Murray Wood: We just witnessed a moment in Saskatchewan Roughrider history
Murray Wood says Saturday's 24-21 win over the B.C. Lions in the CFL West Final was a big moment for the Roughriders, bu...
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City's AAA credit rating and 'stable outlook' confirmed by S&P
The City of Saskatoon's "stable outlook" and AAA credit rating have been reconfirmed by Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global Rating Services. In S&P's report, the city's management team was desc...
Feb 05, 2020
Volunteer, humanitarian Peter Zakreski dies at 80
A long-time contributor to public life in Saskatoon has died. Former city councillor and sports organizer Peter Zakreski passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 80, according to family. Born in Al...
Feb 05, 2020 Peter Zakreski addressing graduates at St. Thomas Moore College in 2013 (Facebook)
Belfour to attend Kinsmen Celebrity Sports Dinner following arrest
Former NHL goaltender Ed Belfour will be speaking Friday at Saskatoon's Kinsmen Celebrity Sports Dinner. Dinner organizers confirmed Wednesday he will be in attendance. The 54-year-old was arrested in...
Feb 05, 2020 Ed Belfour will be speaking at the 60th Annual Kinsmen Celebrity Sports Dinner Friday in Saskatoon. (Twitter/Hockey Hall of Fame)
Province says 75 per cent of inmates in Sask. jails are Indigenous
New information from the Ministry of Corrections and Policing show that three-quarters of people incarcerated in Saskatchewan correctional facilities are Indigenous. Although the government recently r...
Feb 04, 2020 (650 CKOM)
Saskatoon research into coronavirus vaccine: An update
Saskatoon-based researchers are making progress in the development of a coronavirus vaccine. The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-Intervac began work in January following the discovery of the virus i...
Feb 04, 2020 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Bridge City welcome: Paramedics deliver baby on University Bridge
Paramedics jumped into action Tuesday morning when a woman who was in labour in their ambulance couldn't make it to Royal University Hospital in time for delivery. The healthy baby girl was born at 7:...
Feb 04, 2020
Around 400 properties under precautionary boil-water advisory in Sutherland
Around 400 properties in Sutherland are under a precautionary boil-water advisory for at least the next 48 hours. The advisory was put in place by the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health...
Feb 04, 2020 Acting city director of water and waste operations Trent Schmidt addresses the media on the water main breaks in Sutherland on Feb. 4, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
New red light cameras starting installation in 2 weeks
Saskatoon's new red light cameras are set to become operational within the next six weeks, with installations beginning at major intersections in the next 14 days. The City of Saskatoon confirmed the ...
Feb 04, 2020 A red light camera at the intersection of 8th Street and Preston Avenue in Saskatoon. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man receives fifth distracted driving fine within 12 months
It would seem there is at least one Saskatoon driver who just can't help but to be distracted behind the wheel. In a Monday morning tweet, Saskatoon police said they pulled over a driver who was on hi...
Feb 03, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan)
CRTC looking at possible changes to how account information is ported
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is looking into changes that can be made to the way Canadians move their account information from carrier to carrier. The CRTC to...
Feb 03, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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