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For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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SGI taking a swing at allowing golf carts on municipal roads
A pilot project in the works will take a practice swing at allowing golf carts to operate as vehicles on municipal roadways. But even though the project is currently in the works, SGI spokesperson Tyl...
Apr 25, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan celebrates 100 years of Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
Saskatchewan is celebrating 100 years of the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve. Established in 1923, the navy reserve has two divisions in the province. HMCS Unicorn in Saskatoon was founded April 27, 1923,...
Apr 25, 2023 Members of Saskatoon's naval reserve pose for a photo after receiving the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and their Commissioning Scroll. (HMCS NCSM Unicorn/Twitter)
New VR project will provide mental health support for Saskatchewan students
A new virtual reality (VR) project created by Saskatchewan Polytechnic is aiming to give students in rural Saskatchewan a new mental health resource. Lindsey Boechler, the project's research lead, sai...
Apr 25, 2023 (Saskatchewan Polytechnic/Submitted)
Take steps to reduce hantavirus risk during spring cleaning: Health ministry
Spring cleaning is underway around Saskatchewan, but the provincial health ministry is warning cleaners to be aware of the risk of hantavirus while working in enclosed spaces. According to the Ministr...
Apr 25, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Classes remain cancelled after two people stabbed at La Loche high school
School officials in La Loche have decided not to bring back students for classes after a staff member and a student were stabbed at the local high school last week. On Saturday, Dene High School annou...
Apr 25, 2023
Meewasin kicks off annual cleanup campaign
Meewasin's 42nd annual cleanup campaign commenced on Monday, and will continue through the end of May. The initiative calls on community groups, associations and individuals to pick up trash and thoro...
Apr 24, 2023 (Dulce Abela/650 CKOM)
Police seize kilograms of meth, cocaine, fentanyl near Maidstone
A licence, registration and sobriety check led police to a major drug seizure on Friday. According to the RCMP, police seized seven kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 3.3 kilograms of fentanyl and ...
Apr 24, 2023 (RCMP/Submitted)
Darrell Night, man who helped prompt Stonechild inquiry, dead at 56
Darrell Night, the man whose story helped prompt the inquiry into the freezing death of Neil Stonechild, has died at age 56. On a freezing cold night in 2000, Night was picked up by Saskatoon police a...
Apr 24, 2023 Darrell Night's experience helped prompt the inquiry into the 1990 freezing death of Neil Stonechild. (650 CKOM file photo)
Second man charged in 2009 murder in Saskatoon
Another man has been charged in relation to a historical murder in Saskatoon. Two weeks after police charged a 32-year-old man with two murders from 2009 - including the stabbing death of Morgan Douce...
Apr 24, 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)
Spring cleanup underway in Saskatoon's outdoor sport areas
Cleanup is underway in Saskatoon's outdoor sport areas this week. Brad Babyak, Saskatoon's recreation services manager, said the recent snowfall has left workers playing catch-up. "The spring snowstor...
Apr 24, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
