Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Former Saskatoon mayoral candidate urges stricter bear spray bylaws
Former Saskatoon mayoral candidate Cary Tarasoff and family member Sherry Tarasoff have written a joint letter to the City of Saskatoon suggesting it follow the lead of two other cities by enacting it...
Dec 16, 2024 Former Saskatoon mayoral candidate Cary Tarasoff wants Saskatoon to restrict the sale of bear spray in the city. (Cary Tarasoff/submitted)
Megan Gallagher's parents prepare for 'next chapter' after killer sentenced
One chapter is over, but there are still many left in the book. That's how parents Brian and Debbie Gallagher characterized the second-degree murder conviction of 29-year-old Robert James Joseph Thoma...
Dec 12, 2024 Brian and Debbie Gallagher say the sentencing is the start of a new chapter, but they admit that some days are still challenging. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Crowding at St. Paul's Hospital means ER expands into ambulatory unit
It was just one week ago, that the province's NDP raised the alarm about overcrowding at Saskatoon's St. Paul's and Royal University Hospitals. John Ash, the SHA's Saskatoon VP of Integrated Health, c...
Dec 11, 2024 The overcrowding has got to the point that the ambulatory care unit — otherwise known as the outpatient services unit — will be taken over for the next seven days. This will add 14 patients to the ER. (650 CKOM file photo)
Oxbow residents, staff frustrated health centre can't treat acute care patients
In a time when many hospitals across Saskatchewan are regularly bursting at the seams with patients and there are chronic health-care staffing shortages, one health centre in southeastern Saskatchewan...
Dec 09, 2024 Patients at Galloway Health Centre in Oxbow can't be treated for more than 24 hours at the fully staffed health centre, and must be sent to a facility where beds are allowed for acute care use. (Town of Oxbow website/submitted)
Nutrien Wonderhub $300K deficit means higher admission fees in 2025
The province's only children's museum in Saskatoon, Nutrien Wonderhub, will be operating with an overall $300,000 deficit in 2025. That's even though $72,150 has been approved in next year's City of S...
Dec 05, 2024 The Nutrien Wonderhub gets more than 100,000 visitors every year, with about 30 per cent of them coming from outside of the city. It offers a variety of children's events, programs, displays, and activities year-round. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Growing number of encampments strains fire department's resources
The growing number of homeless encampments in Saskatoon is straining bylaw inspector resources within the Saskatoon Fire Department, according to chief Doug Wegren. That's one of the reasons the depar...
Nov 29, 2024 A Saskatoon fire department inspector approaches a tent in a Pleasant Hill community garden to inquire if the occupant needs help. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
New designs and renderings revealed for Saskatoon's downtown library
Construction on Saskatoon's much-debated downtown public library is well underway, with a new building re-design, and 60 per cent of the construction tendering completed. The cost of the new library b...
Nov 28, 2024 Saskatoon's new downtown public library is now projected to open in 2027. (Saskatoon Public Library/Submitted)
Shercom Industries sues provincial government, TSS for $10 million
Saskatoon's Shercom Industries has filed a statement of claim against the Province of Saskatchewan, as well as Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan and its CEO Stevyn Arnt, alleging breach of contract and...
Nov 28, 2024 The lawsuit alleges the province failed to honour a commitment to Shercom for a long-term contract, assurance of tire supply, and a voice in the future of the industry. (Ministry of Environment)
Saskatoon city council approves $200,000 for winter warming shelters
At their first regular meeting since the civic election earlier this month, Saskatoon's city councillors unanimously approved $200,000 to help fund three warming shelters in the city this winter. The ...
Nov 27, 2024 Leslie Anderson, the city’s planning director, said St. Mary's had an average of 122 people in its shelter each night last year. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Tonight is the night: Snowstorm is still coming to Saskatoon
Just a few days after 17 cm of snow fell on Saskatoon, Environment Canada is predicting another 25 cm could fall in Saskatoon, continuing until sometime Sunday morning. Rose Carlsen, meteorologist wit...
Nov 23, 2024 The heaviest snowfall is expected along the Yellowhead Highway, with the majority of the snow expected to fall on Sunday. (OlafNaami / Depositphotos.com)
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