Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Warman parents on alert after apparent luring attempt
The Prairie Spirit School Division issued an alert late Monday afternoon to parents after a student was approached by an unknown man in Warman. According to the email sent to parents, the man walked u...
May 30, 2023 Prairie Spirit School Division office in Warman (Google)
Multiple-vehicle crash closes Highway 13 near Weyburn
Weyburn RCMP and Fillmore RCMP are currently at the scene of what has been described by police as a serious multi-vehicle collision on Highway 13 approximately 16 kilometres east of Weyburn. Traffic i...
May 29, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Flag-raising ceremony marks start of National Indigenous History Month
By Halyna Mihalik The community cheered Monday as a reconciliation flag was raised at Saskatoon City Hall. The annual flag-raising ceremony marked the start of National Indigenous History Month, which...
May 29, 2023 (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon scientist awarded $500K to study mpox virus
By Halyna Mihalik Saskatoon virologist Alyson Kelvin, who studies infectious diseases, has been awarded half a million dollars from the Canadian government to research the rapidly growing disease of m...
May 29, 2023
Three charged with attempted murder after shooting in Beauval: RCMP
Three people are facing charges of attempted murder after a 20-year-old man was shot multiple times in Beauval on Saturday. Tracking down the suspects involved a car chase and a major search in a wood...
May 29, 2023 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Suspect suffers stab wound during break-in: Saskatoon police
A 37-year-old man is facing a criminal charge - and getting treatment for a stab wound - after allegedly breaking into a home early Monday morning and being confronted by the owner. According to polic...
May 29, 2023 Saskatoon police are investigating after a woman was hit by a train in the area of 25th Street East and Idylwyld Drive on Aug. 31, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Police say suspicious death Saturday was homicide, identify victim
A death on Saturday night that was initially deemed suspicious is now being treated as a homicide by Saskatoon police. According to police, officers were called to a home on Confederation Place at app...
May 29, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Evacuees back home in some northern Sask. communities: SPSA
Evacuees from a number of Saskatchewan communities are back home after the wildfire situation in the province improved. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA), people who had left I...
May 29, 2023 (La Loche Wildfire Update Group/Facebook)
Saskatoon student recognized at national science fair for AI hearing device
A Saskatoon high school student was recognized earlier this month at the Canada-Wide Science Fair for an invention to help the hearing impaired. Yurui Qin, a 15-year-old Centennial Collegiate student,...
May 29, 2023 (Yurui Qin/Submitted)
Three years in, is the Pillars for Life suicide prevention strategy doing any good?
For once, it's a subject Saskatchewan would not want to be leading the pack in - suicide rates - but the province has consistently been either at the top or among the top for suicide rates among the p...
May 29, 2023
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