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Saskatoon plans for affordable housing project on Lakewood Civic Centre site
The City of Saskatoon isn't wasting any time moving on the federal government's promise of $41.325 million in Housing Accelerator Fund money. According to a public notice, there is now a proposal to s...
Aug 14, 2024 The proposed site for future affordable housing project on the Lakewood Civic Centre site in Wildwood (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
$3000 reward offered for info on hay bale arsonist in Macklin area
A community in Saskatchewan is offering a $3000 reward for information leading to the discovery and apprehension of what they believe is a hay bale arsonist. Since July, the town of Macklin has been r...
Aug 13, 2024 "Starting on July 29th, we had a call out for some bales on fire and since then it's been 14 calls that we've had for round bales on fire in the ditches," said Macklin Fire Chief Justin Bast. (Macklin and District Fire/Rescue/Facebook)
Stanley Mission gets dedicated vehicle for safer patient transportation
Stanley Mission Cree Nation will now benefit from enhanced medical transportation from a dedicated first responder vehicle. Previously, patient transportation to the local clinic was in the box of a t...
Aug 13, 2024 Eric Jelinski, advanced care paramedic says before there was a first response vehicle Stanley Mission, transportation of patients to the local clinic was done in the box of a truck or SUV. (Mia Holowaychuk/ 650 CKOM)
EXCLUSIVE: Rylan Wiens celebrates Olympic bronze medal in Sask.
Before the Olympic Games, Rylan Wiens said he wanted to bring medals back home to Saskatchewan. Fast forward a month since he left and Wiens has lived up to his goal. He's brought an Olympic bronze me...
Aug 13, 2024 Rylan Wiens shows off his Olympic bronze medal inside the C95 studio. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
VIDEO: Setting the record straight: Fort Battleford adds Indigenous story
Battleford, Sask. - Eric Tootoosis marked National Indigenous People's Day this year by climbing into his truck and making the 65-kilometre drive from his home on Poundmaker First Nation to a site tha...
Aug 13, 2024 Parks Canada has created a Fort Battleford visitor experience working group to explore how the site can share a more thorough history with visitors, including an Indigenous perspective on events that unfolded at the site. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Child seriously injured after collision in Melville
A young boy was taken to hospital by a STARS helicopter after a collision in Melville on Monday evening. According to the RCMP, the collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian happened in the area of...
Aug 13, 2024 Police say the child was transported to hospital in Saskatoon by STARS helicopter. (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Gov. calls Ottawa to prevent 'devastating' rail work stoppage
As the harvest season continues, Saskatchewan's highways minister is calling on the federal labour and transport ministers to step in and prevent work stoppages on the Canadian National and Canadian P...
Aug 13, 2024 Premier Scott Moe and Highways Minister Lori Carr are calling on the federal government to intervene in order to prevent a railway work stoppage which could create a major backlog. (PixelsAway/Depositphotos.com)
How a deathbed confession helped a Sask. man find out his father's secret
Not with a bang, but a whisper Retired University of Regina journalism instructor and filmmaker Layton Burton vividly remembers visiting his father in the hospital during his final days in 1993. "He m...
Aug 13, 2024 'Was it AIDS?' Layton Burton was asked by a neighbour after his father passed. This coupled with the seven words his father last spoke to him led him on a whole new journey to discover his father's most guarded secret, being queer. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon mayor requests $75,000 in renovations ahead of fall election
Saskatoon city council will debate whether to approve a request from outgoing Mayor Charlie Clark for $75,000 in renovations to increase security and functionality in the area around the mayor's offic...
Aug 13, 2024 Some of the renovations aim to improve security, including replacing cameras and adding card access to some areas. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police arrest man after alleged golf club assault
A 39-year-old man is facing assault charges after allegedly swinging a golf club during a confrontation on Sunday morning in Saskatoon, then using the club to intimidate other victims. According to po...
Aug 13, 2024 Police say the 39-year-old man was arrested after a short foot chase and struggle. (IgorVetushko/Depositphotos.com)
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