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Murray Wood concludes that if you do the math, you might not be saving much money by growing food yourself in your yard,...
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Sask. to make change to minimum wage on Oct. 1
Saskatchewan’s minimum wage is set to increase on Oct. 1. It’s to go up by 26 cents per hour to $11.32 per hour. The change — the 11th in the province since 2007 — was announce...
Sep 23, 2019
A murder, a violent beating, and a shooting
It was a weekend full of crime in Saskatoon that had police officers extremely busy. On Saturday alone, a 31-year-old man was killed at a home on Howell Avenue. Mohamad Al-Zawahreh, Darrell Keith Dust...
Sep 23, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Jamie Nye: Antonio Brown is done and we should be thankful
Antonio Brown says he’s done with the NFL, though I don’t know if you can be done with someone who has clearly shown they’re already done with you. He’ll likely fight the Patri...
Sep 23, 2019
‘Thrones,’ ‘Fleabag’ top Emmys, Billy Porter makes history
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday's Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which "Pose" star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series ...
Sep 23, 2019
Travel chaos, jobs lost as UK firm Thomas Cook collapses
LONDON - Hundreds of thousands of travellers were stranded across the world Monday after British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed, immediately halting almost all its flights and hotel services and l...
Sep 23, 2019
Highway 7 twinning project reaches finish line
Years of road construction west of Saskatoon is wrapping up as crews complete the final touches on Highway 7 twinning. The final 12-kilometre stretch of roadway near Vanscoy was officially opened to t...
Sep 23, 2019 Mike Given (left), Delisle and District Fire Department chief and Murray McCracken (right), the chief of the R.M. of Vanscoy Police Department, pose next to the newly constructed stretch of road along Highway 7 on Sept. 23, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Four men charged in city's 13th murder appear in court
The four men charged with manslaughter in Saskatoon's 13th murder of the year made their first court appearance on Monday. Mohamad Al-Zawahreh, Darrell Keith Dustyhorn, Destin Mosquito, and Devin Wesa...
Sep 23, 2019 Family identified 31-year-old Kevin Nataucappo as the victim of Saskatoon's 13th murder of 2019. (Kevin Nataucappo/Facebook)
Darrell Davis: Watch out for Als/Bombers
The hottest rivalry in sports right now is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers versus the Montreal Alouettes. Forget Yankees/Red Sox or Canadiens/Bruins or Bears/Packers! By outscoring the Bombers 21-0 in the f...
Sep 23, 2019
Charges laid in weekend attack near St. Paul's Hospital
Two people are facing charges following a weekend attack that has left a man in critical condition. According to a Saskatoon media release, a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy each facing a charge...
Sep 23, 2019 Saskatoon police respond to an injured person near St. Paul's Hospital on Sept. 22, 2019. (Submitted)
Residents escape fire at Saskatoon apartment
A woman and her son awoke to smoke and alarm bells ringing in their west-side apartment Monday morning. Saskatoon fire crews responded to a 911 call around 3 a.m. at the Avenue V building, located beh...
Sep 23, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews were called to an apartment fire on Avenue V North Monday morning (Submitted)
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