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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Alberta-based The Mustard Seed to manage The Lighthouse in Saskatoon
Alberta-based Christian non-profit group The Mustard Seed, will take over the property management and supportive housing services of downtown Saskatoon's The Lighthouse on Dec. 1. During a news confer...
Nov 21, 2024 The Lighthouse in Saskatoon is set to have operations taken over by The Mustard Seed starting on Dec. 1. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon teen pleads guilty in connection with deadly crash
A 15-year-old Saskatoon teenager pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm on Wednesday, in connection with a deadly single-vehicle crash...
Nov 20, 2024 Driver impairment is not believed to be a factor in the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 16-year-old on April 14, 2024. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
14-year-old girl accused in Evan Hardy incident facing additional charges
A 14-year-old girl was accused of pouring a liquid on a 15-year-old girl at Evan Hardy Collegiate, and lighting her on fire on Sept. 5, is facing new charges unrelated to that incident. During a brief...
Nov 20, 2024 Saskatoon Provincial Court (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
Whirlwind schedule begins Friday for new Saskatoon city councillors
Campaigning and winning the election may have been the "easy" part for six new Saskatoon city councillors, because there's going to be a lot on their plates over the next six weeks. Only four of 10 co...
Nov 15, 2024 Saskatoon's six new councillors have a lot of learning ahead of them. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Union questions Saskatoon hotel's safety protocols after worker's death
A union president is questioning the circumstances surrounding the death of a hotel replacement worker in October, and asking what safety training and protocols are in place at the hotel after the wom...
Nov 12, 2024 A replacement worker fell to her death from the top of Saskatoon's Heritage Inn on October 15. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Umbrella group says election flyers follow Saskatoon election rules 'to a T'
Thousands of election-related flyers that are being hand-delivered by volunteers of an umbrella group called Liveable YXE are following election rules, according to a spokesperson. According to Jory V...
Nov 08, 2024 Shellie Bryant, Elections Saskatoon returning officer, says she's been informed about the flyers. She advices anyone looking for information about the civic election to visit the city's website. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon's Pitchfork Market + Kitchen permanently closes its doors
After just three and a half years in business, another Saskatoon grocery store is closing its doors. In April, 2022, the Extra Foods on Broadway - in the Nutana neighbourhood - was also closed, after ...
Nov 08, 2024 Pitchfork Market + Kitchen (Facebook)
Five SPS officers suspended with pay following off duty "incident"
Five Saskatoon Police officers have been suspended from their duties - with pay, after some sort of incident that occurred in mid-September. According to a statement provided to 650 CKOM by Deputy Chi...
Nov 08, 2024 Deputy Chief Dave Haye said the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) has now begun an administrative review under The Police Act, 1990. (650 CKOM file photo)
Flyer distributed in Saskatoon neighbourhoods not from Elections
A small, black and white flyer that asks Saskatoon voters to scan a QR code, and to visit a specific website is being hand delivered in some neighbourhoods, including Brighton. The flyers, in at least...
Nov 07, 2024 Shellie Bryant, Elections Saskatoon returning officer, says she's been informed about the flyers. She advices anyone looking for information about the civic election to visit the city's website. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'Oh my God here we go again': Tisdale nurse recalls response to bus crash
One of the first thoughts Tisdale Hospital nurse supervisor Crystal Kuras had after hearing there had been a school bus crash late Monday afternoon, was, "Oh my God, here we go again." But after she a...
Nov 01, 2024 Crystal Kuras is a day nurse supervisor at Tisdale Hospital. She said it was all hands on deck to get the hospital ready for the patients from the crash. (Screenshot)
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