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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Police chief hopes officers can be included in Phase 2 of COVID vaccine rollout plan
Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper, who has just recovered after falling ill with COVID-19, told the Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday he hopes his officers will be listed as a priority group ...
Jan 29, 2021
Saskatoon councillors vote in favour of anti-conversion therapy draft bylaw
Saskatoon is one step closer to joining several other Canadian cities in banning businesses from practising conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is generally defined as providing counselling, behavi...
Jan 28, 2021
City of Saskatoon to review rail line 'interswitching' in Canada Transportation Act
It apparently has been done only once before, but Saskatoon city administration will look into the possibility of "interswitching" a rail line between CN and CP. A motion made by Ward 1 Coun. Darren H...
Jan 27, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon city council gives amended Residential Parking Permit bylaw the green light
Residents in high-traffic neighbourhoods near Saskatoon's hospitals, schools and businesses now have a way to ease some of the congestion. At Monday's meeting, city council unanimously approved change...
Jan 27, 2021
Varsity View couple hopes someone returns Bo the boxer's wheelchair
Last weekend, was Bo the Boxer's 10th birthday. David and Danielle Sherin took her out for a special birthday walk, and came back to their home in Saskatoon's Varsity View neighborhood. Bo (short for ...
Jan 23, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks at three pubs along Sutherland's Central Avenue
In the past 10 days, there have been at least three pubs/restaurants in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighbourhood with declared COVID-19 outbreaks. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the first...
Jan 22, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Review on carbon monoxide detector regulations needed, says Clark
Can the City of Saskatoon take any steps to prevent carbon monoxide poisonings in the future? That's what Mayor Charlie Clark will ask Monday, when he expects to present a notice of motion during a ci...
Jan 21, 2021 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon city council to consider changes to Residential Parking Permit program
Some big changes could be on the way for Saskatoon's Residential Parking Permit (RPP) program. According to a report from administration provided to city council last spring, the program hasn't change...
Jan 21, 2021
Saskatoon city councillor calls for cable barriers along stretch of Circle Drive
Cable barriers along a stretch of Circle Drive East in Saskatoon may have saved a young woman's life, according to Saskatoon city councillor David Kirton. A 24-year-old woman died last week after the ...
Jan 20, 2021 (Submitted photo)
Anti-conversion therapy draft bylaw goes to Saskatoon city council
A draft bylaw that could eventually prohibit any Saskatoon business or individual from practising conversion therapy will now go to city council for consideration. Conversion therapy is counselling, b...
Jan 18, 2021
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