Murray Wood: Highlights from this year's family reunion
Summer is a time for homecomings and reunions, and in Saskatchewan that often means city folks going out to the family f...
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Customers, staff take down alleged robber in Saskatoon
Customers and staff at a Saskatoon business foiled a robbery Tuesday afternoon. Police say around 4:45 p.m., a man entered The Dogg House, a sports bar on Idylwyld Drive North, with what appeared to b...
Sep 09, 2020 (The Dogg House/Facebook)
Some crops likely damaged by record-breaking frost
The record-breaking frost that some areas of the province received overnight Monday and early Tuesday morning had the potential to do some damage to crops. Shannon Friesen is the crops extension speci...
Sep 08, 2020
Moving rail lines or sharing corridors 'fundamentally unworkable' for CP and CN
A City of Saskatoon request to develop a shared corridor or to relocate rail lines is off track, according to both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Canadian National Railway (CN). An engineering stud...
Sep 08, 2020
University of Saskatchewan sees increase in enrollment
Enrollment at the University of Saskatchewan is on track to be the highest ever. Alison Pickrell, assistant vice-provost of strategic enrollment management for the U of S says there is a two per cent ...
Sep 08, 2020
SGI refreshes drivers on school zone driving
School zones will be a much busier place now that the school year is underway. SGI is reminding drivers to slow down to help keep the kids safe, and also that school zone speeds will now be enforced. ...
Sep 08, 2020 A local teacher talks to students as they line up to start the school year. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon parents hoping for the best as they send kids back to school
Just like last year, the speed limit signs were out in the middle of the street in front of Hugh Cairns Elementary School in Saskatoon this morning. Just like last year, the cones cordoning off areas ...
Sep 08, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Man facing charges after laser pointed at Saskatoon police plane
A 37-year-old man is facing charges after a laser was pointed at the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) airplane Saturday morning. In a release, police say at about 1:40 a.m. Saturday, the SPS Air Support...
Sep 08, 2020 (SPS Air Support Unit/Twitter)
Esterhazy boxer breaks world record, helps battle bullying
Through blood, sweat and lots of smiles, a young Esterhazy boxer has broken a world record. Zach Gehl, 19, sparred for 150 straight rounds on Aug. 29. That's 10 hours. It was a feat of endurance that ...
Sep 08, 2020
Saskatchewan sees record-breaking frost
Frost-covered lawns and windshields greeted people across the province Tuesday as temperatures dipped below the freezing mark. Environment Canada says 20 communities set cold temperature records overn...
Sep 08, 2020
'She's made a huge impact on our community:' Cyclists gather to celebrate Cathy Watts
Hundreds of cyclists gathered in Saskatoon Monday morning for a very special bike ride. Organizer Hilary Gough wanted to celebrate the chair of Saskatoon Cycles, Cathy Watts, who suffered a massive st...
Sep 07, 2020 Cyclists bike through Saskatoon to celebrate what Cathy Watts has done for the cycling community in Saskatoon. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
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