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Fireworks festival returns to Saskatoon for long weekend
The Nutrien Fireworks Festival is taking over Saskatoon's River Landing area Friday and Saturday. This will be the eleventh year of what's become a Saskatoon tradition for the last long weekend of the...
Aug 30, 2018 The Prairie Lily sails on the South Saskatchewan River during Saskatoon's annual fireworks festival. (Tourism Saskatoon)
Sask. harvest on track to end ahead of 5-year average
More than a quarter of Saskatchewan crops are now in the bin as fall harvest continues for farmers. According to figures released in the province's latest weekly crop report, 27 per cent of all crops ...
Aug 30, 2018
Woman tasered, charged in King George disturbance
A public safety risk led police to taser a 48-year-old woman. According to police, a woman yelled and hit a house in the 600 block of Avenue H South with a metal pipe Wednesday afternoon. Officers arr...
Aug 29, 2018
Men charged in Saskatoon home invasion
Saskatoon police have charged three men in connection to a home invasion Wednesday morning in the Lakeview neighbourhood. Officers responded to a call in the 800 block of Kingsmere Boulevard around 1:...
Aug 29, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. dairy farmers watching NAFTA talks closely
The Canadian dairy industry is once again being brought into the conversation as politicians continue talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Joy Smith, the manager of policy...
Aug 29, 2018
Sask. trade minister 'concerned' over NAFTA talks
Saskatchewan's trade and export development minister is worried the federal Liberals may have botched critical negotiations with Canada's largest trading partner. Speaking Tuesday on Gormley, Jeremy H...
Aug 29, 2018
NDP denied freedom of information request on legal aid cuts
Saskatchewan New Democrats want details about discussions between the government and legal aid that resulted in upcoming cuts to the Saskatoon legal aid office. However, justice critic Nicole Sarauer ...
Aug 28, 2018 Saskatchewan NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer speaking to media outside the Saskatoon Provincial Court building on July 23, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan cattle producers deal with drought
Devastating is how a Gull Lake area rancher describes the dry conditions in his region of the province. Rick Toney says the drought means a lack of quality pasture land which means a lack of feed for ...
Aug 28, 2018
Saskatoon councillor says lower bridge speed might as well be 'speed trap'
Traffic over the new Chief Mistawasis Bridge won't be going 60 kilometres per hour, but people in Saskatoon will have to wait until next month for council's final decision on the speed limit. With one...
Aug 28, 2018 A ceremony was held on June 21, 2018 to announce Chief Mistawasis Bridge as the new name for the North Commuter Parkway. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Air Canada, WestJet announce higher luggage fees
Canada's two biggest airlines are hiking fees for checked luggage. Air Canada and WestJet both announced the price for the first checked bag will be raised from $25 to $30. Both airlines are also goin...
Aug 28, 2018
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