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's Lastiwka choir members reflect on Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Friday marks one year since Russia's military invaded Ukraine, a war that has brought devastation and destruction to the country and its people. Hundreds of displaced Ukrainians have come to Saskatche...
Feb 23, 2023 Larry Klopoushak (left) is the artistic director and conductor of the Lastiwka choir. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Battle of two possible Lighthouse receivership orders to take place Friday
The final showdown between lawyers representing The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc., and lawyers representing two former co-managers along with Affinity Credit Union has been set by Court of King's B...
Feb 21, 2023 Ryan Pederson (centre) representing Affinity Credit Union exits Court of King's Bench on Feb. 21, 2023. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Alberta greenhouse to supply Saskatoon's parks, planters and civic centres
The tens of thousands of seasonal bedding plants in Saskatoon's parks, planters and civic centres will be coming into the city from Alberta this spring. For more than 60 years, bedding plants have bee...
Feb 18, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Decision on Lighthouse receivership expected Tuesday
A decision on whether to put the Lighthouse Supported Living into receivership has been pushed back until early next week. Over the past two years, the Saskatoon shelter has been mired in conflict ove...
Feb 16, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sale of first five SLGA permits raises millions for province
The auction of the first five SLGA permits raised more than $5 million for the provincial government. Last October, the province announced it would close the last 34 SLGA liquor stores by March 31 and...
Feb 15, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Woman charged as accessory to murder to remain in jail
A 37-year-old woman accused of acting as an accessory to murder after the fact will remain in jail until her next court appearance. Crystal Rose Lafond did not appear in person in Saskatoon Provincial...
Feb 15, 2023 (File photo/650 CKOM)
WestJet to fly direct from Saskatoon to Minneapolis starting in June
Direct flights to Minneapolis will return to Saskatoon in just a few months. In 2020, Delta Airlines officially suspended its Saskatoon to Minneapolis flights in an attempt to reduce its services duri...
Feb 14, 2023 (Skyxe Saskatoon Airport/Facebook)
Former Lighthouse co-managing directors file court documents seeking interim receiver
Court documents filed last week in Court of King's Bench by two former Lighthouse co-managing directors call for an interim receiver to take over the financial operations of the Lighthouse and Blue Mo...
Feb 13, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Surgery booked for woman who found kidney donor with car ad
Just two weeks after Debbie Onishenko learned her new friend Brent Kruger was approved to become her live kidney donor, the two got even more good news: A surgery date. On Feb. 7, 650 CKOM reported th...
Feb 13, 2023 Debbie Onishenko. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Residents concerned over Emergency Wellness Centre impact fill Fairhaven school gym
At least 250 residents from the Fairhaven and Confederation neighbourhoods packed Fairhaven Elementary School Thursday night for their chance to address community leaders, including city councillors H...
Feb 10, 2023 Residents packed the Fairhaven Community School gymnasium on Feb. 9, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/ 650 CKOM)
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