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Bus Rapid Transit plan divides Broadway businesses
Broadway business owners continue to be split on whether a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route should travel down their busy street. Saskatoon city staff released several reports Wednesday, detailing five o...
Apr 18, 2019 Broadway BID Director DeAnn Mercier stands outside of her office on Broadway Avenue on April 18, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police use naloxone to revive drug user
Saskatoon police used naloxone to revive a woman who had been suffering from a drug overdose. Police were responding to a reported overdose in the 1700 block of Alexandra Avenue when officers discover...
Apr 18, 2019 A kit containing two doses of naloxone and supplies for performing CPR. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon's pelicans are back
Many have been waiting, watching and wondering when it'll happen. The first pelicans of the season were officially spotted on Wednesday. Official touch down in what's called the "splash zone," an area...
Apr 18, 2019
La Loche RCMP dealing with ATV problem
The RCMP's recent seizure of six all-terrain vehicles in La Loche has been answered by the slashing of the tires on a police vehicle in the northern community. Since the start of April, RCMP officers ...
Apr 18, 2019
Expert praises 'innovative' Saskatoon Co-op labour deal
Saskatoon Co-op stores, gas bars and liquor stores will soon be operating with full staff after a strike that saw workers off the job since November. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Loca...
Apr 18, 2019 The Saskatoon Co-op grocery store at 1624 33rd St. W. photographed in January 2016. (Simon Garrett/Google)
Saskatoon to host game in Canada Russia Series
Saskatoon has been selected as one of six Canadian cities to host the CIBC Canada Russia Series in the fall. The series pits a team of Russian junior hockey players against a selection of all-stars fr...
Apr 18, 2019 Saskatoon has been selected as one of the host cities for the 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series on Nov. 13, 2019. (Submitted)
Saskatoon's Prairie Lily ship targeted by vandals
The co-owner of a ship that's offered river tours in Saskatoon since 2012 says she's disappointed after the boat was vandalized this week. Joan Steckhan said she got a call around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday fr...
Apr 18, 2019 The owners of the Prairie Lily found the boat damaged by vandals early on the morning of April 16, 2019. (The Prairie Lily/Facebook)
Former Saskatoon Blade enters Sask. Hockey Hall of Fame
A pretty impressive group will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame this year. The list includes former Saskatoon Blades defenceman Curtis Leschyshyn. Leschyshyn played over 1,000 gam...
Apr 17, 2019 Former NHLer and Saskatoon Blade Curtis Leschyshyn will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame this year.
Saskatoon Transit requests proposals for marketing campaign
Saskatoon Transit is seeking to boost its brand as part of a push to nearly double bus usage by 2045. A request for proposals (RFP) issued April 9 is seeking bids for what's dubbed an "influencer expe...
Apr 17, 2019
Brush fire rages south of Saskatoon
A large brush fire just south of Saskatoon sent plumes of smoke into the air and forced firefighters to battle the flames to protect at least one home on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/TaylorMacP/status...
Apr 16, 2019 Firefighters work to contain a brush fire near Riverside Estates outside Saskatoon on April 16, 2019. (Taylor MacPherson/650 CKOM)
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