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Fire leaves more than $1M in damage at Sherwood Chevrolet
Investigators believe a power source in a rooftop bulkhead at Sherwood Chevrolet sparked a fire Friday night that caused more than one million dollars in damage. An alarm signal from a fire monitoring...
Jul 01, 2017 Fire at Sherwood Chevrolet in Saskatoon caused more than one million dollars in damage on June 30, 2017 (Submitted/Saskatoon Fire Department)
Canada 150: What's open in Saskatoon
Some city-run services are operating on a different schedule this weekend for Canada Day. Here's what you can expect: City Hall will be closed. Parking is free at city run spots on Saturday. You will ...
Jul 01, 2017
Saskatoon police on lookout for stabbing suspect
Saskatoon police are looking for a suspect after a stabbing near downtown Thursday morning. Police said a 38-year-old man was walking down Jamieson Street at 8:20 a.m. on June 29 when he was approache...
Jun 30, 2017 (650 CKOM)
Interac e-Transfer service offline, major banks affected
Anyone trying to pay their bills using Interac e-Transfer before the long weekend may be in trouble. Major banks are not able to process any e-Tranfers while the system is offline. Interac tweeted a s...
Jun 30, 2017
New protections for Sask. tenants fleeing violence, abuse
People fleeing domestic violence will no longer be penalized for ending rental agreements early. Starting July 1, new rights in Saskatchewan will allow renters to end fixed-term tenancy agreements wit...
Jun 30, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
Canada 150: Celebrations in and around Saskatoon
It's a celebration 150 years in the making - and Saskatoon is going all out. Canada 150 takes place Saturday, with the main event in the city at Diefenbaker Park. The annual Optimist Canada Day Celebr...
Jun 29, 2017 Fireworks at the Optimist Canada Day Celebration at Diefenbaker Park in Saskatoon on July 1, 2016. (JT Marshall/650 CKOM)
More calls for mental health supports for Sask. farmers
Some who work with the province's producers are expressing concern after an online conversation about mental health on the farm. It started with a series of tweets Wednesday from Gronlid, Sask. area f...
Jun 29, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
Wildwood School librarian retires after 34 years of service
Denise Rossmo-Wiegers remembers when photocopy machines didn't exist in schools. "It was called an offset duplicator made by A.B. Dick Company, which we had to make a stencil to get all the copies for...
Jun 28, 2017 Denise Rossmo-Wiegers, 55, has retired after 34 years of teaching in Saskatoon to spend more time with her Mother (Submitted Denise Rossmo-Wiegers)
Pike Lake park pool set for fall facelift
One of the province's favourite swimming pools is getting a facelift for the first time since it was built in 1986. On Wednesday Pike Lake Provincial Park announced $240,000 for upgrades to the waters...
Jun 28, 2017 The pool at Pike Lake Provincial Park ahead of summer upgrades in 2017. (Submitted/ Government of Saskatchewan)
RCMP seek 5 suspects in La Ronge armed robbery
An armed robbery at a La Ronge gas station early Tuesday morning has RCMP asking for help to locate suspects. Around 3:30 a.m. five men went into the gas station with what is described as a long barre...
Jun 27, 2017 La Ronge RCMP are looking for this man in connection to an armed robbery June 27, 2017 (Submitted/La Ronge RCMP)
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