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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Regina mother needs help after child goes missing with anti-vax father
It's a parent's worst nightmare -- not knowing where your child is, and not being able to see them, hug them or hear their voice. That's what a Regina mother has been going through for the last two mo...
Jan 19, 2022
Saskatoon SPCA to end abuse and neglect investigations
The Saskatoon SPCA will stop investigating animal abuse, neglect and hoarding complaints on April 1. Executive Director Graham Dickson said the organization has been providing animal protection servic...
Jan 18, 2022
Fire and Ice: Saskatoon ice sculpture brings the heat
It took two 12-foot dump trailers and about a week for Mel Thompson to bring life to "Snow-micron" the dragon. The bright blue snow and ice sculpture is about 30-feet-long, five-foot-eight-inches high...
Jan 17, 2022 Snow-micron, the dragon ice sculpture is about 30-feet-long, nearly six feet tall and takes up the entire front yard of Mel Thompson's home on Cairns Avenue. (Mel Thompson/Submitted)
Saskatchewan parents feel stress, anxiety as COVID cases pile up in schools
Keeping her kids in school and in sports is a high priority for North Battleford's Amber Stewart. But that changed last week when one of her three school-aged children tested positive for COVID-19. "M...
Jan 14, 2022
Another winning Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Saskatoon
The Lotto Max seems to love Saskatoon. According to the latest numbers posted on the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation website, someone bought a ticket in Saskatoon on Friday, Jan. 7, that matched ...
Jan 08, 2022
Saskatoon PPE company sees rise in demand for locally made masks, respirators
Saskatoon's Benchmark PPE is seeing an exponential rise in demand for not only its certified medical grade masks in recent weeks but also for its C-95 respirators. "It's like 15 times more demand. It ...
Jan 07, 2022 Olga Bugrova, co-owner of Benchmark PPE, with one of the company's masks. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
6,000 full-time jobs added in Saskatchewan in December, says Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is out with the latest national and provincial employment numbers for December. According to a release, there were 55,000 full-time jobs added nationally in December. But the nationa...
Jan 07, 2022
THE YEAR AHEAD: Clark hopeful for better year in 2022
It has been a tough couple of pandemic years, but Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark believes 2022 could be a turning point. He's hoping for what he calls a "more normal" year, which includes a host of cit...
Jan 06, 2022 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon school bus service cancelled once again due to extreme cold
The bitterly cold temperatures in Saskatoon are once again to blame for a host of school bus cancellations. The Saskatoon Public School Division (SPSD) and the Greater Saskatoon Public School Division...
Jan 06, 2022
Rapid tests offer 'layer' of protection against COVID-19: Shahab
There won't be any change to public health orders in Saskatchewan - at least not in the foreseeable future. During a news conference on Wednesday, Education Minister Dustin Duncan, joined by chief med...
Jan 05, 2022
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