Murray Wood: Connecting with my granddaughter on the swing set
Murray Wood shared a trip to the park with his granddaughter on Sunday, reflecting on her almost limitless capacity for ...
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Sask. begins 2025 with some of Canada's lowest unemployment rates
Saskatchewan started the year tied for the lowest unemployment rate among provinces sitting at 5.4 per cent compared to the national average of 6.6 per cent, based on data from the latest labour force...
Feb 08, 2025 Saskatchewan started the year tied for the lowest unemployment rate among provinces sitting at 5.4 per cent compared to the national average of 6.6 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. (twixx/ Depositphotos.com)
Gallagher trial: Megan's dad calls 7-Year sentence 'Not OK'
A courtroom inside the Saskatoon Court of King's Bench was packed with Megan Gallagher's friends and family as the judge handed down a seven-year sentence each for two women involved in her death. The...
Feb 06, 2025 Brian Gallagher, Megan’s dad said the sentence “is not okay” and calls for more to be done within the justice system. Feb. 6, 2025 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Police investigate GPS tracking, 10 victims identified
Saskatoon Police say there are 10 victims in an ongoing investigation after GPS trackers were found on vehicles. According to authorities some the victims share the same vehicle. Forty-six-year old Ma...
Jan 31, 2025 A GPS tracker found on a vehicle in Saskatoon. Police said officers believe there may be more trackers attached to other vehicles in the community. (Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted)
Métis housing corporation to develop low-income units on civic centre site
Development plans for an affordable housing project in Saskatoon's Wildwood neighbourhood are now in motion. On Thursday, Camponi Housing Corporation announced it has been selected by the city to deve...
Jan 30, 2025 120 affordable housing units are expected to be built on the Lakewood Civic Centre site in 2027. (Camponi Housing Corporation/submitted)
Saskatoon's 2025 assessment shows residential property values increase by 13 per cent average
In Saskatoon, residential property value has gone up by a 13 per cent average, while the average commercial property has decreased by two per cent, according to the city's 2025 property assessment. Br...
Jan 29, 2025 Bryce Trew, Sasaktoon's city assessor,said newer areas in Saskatoon will see the highest increase in property value. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Alfred Okyere's family awaits answers as court process begins
Family and friends of 23-year-old Alfred Okyere sat in a Saskatoon courtroom on Wednesday hoping for an update on the man charged with Okyere's murder. Okyere, an international student from Ghana, was...
Jan 29, 2025 Victor Yeke (left) president of the Ghana Canadian Association in Saskatoon, said he hopes ‘justice will be served’ in the case, which is currently before the courts. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Visitor spending in Saskatoon returns to pre-pandemic levels
Saskatoon's tourism industry raked in $781 million in visitor spending last year, returning to pre-pandemic levels. Last week, Tourism Regina released data showing that visitor spending increased by 2...
Jan 29, 2025 Saskatoon’s tourism industry raked in $781 million in visitor spending in 2024. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Pleasant Hill anti-gang meeting not intended for public, police say
A meeting to address concerns about gang activity and recruitment was abruptly cancelled last Wednesday and Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) says it's because information intended for the meeting was no...
Jan 27, 2025 Saskatoon's 15th homicide of 2024 was in Pleasant Hill, when Saskatoon Police Service's Guns and Gangs Unit discovered the body of Timothy Tootoosis on Dec.18 while executing a search warrant. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Former Macklin firefighter pleads guilty in hay bale arson case
A former Macklin firefighter has pleaded guilty to arson after lighting a hay bale on fire in a field near Macklin and Evesham last July, sparking concern throughout the community. Last Monday, Logan ...
Jan 27, 2025 A former firefighter has pleaded guilty to arson in connection with a hay bale fire last summer. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
Student Alfred Okyere stabbed to death just months after arriving in Saskatoon
Alfred Okyere recently moved from Ghana to Saskatoon as an international student. But less than four months after arriving in the city, the 23-year-old was stabbed to death at his part-time job, and h...
Jan 24, 2025 Alfred Okyere, 23, moved to Saskatoon from Ghana as an international student in September. (Alexander Osei-Owusu/Submitted)
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