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City committee hits the brakes on reduced speeds on residential streets
Saskatoon's transportation committee has voted to not proceed with reducing speed limits in the city. The motion to see speed limits on local and collector streets in Saskatoon reduced from 50 kilomet...
Sep 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
RNA load in Saskatoon's wastewater increases slightly, but there are signs of COVID slowdown
Whichever way you look at it, there's good and bad news coming from the University of Saskatchewan's wastewater research team. The team released its findings for Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince...
Sep 07, 2021 The University of Saskatchewan. (Global Institute for Water Security)
FSIN calls on feds, policing partners to help curb tragedies on Indigenous communities
Avoidable and preventable tragedies. That's how the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations described recent events in Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan. This was all from a release by the FSI...
Sep 07, 2021 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron speaks at the Saskatoon Inn on March 27, 2019. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
U of S athlete finishes seventh at international track competition
Avery Pearson competed on behalf of the University of Saskatchewan across the ocean before she even sat down in a Saskatoon lecture hall. The 18-year-old Meadow Lake track athlete just returned from c...
Sep 07, 2021 Avery Pearson competes in Nairobi at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the women’s 800 metres, winning first in her heat on Aug. 19, 2021. (Submitted)
Charges laid in connection to James Smith Cree Nation shooting
The man at the centre of a manhunt in Saskatchewan on the weekend has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Shawn Moostoos, 33, was the subject of a la...
Sep 07, 2021
Greg Fertuck pleads not guilty in first-degree murder trial
After a six-month delay due to COVID-19 concerns, the Crown delivered its opening statements Tuesday in the Greg Fertuck trial at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon. Dressed in a bright orange T-shir...
Sep 07, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 7: Lowest daily total of vaccinations reported
Saskatchewan reported Tuesday its lowest single-day total of COVID-19 vaccinations since injections started in March. The Ministry of Health said 294 doses of COVID vaccine were administered, includin...
Sep 07, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
'They had an hour to save my sister:' Family of murder victim upset with RCMP
Roxanne Aubichon's mother called the RCMP early last Monday afternoon to report her daughter, Charlene Graham, was missing and presumed taken by her estranged husband. Later that afternoon, Graham was...
Sep 07, 2021 Charlene Graham, 34, died after she was shot by her estranged husband Aug. 30, 2021. (Charlene Graham/Facebook)
Two charged after murder on Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation
Two men have been charged in connection with a murder that occurred Friday on the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation. Just before 7 a.m., the Rosthern RCMP received a call from Rosthern EMS reporting ...
Sep 07, 2021
Greg Fertuck murder trial finally set to begin in Saskatoon
The Greg Fertuck murder trial is set to begin Tuesday at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon following a postponement earlier this year because of COVID-19 concerns. Fertuck is accused of killing his ...
Sep 07, 2021
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