Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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'We don’t support it:' Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation reacts to federal gun ban
The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) isn't pleased with the federal decision Friday to ban certain firearms. The ban covers 1,500 models and variants of what the federal government considers 'as...
May 06, 2020 (Saskatchewan Firearms Safety Training/Facebook)
Event planner offers "virtual gala" as new option for organizations to consider
When group gatherings of 10 or more people were banned in Saskatchewan because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Katelyn Cochlan and her partner Barbi Peterson saw nearly every wedding, corporate event, confe...
May 06, 2020 Photo Courtesy: The Black Door Events
City moving to weekly garbage collection May 18
In a release issued Tuesday morning, the City of Saskatoon said after a short delay to address health and safety measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to expand its workforce, weekly resid...
May 05, 2020
Business booming for Osler meat processor as residents search for locally sourced food products
Pine View Farms co-owner Melanie Boldt says she can hardly remember what life was like before March 10. In the last eight weeks, it has changed dramatically. Prior to that day, the Osler-based, farm-t...
May 05, 2020 Melanie Boldt is co-owner of Pine View Farms in Osler. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'The SJHL has gone all out with this:' Melfort broadcaster gets unique, virtual opportunity
A push by the Melfort Mustangs fan base propelled their play-by-play broadcaster to something he never imagined possible- calling virtual SJHL games. Mat Barrett, now in his third year of calling real...
May 05, 2020 (L-R) Mat Barrett and former Estevan Bruin Turner Ripplinger on the SJHL Canalta Cup simulation broadcast. (SJHL)
Twin 25-storey apartment buildings to be built in downtown Saskatoon
Construction is expected to start next month on a pair of 25-storey apartment buildings in Saskatoon's north downtown area, after Baydo Corporation announced their newest project on Tuesday morning. B...
May 05, 2020 Baydo Towers seen here in an artist's rendering on the corner of 25th Street and 5th Avenue. (Baydo Corporation)
Teen charged after 13-year-old boy assaulted with bear spray
A 15-year-old boy has been charged after another youth was assaulted in a Saskatoon park Monday. Just before 5 p.m., Saskatoon police officers responded to a report of bear spray being deployed at som...
May 05, 2020
Saskatoon sees a spike in drug overdoses
Paramedics with Medavie Health Services responded to twice the normal number of overdose calls last week. Since weekly reporting began in September of 2019, paramedics typically have responded to an a...
May 05, 2020 (650 CKOM)
City-owned golf courses to reopen on May 15
It's almost time to dust off your clubs in Saskatoon. In a press release Monday, the city of Saskatoon said its golf courses will reopen with the rest of the province on May 15. The city-owned courses...
May 04, 2020
Global Institute for Food Security donates equipment to SHA to support COVID-19 diagnostic testing
A pricey and important piece of equipment has been loaned to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) by a University of Saskatchewan agricultural research institute. CEO of the Global Institute for Fo...
May 04, 2020 A scientist at GIFS uses the KingFisher . Photo Courtesy: Global Institute for Food Security
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