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Rawlco Radio announces Free Admission Day at Remai Modern
Rawlco Radio is teaming up with Remai Modern to offer free admission Wednesday. This is the fifth event for Rawlco's Free Admission Program, which sees the art gallery offer six free days a year. The ...
Jul 25, 2018 The Remai Modern Art Gallery opened its doors to the public over the weekend of Oct. 21-22, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650CKOM)
Montgomery fire caused by stain-soiled rags: Fire Department
Investigators with the Saskatoon Fire Department have found a cause in one of Saskatoon's largest house fires in recent memory. Just two days after a massive blaze consumed three homes and multiple ve...
Jul 24, 2018 Investigators sort through the ruins of a fire on Crescent Boulevard on July 23, 2018 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
9th Street freeway access to be cut off after council vote
Nutana residents looking to take a shortcut to the freeway only have a few more months to do so, as city council voted Monday in favour of a trial closure of 9th Street at the Idylwyld Drive on-ramp. ...
Jul 24, 2018 The right turn from 9th Street to an Idylwyld Drive on-ramp will close for one year. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Little Leo: Parents share joy as province agrees to pay costs
A Saskatoon family is expressing relief after learning the province will cover thousands of dollars in medical costs tied to their infant son's rare genetic disorder. Crystal and Adam Leptich started ...
Jul 24, 2018 Saskatoon's Leo Leptich was born with epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic condition that causes him to be especially vulnerable to cuts and blisters. (LeoTheBraveLittleLion/Facebook)
Police use Taser after woman jumps off roof
Saskatoon police used a taser on a 29-year-old woman early Tuesday morning. Police said correctional officers asked them to come to the provincial Women's Community Training Residence at 123 La Ronge ...
Jul 24, 2018
City council backs temporary rules for ride-sharing
When ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft make their way into Saskatoon, they won't be required to have in-car cameras and the number of drivers they put out won't be limited. But they will be re...
Jul 24, 2018
Montgomery blaze not suspicious: fire department
Firefighters believe a massive blaze that ripped through multiple homes Sunday in Saskatoon's Montgomery neighbourhood was started accidentally. In an update issued Monday evening, the Saskatoon Fire ...
Jul 24, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon tops rankings as worst crime city in Canada
Saskatoon is the new crime capital of Canada, according to the latest Crime Severity Index (CSI) from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. The 2017 numbers show the Bridge City's CSI and crime ...
Jul 24, 2018
Storage barn blazes at Riverview Hutterite Colony
A barn fire northeast of the city needed the help of multiple fire crews to get it under control. Saskatoon firefighters responded to calls of a storage barn on fire at the Riverview Hutterite Colony ...
Jul 23, 2018 Firefighters battle a blaze in a storage barn at the Riverview Hutterite Colony on July 23, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
NDP blasts cuts to Saskatoon Legal Aid office
Saskatchewan NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer was in Saskatoon Monday to call attention to cuts at the city's Legal Aid office. Saskatoon Legal Aid is set to lose six support staff, with three vacant...
Jul 23, 2018 Saskatchewan NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer speaking to media outside the Saskatoon Provincial Court building on July 23, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
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