Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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McDonald's on 22nd Street closed after employee tests positive for COVID-19
The McDonald's at 2225 22nd Street West has been shut down after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. McDonald's Canada issued a release Friday afternoon saying that "out of an abundance of cauti...
Sep 18, 2020
Clark warns of divisive politics, slate candidates during campaign launch
Saskatoon incumbent mayor Charlie Clark is getting a late start on the fall election campaign trail, and he doesn't like what he's hearing so far. Clark warned of division and mistrust creeping its wa...
Sep 18, 2020 Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark officially launched his 2020 election campaign in downtown Saskatoon on Sept. 18, 2020.
(Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Fines may be reinstated during fall street sweeping program
Fines for not moving your vehicle during the city's fall street sweeping program could return. That's after the city waived fines during the spring street sweep, while many people were still at home o...
Sep 18, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Arson charge in Pleasant Hill apartment building fire
Saskatoon police arrested a 39-year-old man Thursday in connection to a fire last Friday at an apartment building on the 2000 block of 20th Street West. Police charged him with arson-disregard for hum...
Sep 18, 2020 Saskatoon firefighters respond to a blaze at an apartment building on 20th Street West on Sept. 11, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Board of Police Commissioners approves and recommends increase to 2021 Saskatoon police budget
The 2021 Saskatoon Police Services budget, which was already approved, may see a significant increase. At Thursday's Board of Police Commissioners meeting, members voted to approve and forward the new...
Sep 18, 2020
Helicopter helps rescue injured Saskatoon man in northern Sask.
A Saskatoon man and his dog are safe after an ordeal in northern Saskatchewan. According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, the Black Lake detachment got a call Wednesday at about 4 p.m., reporting a GPS devic...
Sep 18, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police release composite photo to locate mother of dead baby
Saskatoon police have turned to science to help identify the mother of a baby girl found dead in November. The remains of the newborn were found in a bag in a downtown recycling bin off 25th Street. A...
Sep 18, 2020 Composite photo of a woman police are trying to identify in connection to a dead infant.
(Saskatoon Police Service/Submitted photo)
Second show added for Chantal Kreviazuk
Music lovers showed how much they are missing live concerts. Chantal Kreviazuk's Oct 4th performance at TCU Place sold out immediately and organizers moved quickly adding a second show. https://twitte...
Sep 18, 2020
Saskatoon man receives typewriter from actor Tom Hanks' collection
Earlier this summer Thom Cholowski wrote a letter to fellow typewriter enthusiast Tom Hanks, now he's adding a new piece to his private collection courtesy of the award-winning actor. "It was definite...
Sep 18, 2020 (Thom Cholowski/Facebook)
'We have to help them:' Sawēyihotān Pilot Project formally announced
After the successful deployment of teams following the City Centre Inn & Suites closure, a new pilot project was formally announced Thursday designed to get Saskatoon's homeless population into st...
Sep 17, 2020 Saskatchewan's Minister of Social Services Paul Merriman speaks during a press conference at White Buffalo Youth Lodge on Sept. 17, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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