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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Downtown wellness centre extension unanimously approved by council
A wellness centre and shelter in downtown Saskatoon has the green light to remain at its current location until April of next year. The centre, located at 145 2nd Avenue North and run by the Saskatoon...
Jun 08, 2022 The outside of the temporary wellness centre in downtown Saskatoon on Dec. 17, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan dairy farmer says industry seeing ‘unprecedented’ costs
Blaine McLeod has been a full-time dairy farmer in the Caronport area near Moose Jaw for the last 41 years. He has 340 dairy cows and farms about 2,000 acres — a “relatively small” f...
Jun 08, 2022
New Saskatoon playground and school speed limit zones to take effect Sept. 1
Over the next few months, there will be some new signs going up around playgrounds and sports fields in Saskatoon, and speed limit signs coming down around high schools. At a May 24 meeting, city coun...
Jun 07, 2022 Saskatoon school zone. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
8 in 10 Canadians to make lifestyle changes due to rising inflation: BMO index
According to a recent Bank of Montreal survey, eight in 10 Canadians plan to cut back on just about everything as costs continue to increase. Speaking with Gormley on Monday, Gayle Ramsay -- BMO's hea...
Jun 06, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Fire damages former Marcelin high school building
A fire late Sunday afternoon has damaged a former high school in the village of Marcelin. The village of around 150 people is located an hour's drive north of Saskatoon. According to Blaine Lake Fire ...
Jun 06, 2022 (Bill Konkin/Submitted)
Gas prices taking big chunk out of small business owner's budget
Gas prices are taking a big bite out of the budget of a small business in Saskatchewan. Karl Hamilton has been running his business for the past three years, installing internet and TV satellite servi...
Jun 06, 2022
Saskatoon Airport Authority hoping to have direct Minneapolis flights reinstated by 2023
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Saskatoon was "well-served" with four direct U.S. flights including Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix and Minneapolis. During the pandemic, all but one of those flights wer...
May 30, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Former Blades goalie heading back to Europe to help Ukrainian refugees
Former NHL, KHL and Saskatoon Blades goalie Michael Garnett and his wife Rebecca Rider are heading to Europe for the second time in just a few months. This time, they’re heading for Romania and ...
May 19, 2022
Saskatoon family makes harrowing escape from Mariupol
Viktor Filipov, his wife and their two-year-old daughter have only been in Saskatoon for three weeks, but it's a world away from the shelling, the bombing and the destruction in Mariupol, Ukraine. Fil...
May 18, 2022 Local residents stand at a bus stop in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
Ukrainian Canadian Congress' Saskatoon branch celebrates international Vyshyvanka Day
Around 200 people were at Saskatoon's River Landing on Sunday to take part in a Stand With Ukraine rally, to welcome newcomers to the city from Ukraine and to recognize International Vyshyvanka Day. L...
May 16, 2022 UCC Saskatoon's Stand With Ukraine Rally at River Landing on May 15, 2022. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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