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New master plan outlined for Forestry Farm Park and Zoo
Saskatoon City Council received an update from the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo (SFFP&Z) on Monday regarding their master plan. The new concept map outlines a large overhaul of the existin...
Aug 12, 2019 The new concept map for the master plan for the SFFP&Z features a large-scale overhaul of the facility (Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo)
City Hall forms plan for boarded up homes in Pleasant Hill
Saskatoon city council formed a makeshift plan to begin addressing housing quality in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood during a standing committee meeting Monday. Responding to a letter addressed to Ma...
Aug 12, 2019
Wray Morrison: Getting away from it all
The generation before mine said it, the next generation will say it, and we are saying it now. "The world is getting complicated." That's what I used to love, and still love, about watching or being a...
Aug 12, 2019
Thousands gather at SaskTel Centre to celebrate Eid al-Adha
Thousands of people from Saskatoon's Muslim community gathered at SaskTel Centre to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the holiest day for Muslim worshipers. Eid al-Adha celebrates the end of Hajj, the holy pilgr...
Aug 11, 2019 Thousands gathered at SaskTel Centre to celebrate Eid al-Adha on Aug. 11, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Funding dispute delays Shakespeare on the Sask. construction
Current members and alumni of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan deviated from their original plan on Saturday and hosted a homecoming event to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Saskatoon-based theat...
Aug 11, 2019 Will Brooks, the artistic producer of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, kicks off homecoming celebrations for the local theatre company on Aug. 10, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Bruno Cherry Sunday paints the town red
The Bruno Cherry Sunday is back. The one-day festival taking place in the small town, roughly 35 kilometres northeast of Humboldt, celebrates the area's favourite fruit. 16 years ago, Bruno Cherry Sun...
Aug 11, 2019 Many local businesses in Bruno rally behind Cherry Sunday as they spend weeks decorating interiors and exteriors. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Street salon a hit in downtown Saskatoon
A small gesture from a downtown barber shop is making a big impression in Saskatoon. Empire Barber and Beauty Co., formerly Ethos Salon Spa, made the best of a slow July 30 afternoon by offering free ...
Aug 10, 2019 Ashley Wiebe (right) took her barber chair to the streets of downtown Saskatoon to offer free haircuts during a slow afternoon. (Empire Barber and Beauty Co. /Facebook)
Laverdiere case a complex one, says Saskatoon lawyer
Two more people were charged in the suspected murder of Tiki Laverdiere this week. In mid-May, Laverdiere was reported missing. She had left her home in Edmonton to attend a funeral in North Battlefor...
Aug 09, 2019
Wray Morrison: Patience
I believe that the Riders will win, but win differently tonight in Montreal. Even though the Montreal Alouettes are 3 and 3 on the season, the team has just five sacks this season. No player has more ...
Aug 09, 2019
Wray Morrison: A third of the way in
We are 31 games into the CFL season and there is intrigue when looking ahead. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who appeared to be clear-cut favourites a month into the season, have suffered back-to-back los...
Aug 08, 2019
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