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50 Days, 5 km, $1,600: Shawna Ryan pounds the pavement for Saskatoon Food Bank
When Saskatoon Paralympian Shawna Ryan crossed the finish line on Saturday it marked more than running five kilometres every day for 50 days. It was also the day before her 50th birthday, and the effo...
Nov 16, 2024 Shawna Ryan crossed the finish line on Nov. 16, 2024 at the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre after running 5K every day for 50 days to raise funds and awareness for the food bank. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Sask. winter announces arrival with freezing drizzle, snow
A low pressure system moving into Saskatchewan from Montana will bring heavy snowfall for southeastern parts of the province today. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a number of warn...
Nov 16, 2024 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Operation Red Nose set to launch in Saskatoon, P.A., Battlefords on Nov. 30
Operation Red Nose is getting ready to roll for the 16th time in Saskatchewan. The goal of the program, which launches in Saskatoon on November 30, is to ensure those who are out enjoying the holiday ...
Nov 16, 2024 Operation Red Nose will begin on Nov. 30. The service will be in operation eight times over the holidays, helping get you and your car home safely after a night out. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Whirlwind schedule begins Friday for new Saskatoon city councillors
Campaigning and winning the election may have been the "easy" part for six new Saskatoon city councillors, because there's going to be a lot on their plates over the next six weeks. Only four of 10 co...
Nov 15, 2024 Saskatoon's six new councillors have a lot of learning ahead of them. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
New Saskatchewan wind power facility now online
More clean electricity will soon be flowing through Saskatchewan's energy grid as the new Bekevar Wind Energy Facility gets up and running. The facility, located north of Moose Mountain Provincial Par...
Nov 15, 2024 The Bekevar Wind Energy Facility, north of Moose Mountain Provincial Park, is now online. (SaskPower/Submitted)
Saskatoon sees major changes with six new councillors elected
More than half of Saskatoon's city council will be new following Wednesday's municipal election, with six wards electing brand new councillors, marking a shift the city hasn't seen in decades. Robert ...
Nov 15, 2024 Jasmine Parker, the new city councillor for Ward 6 in Saskatoon, on election night. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Doctors in La Ronge diagnose 27 cases of scurvy
By Glynn Brothen Within the last six months, doctors in La Ronge have treated 27 cases of scurvy, bringing to light the severe impact of food insecurity in the province's North. It started with a shar...
Nov 15, 2024 The La Ronge health centre. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Def Leppard to headline Country Thunder 2025 in Craven
Legendary rock group Def Leppard will headline the 2025 edition of Country Thunder Saskatchewan, along with Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman. The festival, which runs from July 10-13 in Craven, is cr...
Nov 15, 2024 Hall of fame rockers Def Leppard will headline the 2025 Country Thunder festival in Craven. (Def Leppard/Twitter)
Big Island Lake man charged with forcible confinement, assault with a weapon
A man from Big Island Lake Cree Territory is facing a list of criminal charges after a woman he had allegedly forcibly confined escaped and was able to get help. According to the RCMP, officers got a ...
Nov 14, 2024 Mounties are searching for 42-year-old Lorne Singer in connection with a forcible confinement and assault case. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
No arrests after bear spray set off in Midtown store: Police
Police say no arrests have been made after bear spray was set off in a store inside Saskatoon's Midtown mall on Wednesday evening. According to police, officers were called to the mall on First Avenue...
Nov 14, 2024 Police were called to the mall on First Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
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