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Murray Wood says that person demanding Alberta separate from Canada in a social media post might be a farmer of a differ...
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Sask. considering third doses for AstraZeneca patients
Saskatchewan is considering offering an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for patients who received AstraZeneca. Health Minister Paul Merriman suggested the province could open up a section of its v...
Jul 27, 2021 Taken July 26, 2021. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Suspicious fires set along riverbank from Broadway to University bridges
If it weren't for security staff at the Royal University Hospital (RUH), this story could have had a different ending. Around 7:20 p.m. Monday, Saskatoon Police and Saskatoon Fire responded to several...
Jul 27, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
VIDEO: Saskatoon Fire find origin of 33rd Street blaze, cause still being looked at
Three homes were affected in a Sunday morning fire on 33rd Street West in Saskatoon. The blaze, which started on one property, quickly spread to two neighbouring structures. It took around 1 hour to g...
Jul 26, 2021 A fire is pictured within multiple properties on the 3400 block of 33rd Street West on July 26, 2021. (submitted/George Sclavounos)
Green and White game gives Riders' players and fans the return of football
Thousands of loud Roughrider fans flocked into Mosaic Stadium to watch the Riders play the Riders. The score ultimately didn't matter, as the real winners of the annual Green and White game were the f...
Jul 25, 2021
Riders' prepare for first game action since 2019
It's been a long time coming for players on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' as they prepare for the annual Green and White game on Saturday. It might just be a scrimmage - but this match up amongst team...
Jul 24, 2021 Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Nigel Harris during training camp on July 23, 2021. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Indigenous lawyer working on litigation for survivors missed in residential school compensation; feds 'not considering' reopening
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants to make sure no residential school survivor gets left behind. On Monday, Chief Bobby Cameron said he would like to possibly see the entirety...
Jul 23, 2021 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron speaks at the Saskatoon Inn on March 27, 2019. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
PHR hopes to secure new federal harm reduction funds
After two "no" responses from the provincial government for help to fund Prairie Harm Reduction's (PHR) safe consumption site, the community-based organization is optimistically looking higher. Execut...
Jul 22, 2021 Prairie Harm Reduction, pictured on Monday, June 5, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
'Thousands' missed: FSIN, Treaty Commissioner want residential school compensation packages reopened
In the thousands. That's how many residential school survivors Mary Culbertson, Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan, says were likely missed during the original compensation package rollout in 2007. A...
Jul 21, 2021
'A mile in our moccassins:' STC holds walk for reconciliation Tuesday, around 300 attend
Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand stood before the media Tuesday, minutes prior to the start of a walk for reconciliation. Wearing flip-flops, Arcand was preparing to make a 23-block trek across down...
Jul 20, 2021 Around 300 walked the streets of downtown Saskatoon Tuesday, bringing awareness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Following United Church apology, records, FSIN wants all to follow suit
An apology, along with the release of all records within the residential school system. That's what the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) continued to ask all churches for Monday. This...
Jul 19, 2021 Third Avenue United Church. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
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