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Ribfest takes over Diefenbaker Park for long weekend
The smell of barbecue will waft over the Exhibition neighbourhood throughout the August Long Weekend as Saskatoon Rotary Ribfest is back for another year. During this year's festival, people can sampl...
Aug 01, 2019
The Lighthouse: more than just a place to get sober
The Lighthouse in Downtown Saskatoon has been a fixture for years and for many, it isn't a positive one. The building is one of the most historic in Saskatoon, but what many see when they drive down 2...
Jul 31, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Fired Saskatoon cop found not guilty of arrest assault
A former Saskatoon cop is looking to get his job back after a judge cleared him of assault on Tuesday. Cheers erupted in the courtroom after Justice Richard Danyliuk found Jarrett Gelowitz not guilty ...
Jul 31, 2019 Jarrett Gelowitz arrives for Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench on July 31, 2019. (Global News)
Road repairs at 22nd and Idylwyld to last most of day
The city of Saskatoon is warning drivers to avoid 22nd Street and Idylwyld Wednesday. Traffic at the major intersection is heavily restricted this morning while crews finish patching the road after Sa...
Jul 31, 2019 Road repairs underway at 22nd Street and Idylwyld after Monday's natural gas line leak (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Four-vehicle collision results in serious injuries
A four-vehicle crash in Saskatoon on Tuesday morning sent a 32-year-old man to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two other people were also injured in the collision at 19th Street West and Aven...
Jul 30, 2019
FCAA warns consumers of door to door driveway scams
The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) is warning Saskatchewan residents about driveway repair scams. FCAA said some contractors may be unlicensed, or may use leftover materials that crea...
Jul 30, 2019
Natural gas leak shuts down major intersection in Saskatoon
A main access into downtown Saskatoon was shutdown for a gas leak Monday evening. Around 8:30 p.m. fire crews returning from a call detected the smell of natural gas coming from the intersection of 22...
Jul 30, 2019 Idylwyld and 22nd Street was shutdown for several hours Monday evening as crews dealt with a natural gas leak (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon hospitals safe according to health authority
Early Sunday, a man was spotted outside Royal University Hospital with a knife. Security held the man until police arrived. It happened a week to the day after a nurse was robbed outside St. Paul's Ho...
Jul 29, 2019
Food Truck Wars wraps up with minimal waste
Food Truck Wars welcomed thousands of people through its temporary stay in Riversdale this weekend. One thing not welcome was the waste. For the second year in a row, the festival strove to be a zero ...
Jul 28, 2019 A customer is handed an order at Food Truck Wars on July 28, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Passive housing gives proof to new climate action plan
Many people in Saskatoon raised concerns when a new municipal climate action master plan was introduced on Thursday. Of the many action items listed in the multiple phases of the 30-year plan, residen...
Jul 28, 2019 Radiance Cohousing opened in November 2018, and features the latest in energy-efficient technology. (Radiance Cohousing/Facebook)
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