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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Sobey Foundation donates towards mental health initiative at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
A dedicated Mental Health Intensive Care Room will be established at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon, thanks to a donation from the Sobey Foundation and Sobeys Inc. According to the ...
Aug 26, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Demand for full-time online learning surges for Saskatoon Public Schools
Support staff, administration and teachers are preparing this week and next, for what is going to be a very different school year because of COVID-19. Parents and students will have the option of atte...
Aug 25, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
City council to decide whether to give green light to whistleblower policy
Four years after a July, 2016 inquiry by Ward 5 councillor Randy Donauer, a preliminary document has been prepared by city administration to develop a whistleblower policy for City of Saskatoon employ...
Aug 25, 2020
Committee recommends transit mask mandate- but city council has final say
After many questions and much debate, Saskatoon's governance and priorities committee is recommending that council approve a mandatory mask policy for transit users, adding that anyone visiting a civi...
Aug 24, 2020
Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centres experience surge in demand
Sun West School Division's superintendent of technology knew he'd see an increase in demand for student online learning options this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What he didn't know, was how...
Aug 11, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon transportation committee votes unanimously to recommend hike in cab fares
Taxi fares could be going up in Saskatoon after the city's standing policy committee on transportation unanimously agreed to recommend the increase at its meeting Monday afternoon. Mark Wilson, licens...
Aug 10, 2020
Provincial government announces $35 million to help tourism, event operators
Tourism operators in Saskatchewan struggling to make ends meet can apply for some financial relief soon. Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison and Tourism Minister Gene Makowsky announ...
Aug 10, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Prince Albert National Park overflow campground evacuated early Sunday morning
Overflow campers were told to pack up and leave Prince Albert National Park early Sunday morning after a strange incident. RCMP say they received multiple calls just before 3 a.m. about someone either...
Aug 09, 2020
Neighbour near burning Nutana-area home woke to 'horrific cries'
A faint campfire-like smell around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning didn't concern LeeAnn Latrimouille when she went to bed. She simply thought it might be a neighbour relaxing in their yard. Latrimouille liv...
Aug 07, 2020 The porch of a home in the 500 Blk. of Albert Street in Saskatoon is completely destroyed, after fire gutted the home early Friday morning. (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
Nearly 10,000 sign online petition asking for a better back-to-school plan
Every few seconds, the dial on a Change.org petition turns, adding more signatures of support asking the Saskatchewan government to reconsider its Safe Schools Plan. So far, there are nearly 10,000 si...
Aug 06, 2020
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