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Jazz festival gets underway in Saskatoon
The centrepiece of summer in Saskatoon kicks off Friday with the start of the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival. Artistic director Kevin Tobin told The Brent Loucks show this year's lineup includes a...
Jun 22, 2018 (Tourism Saskatoon)
Major repairs coming to Circle Dr. overpass at 33rd St.
A busy stretch of road in Saskatoon will soon be in full construction mode. The city says the entire northbound part of the Circle Drive overpass at 33rd Street will undergo major repairs for two-and-...
Jun 21, 2018
Thousands turn out for reconciliation walk in Saskatoon
Moving towards reconciliation one step at a time, thousands took to Saskatoon's downtown streets Thursday for the annual Rock Your Roots march. People from all walks of life and ethnicity joined in th...
Jun 21, 2018 Thousands of people in Saskatoon attend the annual Rock Your Roots march on June 21, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Garage fire near Cosmo Civic Centre causes $18K in damage
The Saskatoon Fire Department says a fire that burned a detached garage Wednesday evening was deliberately set. Fire crews were called to a home on Milton Street, behind Cosmo Civic Centre, around 8:4...
Jun 21, 2018 Firefighters on scene at 3169 Milton St. after a detached garage went up in flames June 20, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
New name announced for North Commuter Parkway
A list of more than 400 potential names for a new bridge set to open this fall has been pared down to one. A ceremony held Thursday morning revealed the North Commuter Parkway will be named in honour ...
Jun 21, 2018 A ceremony was held on June 21, 2018 to announce Chief Mistawasis Bridge as the new name for the North Commuter Parkway. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Police say suspect caught fleeing scene of stabbing
Saskatoon police have a man in custody after a stabbing early Thursday morning just outside the city's downtown core. Police were called just before 1:30 a.m. with a report of a stabbing in the area o...
Jun 21, 2018
RUH foundation smashes fundraising goal
The Royal University Hospital Foundation surpassed its goal for a three-year fundraising drive to improve emergency medicine at Saskatoon's busiest medical facility. The foundation's GreatE.R. campaig...
Jun 21, 2018
Pakwaw Lake: Home of Saskatchewan's newest millionaire
Everyone's lived through those moments when you just can't believe your eyes. The first time gas went above a dollar. When dollar-a-slice pizza became two-dollar-a-slice pizza. Then there's Carlton Be...
Jun 20, 2018 Carlton Bear poses with his $1-million cheque on June 20, 2018. (Keenan Sorokan/ 650 CKOM)
A Saskatoon 1st: man charged with trying to kill police dog
A man accused of trying to drown a Saskatoon police dog earlier this week has become the first person charged in the city under what's referred to as "Quanto's Law." Quanto, an Edmonton police dog, wa...
Jun 20, 2018 A suspect involved in a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle allegedly threatened to kill, and attempted to drown, PSD Diesel on June 18, 2018. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Southend wildfire grows to 3,000 hectares
By Glenn Hicks, paNOW The wildfire burning near the northern community of Southend which has forced hundreds to flee their homes has quickly grown and now covers 3,000 hectares - 30 square kilometres....
Jun 20, 2018 More than 700 people have been evacuated from the town of Southend after a wildfire grew to 3,000 hectares on June 20, 2018 (Nelson Cook/ Facebook)
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