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Transportation committee votes for $4.6M bike lane plan
Saskatoon's downtown cycling lanes are one step closer to becoming a permanent fixture in the city's core. City council's transportation committee voted 5-1 Monday to endorse a plan for the expansion ...
Mar 05, 2019 The protected bike lane on 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Thief snatches Telemiracle donations at Rush game
When the goal was to go higher, one woman at the Saskatchewan Rush game Saturday found a way to go low. As the Rush battled the Calgary Roughnecks, the team put its support behind Telemiracle 43 with ...
Mar 04, 2019 The opening faceoff of a pre-season game between the Saskatchewan Rush and Calgary Roughnecks from Sasktel Centre on Dec. 8, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police seek suspect after downtown sex assault
The Saskatoon police sex crimes unit is looking for surveillance video that may help find the suspect in a sexual assault in the downtown area. Police said a 22-year-old woman was assaulted while walk...
Mar 04, 2019
Saskatoon police seek suspects after woman hurt in shooting
Police are asking the public for information after a shooting early Monday morning in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. Officers were sent to a home on the 2000 block of 17th Street West just a...
Mar 04, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Study using dogs to help Sask. kids with cerebral palsy
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are looking to see if the next breakthrough in cerebral palsy lies with man's best friend. Sarah Donkers, a physiotherapist with the department of rehabil...
Mar 04, 2019 A study at the University of Saskatchewan uses labernese dogs to help children with cerebral palsy walk. (University of Saskatchewan)
Gradual warm-up on the way for Saskatchewan
After a historically cold February in Saskatchewan, the first full week of March is expected to offer some relief, but temperatures will still be well below average for several days. In Saskatoon, nor...
Mar 04, 2019 (ReginaBypass/Twitter)
Blades blank the Rebels, hone in on home ice for playoffs
It seems nothing can go wrong for the Saskatoon Blades right now. The Blades took advantage of a gaffe by Red Deer Rebels goaltender Ethan Anders to clinch a 1-0 win and inch closer to securing home i...
Mar 03, 2019 Saskatoon Blades captain Chase Wouters gives instructions during a game against the Red Deer Rebels on March 3, 2019. (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
Bill C-262 rally pushes for indigenous recognition
The Frances Morrison Library theatre was packed full of support for Bill C-262. The downtown library event was to put pressure on Ottawa to enact a piece of legislation that would align Canada with th...
Mar 03, 2019 A dancer begins a call to action rally in support of Bill C-262 at the France Morrison Library on March 2, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Police seek two suspects in Confederation armed robbery
Saskatoon police are asking for help to find two suspects in an armed robbery early Saturday morning. Officers responded to a call at a business on the 3000 block of Diefenbaker Drive shortly before 2...
Mar 02, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon mayor responds to rail issues in city
A day of rail-related chaos in Saskatoon has rekindled the conversation around getting trains out of the city. A CP Rail train stalled Thursday morning, causing major delays at several intersections. ...
Mar 01, 2019 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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