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Potential COVID-19 exposures at Sask. businesses
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is letting the public know that a person who tested positive for COVID-19, visited businesses in Saskatoon, Wynyard and Foam Lake earlier this month. The busine...
Sep 15, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Plan for new school launched in Saskatoon
The city centre neighbourhood in Saskatoon will see a new school welcoming students in 2024. The government is investing $29 million to build a new pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in the neighbourh...
Sep 15, 2020 Chair of Saskatoon Public Schools, Colleen MacPherson, speaks to the media at an announcement for a new pre-k to grade eight school being constructed in Saskatoon. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Blaine Lake RCMP searching for two men after elderly man assaulted
The Blaine Lake RCMP is searching for two men after they allegedly assaulted and robbed a 79-year-old man after he refused to drive them to Prince Albert. According to a media release, Monday at 5:30 ...
Sep 15, 2020
Dutch elm disease back in Saskatoon for the first time since 2015
Saskatoon has its second case of Dutch elm disease in the city's history. The infected tree is located on the edge of the Montgomery Place neighbourhood, adjacent to Circle Drive. The city has begun t...
Sep 15, 2020 Elms infected with Dutch elm disease. (650 CKOM files)
Saskatoon city deficit higher than projected in June
The City of Saskatoon is now looking at a $14.6 million year-end deficit. That's up about $800,000 from the $13.8 million projected back in June. However, the city says that number is subject to vary ...
Sep 15, 2020
Saskatoon police kept busy with big drug busts
A total of eight men are facing charges after two separate drug trafficking investigations by Saskatoon police in the past few days. In a release, police say three search warrants were executed early ...
Sep 15, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Emmarae Dale joins Saskatoon Hilltops as first female player
The Saskatoon Hilltops welcomed Emmarae Dale as the first female player in the team's 99-year history Tuesday. "Honestly, it wasn't even a thought that crossed my mind," Dale said on the Green Zone wh...
Sep 15, 2020 Emmarae Dale tackles an opponent during her career as a linebacker for the Saskatoon Valkyries. (Submitted/Saskatoon Hilltops)
U of S team leads wildlife monitoring project in Saskatoon
Deer, moose, cougars and even bears have been known to frequent Saskatoon from time to time, but what other wild visitors do we have? A research team at the University of Saskatchewan is attempting to...
Sep 15, 2020 U of S trail camera (Ryan Brook/University of Saskatchewan)
MRI services expanded for patients in central and northern Saskatchewan
Patients in central and northern Saskatchewan will have more access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services after Mayfair Diagnostics began delivering services in mid-August. In a release, the Mi...
Sep 15, 2020
Commercial building fire in Saskatoon ruled arson
Investigators have ruled a commercial building in Riversdale was intentionally set on fire Sunday night. Firefighters were responding to another alarm call around 6:30 p.m. when they noticed black smo...
Sep 15, 2020 Crews fight a fire on Avenue I South on September 13th, 2020 (Saskatoon Fire)
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