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Garage sale season on hold in Saskatoon because of COVID-19
Spring and rummage sales -- those two together are a great pair. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is the dreaded third wheel this year. The virus means there aren't to be any garage sales in Saskatoon until fu...
Apr 22, 2020
Canada Day in Diefenbaker Park cancelled, festivities to be moved online
People in Saskatoon will have to show their Canadian pride at home this year. The Optimist Club of Saskatoon announced Tuesday the outdoor festivities in Diefenbaker Park have been cancelled because o...
Apr 22, 2020
Saskatoon duo ready to hear their names called during WHL Bantam Draft
Saskatoon will be well represented early on in Wednesday's WHL Bantam Draft thanks to a dynamic duo out of the Contacts AAA program. Forwards Brayden Yager and Riley Heidt are both expected to hear th...
Apr 21, 2020 (L-R) Riley Heidt and Brayden Yager following a Bantam AA Provincial Championship on April 1, 2019 in Regina. (submitted/Trent Heidt)
Council makes strides on conversion therapy ban in Saskatoon
Saskatoon City Council has taken more steps forward to ban conversion therapy within the city. At council's governance and priorities committee meeting Monday, Coun. Darren Hill's motion was passed, 8...
Apr 21, 2020
Beef prices will likely increase as Canadian processing plants cope with COVID-19 outbreaks
The rib eye steaks and angus burgers so many of us love to grill will likely not only go up in price in the coming days and weeks - they might not be as readily available either. That's what the CEO o...
Apr 21, 2020 Prairie Meats Retail Outlet in Saskatoon. Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM
Saskatoon Youth Soccer cancels 2020 outdoor season in face of COVID-19
Saskatoon kids won't be sliding on shin guards or tightening their cleats to join organized soccer games this spring, as Saskatoon Youth Soccer announced the cancellation of their 2020 outdoor season ...
Apr 21, 2020 (Saskatoon Youth Soccer Inc./Facebook)
Volunteers, donors, coming together to provide meals for the hungry in Saskatoon
The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) is coming together with volunteers, individual donors, and 9 other organizations to provide food for the hungry. Starting Thursday, it will be delivering meals to ov...
Apr 21, 2020 Saskatoon Tribal Council logo.
(Saskatoon Tribal Council/Facebook)
Man, woman face charges after break and enter and evade police
A 32-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man face a number of charges following a break and enter and evade police incident. At about 5 p.m. Monday, police were called to a home in the 200 block of Frobi...
Apr 21, 2020
No injuries in Silverwood Heights blaze
Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, fire crews responded to a 911 call saying smoke was filling a house in the 100 block of Girgulis Crescent. A woman and a boy had self-evacuated, but the family pets were s...
Apr 21, 2020 Saskatoon fire crews respond to a home in the 100 block of Girgulis Crescent, April 21, 2020.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted photo)
Broken rail suspected in two fiery Saskatchewan train derailments
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board suspects a broken rail was the cause of two fiery train derailments on the same stretch of track in rural Saskatchewan. An advisory to Transport Canad...
Apr 21, 2020 Smoke billows up from a derailed Canadian Pacific Railway train near Guernsey, Sask., on Thursday, February 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matt Smith
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