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Saskatoon sexual assault case stayed due to six-year delay
A sexual assault case in Saskatoon has been stayed after a delay of almost six years led to a Charter issue. Back in April of 2018, a complaint was made to Saskatoon police about a sexual assault alle...
May 23, 2024 A sexual assault case has been stayed after a judge found delays violated the Charter right of the accused to be tried within a reasonable time frame. (650 CKOM file photo)
Seeding passes halfway mark in Saskatchewan: Crop Report
Seeding is more than halfway complete in the province, according to the weekly Crop Report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. According to the latest report, which covered the week ending ...
May 23, 2024 More than half of the 2024 crop is in the ground, as producers continue to make good progress despite delays due to rainfall. (650 CKOM file photo)
Men carrying 'improvised firearm' arrested after allegedly mugging teen boy
Two men were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly mugging a teen boy in Saskatoon's Riversdale neighbourhood. According to police, officers were called to the area of 20th Street West and Avenue C So...
May 23, 2024 Police say officers caught up with the suspects shortly after the alleged robbery. (650 CKOM file photo)
SaskTel service outage affecting several southern Sask. communities
Several southern Saskatchewan communities are without phone and Internet service due to a SaskTel outage. According to SaskTel, the outage - which includes Internet, wireless and landline service - is...
May 23, 2024 There's currently no estimate for when the services will be restored. (650 CKOM file photo)
Stockyard ordered to pay $325,000 after worker death and injury
Spiritwood Stockyards Ltd. has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and surcharges after two incidents which left one worker dead and other seriously hurt. The company pleaded...
May 23, 2024 A stockyard has been fined for two separate incidents which left one worker badly hurt and another dead. (650 CKOM file photo)
Rock 102's Show & Shine Weekend rolls back into Saskatoon in August
Hundreds of classic cars will be shining brightly in downtown Saskatoon this August during the 42nd edition of Rock 102's Show & Shine Weekend. The annual summer staple is back this year, running ...
May 23, 2024 The Show & Shine Weekend features the biggest outdoor car show in western Canada. (Rock 102/Facebook)
Council to consider borrowing $22 million for organics processing facility
Saskatoon's city councillors will contemplate a plan to borrow more than $22 million to construct an organics processing facility over the next two years. A previous agreement with Green Prairie Envir...
May 23, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says the financial impacts will be even greater if the city doesn't build its own facility. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
VIDEO: The Saskatoon Club opens its doors for a glimpse inside
If the walls of The Saskatoon Club could talk, stories and secrets spanning more than a century would be spilled. The members-only club has been discreetly operating within the heart of the bridge cit...
May 23, 2024 The members-only club has been operating in the heart of Saskatoon for 117 years.
JPCH Foundation donates $2 million for new pediatric research fund
The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation is donating $2 million over the next five years, to create a new pediatric research fund at University of Saskatchewan's Department of Pediatrics. The m...
May 22, 2024 The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation has donated $2 million to establish a new pediatric research fund (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
(L to R) Peter Stoicheff, University of Saskatchewan President; Marilyn Baetz,Interim Dean U of S College of Medicine; Dr. Terry Klaussen, provincial pediatrics department head, Dr. Laurentiu Givelichian, Board Chair; Brynn Boback-Lane, President and CEO JPCH Foundation; Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan Health Minister
(Centre) Nicko Karpan, JPCH Foundation ambassador
Construction on flood control project in Brevoort Park begins
Construction is starting on a project designed to mitigate flooding in the Brevoort Park neighbourhood during summer storms. The project, which is expected to be completed next year, will see new stor...
May 22, 2024 Underground water storage tanks will be installed in Brevoort Park as part of Saskatoon's flood mitigation strategy. (City of Saskatoon/Twitter)
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