Murray Wood: We just witnessed a moment in Saskatchewan Roughrider history
Murray Wood says Saturday's 24-21 win over the B.C. Lions in the CFL West Final was a big moment for the Roughriders, bu...
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Meerkat exhibit opens this weekend at Saskatoon zoo
The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo has its newest residents all settled in. Two mobs of meerkats have been brought in to take over the space formerly occupied by a popular komodo dragon exhibi...
Mar 28, 2018 The Meerkat House exhibit at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. (City of Saskatoon)
Sask. farmers face uncertain seeding season amid grain backlog
Many Saskatchewan producers are stressing over their budgets as a rail backlog delays grain shipments. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay commented on the backlog Monday, describing it as ...
Mar 28, 2018
United Way of Saskatoon faces budget shortfall
A Saskatoon charity is feeling the pinch of a tougher economy. The United Way of Saskatoon and Area has cut seven jobs in the last two years. The organization will now review its budget line-by-line a...
Mar 28, 2018 The United Way of Saskatoon and Area has been in operation since 1959. (United Way of Saskatoon and Area/Facebook)
2 men arrested in Saskatoon after canine unit foot chase
Two men face numerous charges after a foot chase that ended with a canine unit nabbing one of the suspects. Just after midnight on Tuesday, an officer pulled over a vehicle in the 1200 block of Avenue...
Mar 27, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Dundonald School drowning was 'preventable': Child Advocate
Saskatchewan's advocate for children and youth has released his report on the September 2017 death of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a storm water retention pond near Saskatoon's cole Dundonald Sc...
Mar 27, 2018 Staff and parents consoling each other out front of École Dundonald School on Sept. 12, 2017, one day after a 5-year-old student died after being found unresponsive in a nearby pond. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon writer Jordon Cooper dies at 44
Saskatoon writer and columnist Jordon Cooper has died after a nearly year-long struggle with cancer. Cooper became a well-known commentator on city issues through his blog, started in 2001. He later b...
Mar 27, 2018 Saskatoon columnist and blogger Jordon Cooper died March 26, 2018 of cancer. He was 44. (gofundme)
CRA text scam nabs personal banking info: police
Scammers are going mobile this tax season - targeting people by text. Saskatoon police warn fraudsters are sending messages claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). They then either make t...
Mar 26, 2018
Police call for information after chasing stabbing victim
A man stabbed at a Saskatoon bar was reportedly determined to avoid treatment for his injuries. Police said they responded to a report of an injured person around 2:15 a.m. Monday in the area of Dubli...
Mar 26, 2018
Police find guns, stolen property after late night chase
A 39-year-old man faces nearly two dozen charges after a police chase late Sunday night. A patrol unit reportedly spotted a stolen Mazda Tribute around 10 p.m. on the 600 block of 33rd Street West. Th...
Mar 26, 2018
Police charge 2 people-looking for another in armed robbery
Saskatoon police have charged a 13-year-old boy and 18-year-old man in connection with an armed robbery Saturday morning at a Mac's Convenience store. According to police, three people with bandanas c...
Mar 25, 2018
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