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COVID-19 outbreak declared at City of Saskatoon's water and sewer maintenance department
The City of Saskatoon has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak in a workgroup at the city's water and sewer maintenance division Saturday. A news release from the City said the outbreak is located at a water...
Jan 30, 2021
Saskatoon woman chosen as kindness ambassador
The internet can be a wonderful place for sharing information and learning, but the negativity we constantly see can be hard to deal with. Sharing positivity is more important than ever these days and...
Jan 30, 2021 Saskatoon's Erin Berger named a SaskTel Kindness ambassador (Erin Berger/Facebook)
Police arrest man linked to 'barricaded person’ downtown
Saskatoon Police have arrested one man after a lengthy standoff downtown Saturday. Police arrested a 30-year-old man and charged him with two counts of break and enter at a building on the 300 block o...
Jan 30, 2021 Saskatoon police respond to a barricaded person call on Jan. 30, 2021. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Public Schools to suggest Optimist Park as new location for City Centre School
Saskatoon Public Schools is hoping to explore a different location for the new consolidated City Centre School -- Optimist Park. The new west-side facility, which was approved by the provincial govern...
Jan 29, 2021
Two men arrested after drug raids in Saskatoon
A 23-year-old Saskatoon man is facing a lengthy list of drug- and weapons-related charges after a police operation early Friday. The Saskatoon Police Service says its Drug Unit -- with help from the T...
Jan 29, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon murder suspect arrested at Canada-U.S. border
A man wanted in connection with Saskatoon's ninth murder of 2020 was arrested recently while trying to unlawfully cross the border into the United States. In a media release Friday, the Saskatoon Poli...
Jan 29, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
2021 assessment on residential property values sees average of 7% decrease
The value of residential properties on average is down in Saskatoon by about seven per cent, while the value of a typical commercial property value went up about eight per cent. Bryce Trew, Saskatoon'...
Jan 29, 2021 (Courtesy of the City of Saskatoon)
Saskatoon airport sees passenger numbers plummet, revenues 'decimated' by COVID
The Saskatoon Airport Authority (SAA) is staring down a big deficit after COVID-19 brought the air travel industry to its knees in 2020. In its year-end report, the SAA said passenger traffic ended th...
Jan 29, 2021 Saskatoon Airport Authority CEO Stephen Maybury. (650 CKOM file photo)
University students unions warn of cautious approach to future online learning
Autumn LaRose-Smith never imagined being the student union president in a time when the University of Saskatchewan campus remains largely empty due to COVID-19 restrictions. After months of Zoom meeti...
Jan 29, 2021
Police chief hopes officers can be included in Phase 2 of COVID vaccine rollout plan
Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper, who has just recovered after falling ill with COVID-19, told the Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday he hopes his officers will be listed as a priority group ...
Jan 29, 2021
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