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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Telemiracle weekend set to kick off in Saskatchewan
For the 43rd year in a row, Saskatchewan will be asked to "ring those phones!" The Kinsmen Telemiracle fundraising telethon starts Saturday night at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Telemiracle chair Adam Logu...
Mar 01, 2019 Volunteers take donations over the phone at Telemiracle 42 in Regina on March 4, 2018. (980 CJME)
Saskatoon to host 2020 Juno Awards
Saskatoon will host the 2020 Juno Awards. The city's tourism agency, Tourism Saskatoon, held a press conference at the Remai Modern Art Gallery Thursday to announce the news. "Why not Saskatoon? This ...
Feb 28, 2019 Allan Reid, president and CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, speakson Feb. 28, 2019 after announcing Saskatoon will host the 2020 Juno Awards. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Former directors win lawsuit against SaskTel Centre
Two former directors of what's now SaskTel Centre have won a lawsuit for wrongful dismissal. Brian Swidrovich, former director of business and sponsorship at what was then Credit Union Centre (CUC), w...
Feb 27, 2019 SaskTel Centre could play host to the 2023 world junior hockey championship. (Tourism Saskatoon/Submitted)
Police charge owner after report of horses being shot
A rural crime story that made the rounds on social media has taken a turn after a lab analyzed the remains of four dead horses. Police from the Rural Municipality of Corman Park went to a property jus...
Feb 27, 2019 The Corman Park Police Service serves Corman Park, a rural municipality which surrounds the City of Saskatoon. (genetec.com)
Crime Stoppers seeks cold case confessions with social media program
A new social media program from the Association of Crime Stoppers Programs of Saskatchewan is designed to get confessions in historical missing persons cases by appealing to the emotions of the perpet...
Feb 26, 2019
Extreme cold warnings issued in south, central Sask.
Parts of southern and central Saskatchewan were once again under extreme cold warnings Tuesday morning. Environment Canada issued warnings for areas including Kindersley, Meadow Lake, Melfort and York...
Feb 26, 2019 (650 CKOM)
Frozen Tongue Challenge raises nearly $18K for Watrous fire department
The man who came up with a unique fundraising challenge for the Watrous volunteer fire department has ended up with his tongue stuck to a pole. "It just feels like it was burnt with hot coffee or choc...
Feb 26, 2019 Jeff Siegfried (left) and Andrew Matheson (right) display their totals in the Frozen Tongue Challenge fundraiser for the Watrous, Sask. fire department. (Watrous Mainline Motor Products Limited/Facebook)
Saskatoon Co-op strike continues after latest rejection
Saskatoon Co-op and the union representing its workers left the latest round of meetings without any agreements as the negotiation stalemate inches towards a fourth month. A media release from Saskato...
Feb 25, 2019 Members of UFCW Local 1400 and supporters rally outside the Federated Co-op Limited headquarters in Saskatoon, Sask. on Dec. 20, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
AIDS Saskatoon proposes injection site in Pleasant Hill
An organization on the front lines of the fight against AIDS wants to open a safe drug consumption site in Saskatoon. AIDS Saskatoon has applied to open a site - which would include supervised injecti...
Feb 25, 2019
Video of boy's mic'd up hockey practice goes viral
A video of a 4-year-old taking part in hockey practice has been viewed over 3 million times. Jeremy Rupke of Barrie, Ont. put a mic on his son Mason ahead of the practice, then posted the video Friday...
Feb 25, 2019 Four-year-old Mason Rupke seen in a video posted to YouTube by his dad, Jeremy ahead of a hockey practice in Barrie, Ont. (Coach Jeremy/YouTube)
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