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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Saskatoon police board asks for $200K more for alternative response officers
Saskatoon's board of police commissioners has voted to ask city council for another $200,000 to fund five more alternative response officers next year. The AROs develop relationships with vulnerable r...
Nov 20, 2023 A homeless encampment in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Trial date to be set this month for former Legacy Christian Academy leaders
About half a dozen former students of Saskatoon's Legacy Christian Academy were sitting in a Saskatoon courtroom on Thursday morning. They were there to watch appearances by the school's former princi...
Nov 16, 2023 John Olubobkun, former executive director of Legacy Christian Academy, arrives at the Saskatoon provincial courthouse on Nov. 16, 2023. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. RCMP investigating alleged sexual assault involving child in Spiritwood
RCMP officers in Spiritwood are looking into an alleged sexual assault that was reported on Monday. The RCMP said an investigation determined the assault happened to a child under age 10 at a home in ...
Nov 08, 2023 SIRT is investigation after an officer involved shooting left a man dead on the Red Earth Cree Nation. (File photo)
GoFundMe gathers steam for Saskatoon child with rare genetic disease
To four-year-old Emmett Doucette, everyone is a friend. As his father Andre Doucette opens the front door to his family's home, Emmett squeezes past his dad, takes my hand and places it in his father'...
Nov 07, 2023 (Left to right) Steph McCabe, Emmett Doucette and Andre Doucette. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Dawn Walker handed 12-month conditional sentence, 18 months probation
A Saskatoon woman accused of abducting her child and faking their deaths was handed her sentence on Thursday. Dawn Walker, 49, pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to parental abduction in con...
Nov 02, 2023 Dawn Walker (left) pleaded guilty to three charges during an appearance Thursday in Saskatoon Provincial Court. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Dawn Walker pleads guilty to three charges in Saskatoon courtroom
Dawn Walker, a 49-year-old Saskatoon woman who was accused of abducting her child and faking their deaths, has pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to three charges. According to an agreed sta...
Nov 02, 2023 Dawn Walker. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Saskatoon Transit warns riders to be ready for service disruptions this winter
Saskatoon Transit is letting the public know early that there might be an increase in the number of buses breaking down and the potential for service disruptions this winter. In a report to the city's...
Nov 02, 2023 Saskatoon Transit is saying there could be a number of breakdowns and service disruptions this winter due to an aging fleet. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. adds 279 new job descriptions to immigrant nominee program
When Christina Skrynska came to Saskatchewan from Ukraine, it took her months to find a job. Skrynska said many employers told her she needed to learn English before she could be hired. She also didn'...
Nov 01, 2023 Staff at Saskatoon Fire and Flood join MLA Terry Jenson for the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program announcement on Nov. 1, 2023. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
GPE president caught 'by surprise' by green cart contract dispute
Green Prairie Environmental (GPE) president Richard Weldon is hitting back at the City of Saskatoon for declaring his company in default over a contract on an organics processing facility. Speaking fr...
Oct 31, 2023 A green cart delivered to a Saskatoon home. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Details announced for PST construction rebate, secondary suite incentive
More details about the Saskatchewan government’s Provincial Sales Tax rebate for new home construction and the Secondary Suite Incentive (SSI) grant have been announced. The programs, which were...
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...
