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Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Tony Mandarich to headline 2018 Dogs' Breakfast
The highest-ever NFL draft pick to come out of Canada will be in Saskatoon for the Huskies Football Foundation's Dogs' Breakfast. Former NFL offensive lineman Tony Mandarich will be the guest speaker ...
Feb 05, 2018 Former NFL offensive lineman Tony Mandarich will be the guest speaker at the 2018 Dogs' Breakfast in Saskatoon. (U of S Huskies)
Community, air force help mark Sask. veteran's 100th birthday
A Saskatchewan veteran celebrated his 100th birthday in style. People in the community of Lucky Lake, about 150 kilometres south of Saskatoon, got together Feb. 3 to mark the occasion with Donald Couc...
Feb 05, 2018 Donald Couch as a young man with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 and on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, 2017. (Submitted)
Bystander saves woman after fall through river ice
A quick-thinking bystander helped save a Saskatoon woman over the weekend. Police said the 28-year-old woman was walking her dogs along the south side of the river near the new Commuter Bridge Sunday ...
Feb 05, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Marriage proposal a 'rush' for NLL fans
As the Saskatchewan Rush worked their way to victory against the Vancouver Stealth over the weekend, a man in the stands was working up his courage. Lucien Laberge proposed to his girlfriend Carrisa A...
Feb 05, 2018 Lucien Laberge proposes to Carrisa Agarand during a Saskatchewan Rush game at SaskTel Centre on Feb. 3, 2018. (Davis Remenda/650 CKOM)
Wood-burning fireplace likely cause of $80K blaze: city
The extreme cold didn't help firefighters battling a blaze outside Saskatoon early Sunday morning. Fire crews responded to a 911 call of a house fire south of the city off Haultain Road. They arrived ...
Feb 04, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters respond to a house fire south of the city off Haultain Road on Feb. 4, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Saskatoon dad calls in 17-year-old son for drunk driving
At least one dad in Saskatchewan is getting the message about drunk driving. Saskatoon police say a man called in his 17-year-old son, who was apparently drunk and had taken the truck without permissi...
Feb 04, 2018 Emergency crews respond to a two-vehicle crash, allegedly involving a drunk driver, at Taylor Street and McEown Avenue on Feb. 3, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department).
Extreme cold warnings end in Regina, Saskatoon
It was a rude awakening for some in Saskatchewan. The southern half of the province, stretching from Saskatoon down to the border, was under an extreme cold warning for much of Sunday morning. Mark Me...
Feb 04, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Frigid 1st weekend of February sees extreme cold, wind
People in Saskatoon and Regina woke up to a thick blanket of snow on their lawns Saturday morning. Environment Canada forecaster Brad Vrolijk said Saskatoon received up to five centimetres, or two inc...
Feb 03, 2018
Riders Duron Carter charged with marijuana possession
Saskatchewan Roughrider receiver Duron Carter has taken to Twitter following news of his arrest for marijuana possession Thursday night. "I know, I know. Life," he tweeted, along with a face palm emoj...
Feb 02, 2018 Duron Carter practices with the Saskatchewan Roughriders during 2017 spring training camp at SMF Field in Saskatoon. (Chris Carr/650 CKOM)
Groundhogs, woodchuck weigh in on upcoming weather
Saskatchewan's weather-predicting woodchuck had some good news for the province on Groundhog Day. Whelan Woodie, who makes his home about 120 kilometres north of Prince Albert near the community of Wh...
Feb 02, 2018
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