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Big Broadway condo project put on hold due to COVID-19 uncertainty
A condominium tower that was to be built near the top of the Broadway Bridge has been put on hold, according to the developers. The plans for the Highpoint condo project also included office and retai...
Jul 24, 2020 (Victory Majors Development Corp. Saskatoon)
Murray Doell campground reopens after devastating 2019 storm
Murray Doell campground in Meadow Lake Provincial Park is open once again after a storm caused significant damage in June, 2019. "Murray Doell campground has been a special place for many families ove...
Jul 24, 2020 Murray Doell campground in Meadow Lake Provincial Park. (Courtesy of Parks, Culture and Sport Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon Fire Department says City Centre Inn and Suites faced dozens of complaints and violations since 2014
Over the last six years alone, there have been dozens of complaints and violations at the City Centre Inn and Suites in Saskatoon. Assistant Fire Chief Yvonne Raymond tells 650 CKOM that there have be...
Jul 24, 2020 Saskatoon Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Yvonne Raymer. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Ex announces 'Taste of the Ex' drive thru for popular treats
The Saskatoon Ex won't be holding their typical Midway fair this summer due to COVID-19, but organizers are finding a way to get the Spudnuts to the people. The Ex announced their first-ever "Taste of...
Jul 24, 2020
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief: No one should have to live in conditions found at City Centre Inn
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand said over the years he'd "heard stories" about the conditions many long-term residents at the City Centre Inn on Idylwyld Dr. experienced, but he doesn't bel...
Jul 24, 2020 A worker helps inspect the City Centre Inn and Suites on Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon on Wednesday.
'Black mold, mice, cockroaches, bed bugs, gangsters:' evictees tell their side of conditions at City Centre Inn
Robert Deimling and his girlfriend Danesha Clarke were shocked to come home to see a green flyer Wednesday, saying they were to be out of their suite by 3 p.m. Thursday. The pair says they had been li...
Jul 23, 2020 Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
SHA issues a COVID-19 advisory for the RMs of Cut Knife and Hillsdale
In a release, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said it is issuing an advisory about an increase in community transmission of COVID-19 in the Rural Municipalities of Cut Knife and Hillsdale with...
Jul 23, 2020 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Flair Airlines to make its debut in Saskatchewan
Discount carrier Flair Airlines will soon have flights going into and out of Saskatoon and Regina. In a release Thursday, the airline said it will begin service at the Regina airport on Aug. 24 and at...
Jul 23, 2020 (Flair Airlines/Twitter)
SPCA investigates video of cat being dragged
The Saskatoon SPCA has launched an investigation after a video surfaced online purportedly showing a cat being dragged along a sidewalk. Director of Communications for the shelter, Jasmine Hanson says...
Jul 23, 2020 The Saskatoon SPCA is investigating a video posted on July 20, 2020 which appeared to show a cat being dragged. (Saskatoon Boots and Salutes/Facebook)
RCMP seek missing 17-year-old believed to be in Saskatoon area
La Ronge RCMP needs assistance to locate Aidan McKenzie. No one has seen the 17-year-old since he left La Ronge on Tuesday, mounties said in a news release. RCMP believe McKenzie is in the Saskatoon a...
Jul 23, 2020 Aiden McKenzie, 17, from La Ronge as seen in a photo provided by RCMP on July 23, 2020. (La Ronge RCMP/Submitted)
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