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Saskatoon Food Bank remains closed to allow for COVID-19 testing
The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is hoping to open its doors on Friday at the earliest after closing Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Executive director Laurie O'Connor said a staff membe...
Nov 26, 2020
Latest COVID update Nov. 26: 3 deaths, 299 new cases; 85 active cases at Saskatoon jail
The Saskatchewan government reported Thursday the deaths of three residents who had tested positive for COVID-19. One of the people was in their 70s and lived in the Saskatoon area. The other t...
Nov 26, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon woman builds large snow dragon in hopes of making people smile
Mel Thompson is making the most out of all the snow that was left on her front yard earlier this month. It took her about a week, but she made a giant blue snow dragon. She started by shovelling the s...
Nov 26, 2020 (Mel Thompson/Submitted photo)
Saskatoon property taxes to remain at 3.87 per cent in 2021 pending city council approval
Property taxes for Saskatoon residents will remain the same as previously approved. That's even though next year's operating budget plan, which was approved in principle back in Nov. 2019, has seen an...
Nov 25, 2020
'A young man’s life was ended:' Looking back 30 years following the freezing death of Neil Stonechild
Wednesday marks a grim milestone in the history of the City of Saskatoon. Thirty years ago Wednesday marked the anniversary of the death of Neil Stonechild. The body of Stonechild, an Indigenous man, ...
Nov 25, 2020 Darrell Night's experience helped prompt the inquiry into the 1990 freezing death of Neil Stonechild. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon mayor proposes free weekend parking and 'COVID-safe' outdoor winter activities
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark has introduced two motions to city councillors to try to get more people outside this winter. The proposals, which would cost $250,000, come from a promise he made while ...
Nov 25, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
COVID outbreak declared at Saskatoon Food Bank
The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre says it has been notified that the COVID-19 cases among its staff members have been declared an outbreak by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). In a re...
Nov 25, 2020
Police searching for suspect after shots fired at home in Parkridge area
Saskatoon police are looking for a suspect after a shot was fired at a home early Wednesday morning. In a release, police say at about 12:30 a.m., officers were sent to a multi-unit dwelling in the 37...
Nov 25, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan sees significant rise in syphilis cases in 2020
According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, the number of syphilis infections in the province is up nearly 50 per cent over last year so far. While the numbers are still preliminary, up to Nov. ...
Nov 24, 2020
One of the first Indigenous-born NHL players, Fred Sasakamoose, dead at 86
A Saskatchewan-born pioneer in the game of hockey has passed away. Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous-born players to play in the NHL, has died according to his son Neil Sasakamoose. His so...
Nov 24, 2020 Fred Sasakamoose.
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