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TCU Place asks City of Saskatoon for multi-million-dollar line of credit
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge financial toll on many businesses and companies, and TCU Place in Saskatoon is no different. At the governance and priorities committee meeting Monday, a request...
Jun 21, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
City council to consider name change to John A. Macdonald Road next week
A motion to have Saskatoon's John A. Macdonald Road renamed has passed the first step. At Monday's governance and priorities committee meeting, Coun. David Kirton brought forward a motion on the matte...
Jun 21, 2021 Saskatoon city council voted Wednesday 8-3 in favour of renaming John A Macdonald Road. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police say 59-year-old man died in explosion
The Saskatoon Police Service confirmed Monday the body found after an explosion Saturday morning is that of a 59-year-old man who lived in the house. The Major Crimes Section said the man died when th...
Jun 21, 2021 Emergency crews responded to a house explosion on Clarence Avenue South on June 19, 2021. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
'Nothing we could do': Neighbours describe the moment a Saskatoon home exploded
Lisa Polowski was laying on her couch playing games on her phone early Saturday morning when a sound she'll never forget rang through the neighbourhood. "It just sounded like the house was falling dow...
Jun 19, 2021 Emergency crews responded to a house explosion on Clarence Avenue South on June 19, 2021. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Construction on Broadway condo project still up in the air
People heading to Broadway Avenue have yet to see construction resume on a 17-storey building approved in 2019. It has been a long wait to see what will be happening to Highpoint, a new residential an...
Jun 19, 2021 (Payton Zillich/650 CKOM)
Rush monster truck ends up in hands of Manitoba auto dealer
The Saskatchewan Rush has new owners and so does a well known symbol of the Saskatoon-based lacrosse team. The Rush monster truck was recently sold by former owner, Bruce Urban to an auto dealer in Wi...
Jun 19, 2021 The Saskatchewan Rush monster truck recently appeared in a Kijiji ad after being sold to dealership in Winnipeg. (Kijiji)
One dead after Saskatoon home levelled in early morning explosion
One person was killed after a home on the 2200 block of Clarence Avenue South was levelled by an explosion on Saturday morning. As police officers approached the house that was on fire, an explosion c...
Jun 19, 2021 Emergency crews responded to a house explosion on Clarence Avenue South on June 19, 2021. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Saskatoon police seeking man after suspected stabbing
Saskatoon police are searching for a man after what appears to be a stabbing Thursday night. Saskatoon Police Service responded to a call around 9:37 p.m. in the 200 block of 23rd Street East. There, ...
Jun 18, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan quarantine project cooks up a museum-worthy impact
It all started as a way to help her kids learn how to cook over the lockdown. Now it's making waves as a museum-worthy cookbook. Dawna Doell is the creator of The Official Quarantine Cookbook. When he...
Jun 18, 2021 (theofficialquarantinecookbook.ca)
Man arrested after armed carjacking in Saskatoon
A 41-year-old man is facing charges after a carjacking at gun point in Saskatoon. It occurred around 10:00 p.m. Thursday in the 1400 block of Eighth Street East. The victim, who police said knew the s...
Jun 18, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
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