Murray Wood: Drought or deluge, it's Saskatchewan weather
Murray Wood notes that while we have seen years with "perfect" weather in the province, they aren't that commo...
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Safety co-ordinator says more needs to be done in Pleasant Hill
The Pleasant Hill neighbourhood in Saskatoon has seen an increasing number of violent crimes this month. Shane Partridge is the Pleasant Hill Community Association's safety co-ordinator. He was threat...
Jul 12, 2019 A view of the crowd gathered for the Pleasant Hill emergency meeting on March 29, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon fire department warns public of dangers of carbon monoxide
After two incidents in the past week with carbon monoxide near Prince Albert and in Winnipeg, the Saskatoon Fire Department wants to give the public a refresher on the poisonous gas. In 2019, the fire...
Jul 11, 2019 Saskatoon Fire Chief Morgan Hackl met with the media on July 11, 2019, to speak on the dangers of carbon monoxide. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Sask. Polytechnic camp hammers gender stigma in the trades
Abigail Scott seldom picked up a hand tool or offered her help when it came to operating power tools, but all that changed with her experiences in the past week. Scott, 12, is one of a dozen girls age...
Jul 11, 2019 The Girls Exploring Trades and Technology camp at Sask. Polytechnic has been showing girls that trades aren't just for men for the past 29 years. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM).
Province welcomes fire evacuees from Northern Ontario
Saskatchewan will be housing roughly 2,000 to 3,000 evacuees from Northern Ontario who have been displaced by area wildfires. The first 400 arrived Thursday in Regina, with the first plane landing at ...
Jul 11, 2019 (File photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment)
Volkswagen enthusiast reacts to Beetle cancellation
The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the production line at a factory in Puebla, Mexico, on Wednesday. The iconic cars have been around since 1938. They were ingrained in pop culture in the 1960s as ...
Jul 10, 2019 A classic Volkswagen Beetle. (Photo courtesy of Air Cooled Classics)
SaskTel workers begin strike vote Wednesday morning
SaskTel workers are voting on whether a strike will be the best action in their ongoing collective bargaining talks. Their first vote was Wednesday morning, and a series of voting stations will contin...
Jul 10, 2019
Premiers, Indigenous leaders cover youth, economy at Big River FN
The first day of historic Canadian premiers meetings, officially known as the Council of the Federation (CoF), wrapped up on the Big River First Nation on Tuesday. For the first time, the premiers met...
Jul 10, 2019 The premiers and Indigenous leaders met on the Big River First Nation on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon reacts to Sailor Dan's death
Saskatoon Police Service Const. Derek Chesney fondly remembered his friend Dan Hicks on Tuesday. Hicks, who went by the nickname Sailor Dan, died early Tuesday morning at St. Paul's Hospital. He was 6...
Jul 09, 2019 Dan Hicks, better known as Sailor Dan, died on July 9, 2019 in Saskatoon. (submitted)
Saskatoon man rocks out on stage with Nickelback
A Saskatoon man lived his dream of playing guitar with Nickelback on Sunday. Austin Anderson travelled to Fort McMurray, Alta., to see his favourite band play live. When he showed up to the concert, t...
Jul 09, 2019 Austin Anderson stands centre stage with Nickelback. (Austin Anderson/Facebook)
Homicide victim's aunt remembers Jessica Cameron as loving mother
A man charged with the murder of his girlfriend made his first court appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Monday morning. Jamie Smallchild, 25, was charged with second-degree murder in the deat...
Jul 08, 2019 Jessica Cameron, a mother of seven, was found dead by the RCMP on July 6, 2019. (Jessica Cameron/Facebook)
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