Sarah Mills: LEGO is for everyone, but only the rich can afford the bigger sets
Sarah Mills has a bone to pick with LEGO. A lot of the newer and more complex sets are geared towards adults, but the pr...
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Saskatoon city council looking at mandatory mask options
Saskatoon won't be implementing a mandatory mask policy until at least the end of August. City officials told councillors on Monday they are preparing reports on where the City would have authority to...
Jul 28, 2020
Mayor Charlie Clark to announce fall election plans Wednesday
Mayor Charlie Clark will announce Wednesday whether he plans to run for a second term in this fall's municipal election. Clark's team released a media advisory Tuesday noting he will hold a news confe...
Jul 28, 2020 Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark announces closures of city owned leisure facilities amid COVID-19 concerns on March 15, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
'Five years of weight off my shoulders:' Saskatoon's safe consumption site to open Oct. 1
Saskatoon now has an opening date for the province's first safe consumption site. Prairie Harm Reduction - rebranded from AIDS Saskatoon - announced on Tuesday that the consumption site will open in a...
Jul 28, 2020 Jason Mercredi, executive director of AIDS Saskatoon shows off Saskatoon's newly finished safe consumption site that should be up and running by late May. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Pedestrian buffer removed from Saskatoon's revised bike bylaw
Cyclists in Saskatoon won't have to carry a metre-stick with them on multi-use pathways to make sure they're keeping a legal distance from pedestrians. Saskatoon city council approved a new, comprehen...
Jul 28, 2020
More details on return to school coming in August as parents question plans
Parents still have questions on how classrooms will look come September when students are let back into Saskatchewan's schools, and school boards aren't ready to share the details yet. Schools can off...
Jul 27, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Possible COVID-19 exposure at Saskatoon law firm
The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued an advisory on Monday after confirming a person who had tested positive for COVID-19 had visited a Saskatoon business. Advisories are used by the SHA to notify...
Jul 27, 2020 Picture courtesy of Google Maps
Saskatoon woman launches water bottle drive for less fortunate
A Saskatoon woman who has worked within social services noticed a problem as the mercury rose last week. Because of COVID-19 homeless people and the less fortunate don't have as many safe options to c...
Jul 27, 2020
Virtual Ag in Motion posts strong numbers
Ag in Motion looked a lot different this year. The annual outdoor agriculture show held near Langham was forced to move from the field to online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Show Director Rob O'Conno...
Jul 27, 2020 A rainy start to day 1 at Ag in Motion near Langham, on July 17, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Heat warnings issued in northwestern Saskatchewan
Rising temperatures are leading to another round of heat warnings in Saskatchewan. Environment Canada issued heat warnings for Lloydminster, along with the La Loche, Buffalo Narrows and Beauval areas ...
Jul 27, 2020
Vacant Saskatoon gas station hit by fire
The latest suspicious fire targeting vacant properties in Saskatoon was a former gas station on Sunday afternoon. Saskatoon fire crews received multiple 911 calls just before 12:30 p.m. about an aband...
Jul 27, 2020 Fire crews respond to a fire on July 26 at an abandoned gas station in the 300 block of Avenue W South. (Submitted/Saskatoon Fire)
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