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Police lift traffic restrictions following protest against COVID-19 restrictions
Saskatoon police have lifted all traffic restrictions after a protest marched through downtown Saturday afternoon. "Police were notified about the event earlier this week and have spoken with organize...
Dec 19, 2020 Roughly 100 people gathered at Kiwanis Park to protest government COVID-19 restriction on Dec. 19, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon bingo hall left confused by restrictions
A Saskatoon bingo hall says the measures ordering bingo halls in Saskatchewan to close on Saturday doesn't change much and is left confused by the way the province is restricting the industry. Like mo...
Dec 19, 2020 (Cornwall Bingo Center/Facebook)
FSIN calls out government for COVID measure that closes casinos
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is not impressed with one of the Saskatchewan government's new COVID-19 measures. On Saturday at 12:01 a.m., all casinos and bingo halls in the pr...
Dec 18, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN). (File photo/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon community leaders ask residents to be safe, follow rules this holiday season
Community leaders in Saskatoon are hoping everyone follows the rules this Christmas to help bend the COVID-19 curve. "Saskatoon, in this holiday season, the biggest gift we can give our loved ones is ...
Dec 18, 2020
'Wing it from the window': COVID forces Blades to revamp annual Teddy Bear Toss
There is a COVID twist on a holiday tradition in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Blades can't stage their annual Teddy Bear Toss during a WHL game, so the event has been revamped to comply with current publi...
Dec 18, 2020 Saskatoon Blades forward Tristen Robins celebrates with one of the teddy bears tossed to the ice after scoring the first goal against the Prince Albert Raiders on Dec. 15, 2019. (Saskatoon Blades/Twitter)
'Key participant' in Saskatoon protest handed $2,800 fine
The Saskatoon Police Service has issued a $2,800 ticket to a person it called "a key participant of a protest" that took place in Kiwanis Park on Dec. 5. It's the seventh ticket the SPS has handed out...
Dec 18, 2020
Saskatoon City Yards hit by COVID-19 outbreak
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the City Yards in Saskatoon. In a news release, the city said the outbreak is affecting workers in the Waste Stream Collection uni...
Dec 18, 2020 City Yards on Ontario Avenue (Google)
RCMP searching for 2 suspects after stabbing on Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Police are looking for two suspects after a man was stabbed at a home on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, north of Prince Albert Wednesday afternoon. In a media release, Prince Albert RCMP said they at...
Dec 18, 2020 Welsey Naytowhow (Submitted/RCMP)
Police respond to 7 collisions after freezing rain arrives in Saskatoon
Mild temperatures and freezing rain are creating some problems on Saskatoon roads. The Highway Hotline was not recommending travel for all major highways surrounding Saskatoon up until 2 p.m. Thursday...
Dec 17, 2020 A seven-car crash made travel slow on Circle Drive on Thursday afternoon.
Author discusses how Saskatchewan should remember serial killer John Crawford
When it comes to Saskatchewan's history of serial killers, the name of John Crawford may not be one that immediately comes to mind. Crawford was responsible for the deaths of four Indigenous women, sp...
Dec 17, 2020
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