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NDP Leader Ryan Meili calls for more green jobs and initiatives
There should be more emphasis on reducing greenhouse gases and creating more "green" jobs in Saskatchewan, according to NDP Leader Ryan Meili. Standing in front of an electrical substation in Saskatoo...
Apr 01, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
APAS report gives 43 recommendations to improve rural internet connectivity
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is out with its final report to address spotty or absent internet in rural internet and cell connectivity. The province's largest farm organizati...
Apr 01, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon not likely to meet initial greenhouse gas emission targets by 2023
It was a lofty goal set back in June 2017: A 40 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by the City of Saskatoon by 2023, and an 80 per cent by 2050. Along with that, the city wanted to ...
Mar 31, 2021
Carbon Capture and Storage facility reaches 4M tonnes of CO2 captured: SaskPower
SaskPower's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility in Estevan has reached a milestone. According to a release Wednesday, the facility located at Boundary Dam Power Station hit a plateau Tuesday wit...
Mar 31, 2021
'It's my DNA:' Elwood Flynn gets ready to say goodbye after 68 years in menswear business
A Saskatoon icon is saying goodbye. Elwood Flynn, the owner of Elwood Flynn Ltd. in downtown Saskatoon, will be closing up shop at the end of May. Flynn, now 91 years old, joined Gormley on Wednesday ...
Mar 31, 2021 Hockey Night in Canada's Ron MacLean has been one of Elwood Flynn's customers over the years. (Elwood Flynn For Men Ltd./Facebook)
'An absolute relief:' Vulnerable sector rolls up their sleeves at Lighthouse clinic
Relief was felt through the entire facility at Saskatoon's Lighthouse on Tuesday. That's due to 215 staff and clients rolling up their sleeves at the supported living shelter, receiving their first do...
Mar 31, 2021 The Lighthouse held its first COVID vaccination clinic on March 30, 2021. (The Lighthouse Supported Living Inc./Facebook)
Saskatoon establishes safe zone for buy and sell trades
If you enjoy shopping for deals online, there's a new option to help make sure your transaction goes smoothly. Saskatoon police have created buy and sell exchange zones in the visitor parking lot at t...
Mar 31, 2021 A safe buy and sell zone has been established at the Saskatoon police station (Saskatoon Police Service)
SHA flags possible COVID variants at Saskatoon schools
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is raising concerns about COVID-19 variants in three Saskatoon schools. Outbreaks were declared by the SHA at Brevoort Park School and Tommy Douglas Collegiate,...
Mar 31, 2021
Saskatoon camper fire deemed suspicious
A fire involving an RV in the Holiday Park neighbourhood has been deemed suspicious. At 11:07 p.m. Tuesday, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a call of a camper trailer on fire in the 1200 block ...
Mar 31, 2021 Saskatoon fire crews responded to a camper fire in the 1200 Block of Avenue M South on March 30, 2020 (Saskatoon Fire)
Family of Weyakwin Lake man offers $100,000 for his safe return
By Derek Cornet A $100,000 reward has been offered for the safe return of a Weyakwin Lake man who went fishing Sept. 23 and has not been seen since. "He went out fishing at about 6 p.m. in the evening...
Mar 31, 2021 Matthew Hamm, now 25, is Caucasian, has light brown hair, blue eyes, 165 pounds and five-foot, eight inches tall. (Submitted photo/James Hamm)
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