Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Man tased after running from cops in River Heights
A 22-year-old man faces several charges in an incident that led to him being tasered by police Thursday evening. Two officers walking along Spadina Crescent East spotted a suspicious looking man near ...
Apr 05, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Teen hit by car in Saskatoon's Evergreen neighbourhood
Sasktoon police are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was hit by a car in the Evergreen neighbourhood. Officers were called to Zary Road at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon when the boy was str...
Apr 04, 2019
Wonderhub opening weekend set for June 28-30
Children will have a new place to learn, play and explore when the Nutrien Wonderhub opens to the public June 28-30. The Nutrien Wonderhub (formerly known as The Nutrien Children's Discovery Museum), ...
Apr 04, 2019 An installation by artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam will feature at the Nutrien Wonderhub when it opens in 2019. (kidapproved.ca)
Truck recorded in Saskatoon's Northeast Swale
A pick-up truck was captured on video taking a joyride through Saskatoon's Northeast Swale on Sunday evening. The nearly 50-second video filmed by a resident in Aspen Ridge shows a truck driving at lo...
Apr 03, 2019 A pick-up truck was filmed driving through the Northeast Swale in Saskatoon on March 31, 2019.
Sheraton Cavalier doorman retires after 50-year career
Dan Cardinal was 18 when he started what would turn into a decades-long career at Saskatoon's Sheraton Cavalier hotel in 1969. On Monday, he retired. "At 2:30 p.m. I got'er done," Cardinal told 650 CK...
Apr 03, 2019 Dan Cardinal, photographed here after receiving a Canadian Tourism National Employee of the Year award in 2016, retired from the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon in April 2019 after 50 years on the job. (Facebook)
Suspect threatens police officer with needle
Saskatoon police say a man is facing multiple charges after what started as a call about a shoplifter at Confederation Mall. Police said they were called Tuesday afternoon with a report of a shoplifte...
Apr 03, 2019
Man robbed at knife-point in Saskatoon bar washroom
Saskatoon police are looking for a man suspected of an armed robbery at a bar just off Idylwyld Drive on Monday. Police said in a release a 56-year-old man was threatened with a knife and had his wall...
Apr 02, 2019
Plane pulled to surface after 60 years in Peter Pond Lake
In 1959, a pilot and conservation officer flying from Buffalo Narrows to La Loche were killed when the floatplane they were in crashed in Peter Pond Lake. Sixty years later, the aircraft is back on th...
Apr 02, 2019 A Cessna 180 floatplane was recovered from Peter Pond Lake on March 27, 2019 (Doug Chishom/Saskatchewan Aviation Museum)
Saskatoon mayor wants arena site picked by end of 2019
Saskatoon's mayor says he'd like to see the city select a location for a downtown arena by the end of the year. "We have a tremendous opportunity because we already have a strong downtown but we can m...
Apr 02, 2019 People lining up to enter Sasktel Centre on Oct. 29, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650CKOM)
Saskatoon police taser break-in suspect
A 23-year-old man was tasered while running from police armed with a pellet gun, according to a Saskatoon police media release. Police were called ot the 300 block of Avenue D North Monday evening fol...
Apr 02, 2019
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