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St. Paul's Hospital eyes safety improvements amid neighbourhood crime spree
As the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood deals with an increase in violent crime St. Paul's Hospital is looking to improve safety at its facility. "We've certainly seen a spike in violent crime in the neigh...
Oct 02, 2019 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
New urban reserve planned for Hampton Village
A patch of land in Hampton Village is set to become Saskatoon's next urban reserve. The 40 acre plot is owned by the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Chief Evan Taypotat said their main goal is economic de...
Oct 02, 2019 Chief Evan Taypotat presenting to city council. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
'To me, it's disgusting,' Saskatoon candidate struggling with sign vandalism
As the federal election date of Oct. 21 nears, one candidate is struggling with vandalism on his election signs. Mark Friesen, the Peoples Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for the Saskatoon-Grasswood r...
Oct 02, 2019 Peoples Party of Canada candidate Mark Friesen election sign knocked over, Oct. 2, 2019.
(Justin Blackwell/650 CKOM)
Junior Achievement Saskatchewan cancels programs, lays off employees
A Saskatchewan non-profit has cancelled programs and laid off employees. Junior Achievement (JA) Saskatchewan is the provincial chapter of a national organization that teaches young people about busin...
Oct 02, 2019 The Junior Achievement Saskatchewan logo.
(JASask/Twitter)
UPDATE: Missing man found dead at RUH
A 72-year-old man reported missing over the weekend was found dead in a publicly accessible area at Royal University Hospital (RUH) Tuesday, three days after he went missing. Allan Landrie went missin...
Oct 02, 2019 Allan Landrie (Saskatoon Police/Facebook)
Fire crews rescue driver from flipped van in Saskatoon
One person suffered minor injuries after a rollover at the start of rush hour Tuesday. A release from the fire department said a van and car collided at 8th Street and Circle Drive around 5 p.m. The f...
Oct 02, 2019 A van ended up on its roof after a collision at Circle Drive and 8th Street Tuesday afternoon (Saskatoon Fire)
Health authority addressing safety concerns at children's hospital
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said it is addressing and prioritizing safety concerns at the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH). Some of those issues were brought to light by psychia...
Oct 01, 2019 Saskatoon police allege a teenage girl was threatened with a weapon and sexually assaulted in a bathroom at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Oct 11, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Demolition delayed for abandoned Briarwood home
The owner of a house in Briarwood that has been the subject of complaints from neighbours has been given 10 days to make its case as to why the house shouldn't be demolished. A Queen's Bench judge ord...
Oct 01, 2019 (Justin Blackwell/650 CKOM)
Areas in Saskatchewan receive up to 40 cm of snow in latest storm
Saskatchewan experienced a few wet and snowy days before the calendar flipped to October. In a tweet, Environment Canada and Climate Change Weather Saskatchewan said a strong Idaho low created winter ...
Oct 01, 2019 Saskatoon received snow and rain accumulations of up to 10 mm on Sept. 29 and 30, 2019. (Adam Crocker/Twitter)
Increase to Saskatchewan minimum wage effective today
Saskatchewan's minimum wage increased by 26 cents to an hourly rate of $11.32 on Tuesday. The change was announced back in June, making it the 11th time the wage has been increased since 2007. Accordi...
Oct 01, 2019
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