Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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U of S political expert foresees tough times ahead for NDP
With the federal election more than halfway done, one Saskatchewan-based political expert thinks the New Democratic Party (NDP) could be in trouble. "They won't have a seat in the Maritimes, they won'...
Oct 02, 2019 An Erika Ritchie NDP sign outside an 8th Street home in Saskatoon. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
St. Paul's Hospital eyes safety improvements amid neighbourhood crime spree
As the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood deals with an increase in violent crime St. Paul's Hospital is looking to improve safety at its facility. "We've certainly seen a spike in violent crime in the neigh...
Oct 02, 2019 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
Junior Achievement Saskatchewan cancels programs, lays off employees
A Saskatchewan non-profit has cancelled programs and laid off employees. Junior Achievement (JA) Saskatchewan is the provincial chapter of a national organization that teaches young people about busin...
Oct 02, 2019 The Junior Achievement Saskatchewan logo.
(JASask/Twitter)
SGI distracts drivers to show the dangers
Distracted driving is one of the biggest problems on Saskatchewan's roads, and on Tuesday four local celebrities learned what being distracted behind the wheel can do, on the RCMP driving course. The ...
Oct 02, 2019
UPDATE: Missing man found dead at RUH
A 72-year-old man reported missing over the weekend was found dead in a publicly accessible area at Royal University Hospital (RUH) Tuesday, three days after he went missing. Allan Landrie went missin...
Oct 02, 2019 Allan Landrie (Saskatoon Police/Facebook)
Fire crews rescue driver from flipped van in Saskatoon
One person suffered minor injuries after a rollover at the start of rush hour Tuesday. A release from the fire department said a van and car collided at 8th Street and Circle Drive around 5 p.m. The f...
Oct 02, 2019 A van ended up on its roof after a collision at Circle Drive and 8th Street Tuesday afternoon (Saskatoon Fire)
SaskPower, RCMP had their wires crossed with warning
So, about that fake SaskPower employee in Montmartre … In a media release Tuesday, SaskPower said the man who had prompted an RCMP warning on Sept. 23 actually was an employee of the Crown corpo...
Oct 01, 2019
Pompeo, Democrats trade intimidation charges in Trump probe
WASHINGTON - Trading hot charges of intimidation, the Trump administration took a defiant step toward resisting Congress' access to impeachment witnesses Tuesday, then House Democrats warned such effo...
Oct 01, 2019
Health authority addressing safety concerns at children's hospital
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said it is addressing and prioritizing safety concerns at the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH). Some of those issues were brought to light by psychia...
Oct 01, 2019 Saskatoon police allege a teenage girl was threatened with a weapon and sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Oct 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Demolition delayed for abandoned Briarwood home
The owner of a house in Briarwood that has been the subject of complaints from neighbours has been given 10 days to make its case as to why the house shouldn't be demolished. A Queen's Bench judge ord...
Oct 01, 2019 (Justin Blackwell/650 CKOM)
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