Murray Wood: Marking the anniversary of Germany's surrender in the Netherlands
Murray Wood says May 5 is an important date that not many recognize. The day marks the anniversary of the surrender of t...
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Quarterback Jake Maier excited to join Riders, reunite with coaches
Jake Maier is excited to be a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and reunite with some familiar faces. Maier's rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Green and White last month. The...
Jan 10, 2025
Saskatoon's Zach Hawley continues to climb high school basketball ranks
Saskatoon's Zach Hawley is continuing his climb in North America's basketball prospect rankings. The six-foot, 17-year-old point guard out of Walter Murray Collegiate is having yet another special sea...
Jan 10, 2025 Saskatoon's Zach Hawley is having yet another outstanding season with the Walter Murray Collegiate Marauders. This season, he's averaging 34 points per game. (Scott Hawley/Submitted)
Annual BRIT basketball tournament set to tip off in Saskatoon on Thursday
The 55th annual Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) gets underway today at Saskatoon's Bedford Road Collegiate. The annual event, which runs from Thursday through Saturday, is among the bigges...
Jan 09, 2025 Grade 12 students Ava Farkas (left) and Olivia Doll (right) are two of the students in charge of organizing the 55th annual Bedford Road Invitational Tournament. Thousands are expected to pass through the doors over the course of the next three days. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Winter warm-up in Saskatchewan leads to ice dam concerns
A Saskatchewan warm-up has roofing companies warning residents about the potential of ice dams forming on the roof of their homes. Ice dams are formed after a freeze-thaw cycle. It can cause ice build...
Jan 09, 2025 Roofing companies in Saskatchewan are warning people about the potential of ice dams due to warmer temperatures. (SGI/Submitted)
Blades trade Ben Riche to Prince George for NHL prospect and picks
The Saskatoon Blades are making more moves ahead of the Western Hockey League's trade deadline on Thursday. The team has traded away 19-year-old forward Ben Riche to Prince George. Riche, who was acqu...
Jan 08, 2025 The Saskatoon Blades have traded forward Ben Riche to Prince George (Steve Hiscock/Submitted)
Blades trade Molendyk to Medicine Hat for pair of players, five draft picks
The Saskatoon Blades are saying goodbye to one of its franchise's best players of all time. Late on Monday night, the Saskatoon Blades announced that it's trading star 19-year-old defenceman Tanner Mo...
Jan 07, 2025 2023 Nashville Predators first-round pick Tanner Molendyk, seen here in a file photo, has returned to Saskatoon Blades. (Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
Trudeau expected to step down this week, Globe and Mail reports
OTTAWA - The Globe and Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce he is stepping down as Liberal party leader as early as Monday. Trudeau has faced mounting calls for...
Jan 05, 2025
VIDEO: Saskatoon warm-up bus keeping vulnerable people comfortable in winter
As extreme cold warnings covered Saskatchewan on Friday morning, many people had a warm place to shelter, but in Saskatoon the most vulnerable sectors of the population don't always have that luxury. ...
Jan 05, 2025 Ralph Nicotine is helping people in Saskatoon when the weather gets cold with his warm-up bus. (Church in the Hood Ministries Facebook/Submitted)
Mail flowing again in Sask. with Canada Post workers back on the job
It's been nearly three weeks since Canada Post workers were ordered back to work, and mail delivery in Saskatchewan is largely back to normal. Brahm Enslin, president of the Canadian Union of Postal W...
Jan 03, 2025 The head of the Canada Post union in Saskatoon says mail service is largely back to normal after the four-week strike, and people can feel confident putting letters or parcels in the mail. (650 CKOM file photo)
Biggar Mayor reacts to arson charges that destroyed small town restaurant
Just over two months after a fire destroyed a beloved small town restaurant, arson charges have been laid. The Snow White Family Restaurant, which has long been a staple of the community in Biggar, bu...
Jan 03, 2025 Arson charges were laid in connection to the fire that destroyed the Snow White Family Restaurant in Biggar, Sask. back in September of 2024. (submitted)
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