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Council to decide on drunk driving memorial near city hall
The idea of a prominent memorial for victims of drunk driving is getting closer to reality in Saskatoon. City council's planning, development and community services committee will consider a report Mo...
May 03, 2018 A rendering of the proposed memorial for victims of impaired driving at Saskatoon City Hall's north lawn, along 24th Street near 4th Avenue. (City of Saskatoon)
Humboldt Tribute Concert raises over $428K for victims' families
Victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and their families will be getting some immediate financial aid thanks to the charity of nearly 10,000 people who attended last week's Humboldt Broncos Tribut...
May 03, 2018 Hockey hall of fame member Bryan Trottier (right) took the stage with Brett Kissel at the Humboldt Broncos Tribute Concert on April 27, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/ 650 CKOM)
Man flees cops, runs to police station
Saskatoon police caught a suspect right in their own doorway Tuesday. Officers were called out around 6 p.m. to the area around Idylwyld Drive North and 22nd Street West in response to a report of a m...
May 03, 2018
Saskatoon gun amnesty collects 122 firearms
Numbers are being released from the provincial gun amnesty program in Saskatchewan last month. At the time of its launch, Saskatoon police said they would be happy if they got a handful of guns off th...
May 03, 2018
City announces plans for summer road improvements
The City of Saskatoon has outlined its priorities for roadwork in 2018, and some major thoroughfares are set for a facelift. Idylwyld Drive North is scheduled for repaving, while Circle Drive over 33r...
May 03, 2018
Fort McMurray struggles to rebuild 2 years after wildfire
Thursday marked two years since a massive wildfire swept into the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray and many people are still waiting to go home. The blaze that eventually became known as 'the be...
May 03, 2018 Erin Schwab's property pictured in the immediate aftermath of the Fort McMurray wildfire, and two years later. (Erin Schwab)
Saskatoon franchise joins new Canadian basketball league
Basketball fans in the bridge city have a new reason to celebrate. As the Raptors are in the midst of another NBA playoff push, a new professional basketball league in Canada is beginning to take shap...
May 02, 2018 Saskatoon will be one of six cities with a team for the inaugural CEBL season in 2019. (Canadian Elite Basketball League/Twitter)
New children’s hospital won’t have mental health beds
Saskatchewan's long-awaited children's hospital may not help the long wait for youth mental health services. There will be no in-patient beds for children and teens at the Jim Pattison Children's Hosp...
May 02, 2018
5 police officers taken to hospital after house fire
Five Saskatoon police officers were taken to hospital after a house fire Wednesday morning. Police Chief Troy Cooper said detectives driving along 20th Street noticed smoke coming from a home on the 2...
May 02, 2018 Emergency crews responded to a house fire on Avenue L South shortly after 9 a.m. on May 2, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Man charged after motorcycle crash on Circle Drive
Saskatoon police have laid a charge in one of two collisions that tied up traffic in the city's east side right at the peak of the Tuesday evening rush hour. Officers were called shortly before 5:30 p...
May 02, 2018
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