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Saskatoon school zones resume over Labour Day long weekend
Starting on Monday school zones will go back into effect in Saskatoon, meaning drivers will have to slow down to 30 kilometres per hour in posted areas. With a few days before the change, Saskatoon Po...
Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Correctional Centre lockdown causing backlogs in court
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre has been in lockdown since Monday after two incidents that resulted in four inmates being injured. The lockdown is affecting day-to-day business at the provincial cou...
Aug 29, 2019
City continues to recover money lost to fraudster
The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme. Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order. On Aug. 12 the city discovered t...
Aug 29, 2019
City of Saskatoon announces new transit app
The City of Saskatoon announced an update to its transit app on Thursday. The newly branded Transit+ allows users to pre-book cab rides and ride sharing services based on bus routes. Transit director ...
Aug 29, 2019
Death of man at hotel no longer considered suspicious
Police are no longer investigating the death of 50-year-old Joseph Raymond Skillen as suspicious. Skillen was found dead on Aug. 25 in a hotel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Dr. Once the autopsy was don...
Aug 29, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Harvest still lagging behind in Saskatchewan
A combination of early drought-like conditions, then wet and stormy weather in the province continues to keep harvest running behind. The latest crop report from Sask. Agriculture, shows only six per ...
Aug 29, 2019
Sask. Health minister says vaping legislation expected this fall
Saskatchewan's Health Minister says legislation will likely be tabled this fall for vaping and e-cigarettes. Jim Reiter told reporters in Saskatoon Wednesday the ministry has been consulting with stak...
Aug 29, 2019
RUH unveils new adult ER Wednesday, offers sneak peek
The new Adult Emergency Department at Royal University Hospital (RUH) was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Although there is no set opening date for the department, the promise to cut down on capacity is...
Aug 28, 2019 Royal University Hospital gave media a sneak peek of the new adult E.R. department on August 28, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Provincial government and NDP unveil differing surveys on the future of education
With teachers heading back to the classroom next week, the government and NDP released duelling surveys Wednesday about the state of education in Saskatchewan. NDP Leader Ryan Meili highlighted what h...
Aug 28, 2019
Safety concerns after violence at Saskatoon Correctional Centre
The Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre (SPCC) went into lockdown Monday after two incidents resulted in injuries to four inmates. On Thursday an 18-year-old inmate was rushed to hospital after b...
Aug 28, 2019
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