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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)
Alberta election results, starting at 8 p.m.
650 CKOM will have live coverage of the Alberta election from the moment the polls close at 8 p.m. Catch up-to-the-moment results and analysis from Global News Radio on 650 CKOM.
Apr 16, 2019
More Indigenous language classes coming to Sask. schools
More Indigenous languages are going to be offered in Saskatchewan high schools in 2019-20. The province announced Tuesday that courses in Dene, Nakawe (Saulteaux) and Michif would be expanded from loc...
Apr 16, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Local architect, bishop react to Notre Dame blaze
The sights coming out of Paris have had a profound impact on millions of people glued to their screens, watching the Notre Dame Cathedral burn into the evening. Shock and devastation aptly described h...
Apr 15, 2019 Notre Dame cathedral seen on fire on April 15, 2019. (Elaine Leavenworth/Twitter)
Striking Saskatoon Co-op workers to vote on potential deal
After just over five months on strike, Saskatoon Co-op employees could soon be returning to work. Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1400 are scheduled to vote tomorrow on a deal reac...
Apr 15, 2019 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside the Stonebridge gas bar location on Nov. 1, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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