this week sends a message to parents to not leave vehicles running. "We often don't think about safety aspects as top of mind," police spokesperson Julie C...
Jun 05, 2019 Saskatoon police arrest a suspect outside of the north Costco on June 3, 2019. (submitted)
Holiday Park house fire deemed suspicious
A home in the Holiday Park area went up in smoke Tuesday morning. Fire crews were called to 1138 Avenue P South after 8 a.m. and arrived to find flames coming out of the basement and side of the home....
Jun 04, 2019 This home on Avenue P South suffered extensive damage after a fire on June 4, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM News)
Calgary police offer advice for Saskatoon safe injection site
Calgary is one of the cities Saskatoon is looking to as it plans for Saskatchewan's first safe injection site. Alberta's first safe injection site opened in the fall of 2016 in Calgary at the Sheldon ...
Jun 03, 2019 (avert.org)
Saskatoon activates heat response strategy as temperatures soar
The late-spring heat wave is the first test run for Saskatoon's newly minted heat response strategy. The partnership between the city and 19 community agencies helps the homeless and vulnerable famili...
May 30, 2019
'4 years for a life' family dismayed by sentence in Saskatoon man's death
One of four people charged in the death of Tyler Applegate learned their fate at Court of Queens Bench in Saskatoon Wednesday. Madison McKeaveney, 24, was sentenced to four years in prison for her rol...
May 29, 2019 Tyler Applegate's mother and nephew speak outside Court of Queens Bench in Saskatoon on May 29, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Jagmeet Singh says 'there's no future' for Erin Weir with NDP
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is closing the door on Erin Weir returning to the party caucus. The Regina-Lewvan MP was ousted last year after allegations surfaced of harassment against party staffe...
May 23, 2019 (Erin Weir/Facebook)
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