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Dutch elm disease case identified in Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon's parks department says it has identified a positive case of Dutch elm disease in the city's Varsity View neighbourhood. The city has initiated its Dutch elm disease response pla...
Aug 22, 2024 The city said the infected tree will be removed, and parks staff will monitor the area to determine if other trees are infected. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon proposes $1.22B in unsecured funding for arena project
The City of Saskatoon released the total project costs for the Downtown Event and Entertainment District on Wednesday, estimating it will take $1.22 billion to make it a reality in 2024 prices. Of tha...
Aug 21, 2024 A design rendering for Saskatoon's proposed Downtown Event and Entertainment District. (City of Saskatoon)
Corman Park man recalls encounter with brush fire south of Saskatoon
Don Sych had a front-row view of Tuesday's brush fire in the RM of Corman Park, just west of Highway 11. According to Reeve Judy Harwood, the fire damaged two homes and several outbuildings, with some...
Aug 21, 2024 The Saskatoon Fire Department said nobody was hurt in the fire, which burned an estimated 800 acres south of Saskatoon on Tuesday. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
RCMP drone finds armed robbery suspect on Poundmaker Cree Nation
Mounties from the Cut Knife RCMP detachment used an aerial drone to track down a robbery suspect earlier this month. According to the RCMP, officers got a report of an armed robbery on the Poundmaker ...
Aug 21, 2024 Insp. Devin Pugh talks about the capabilities of the drone aircraft in North Battleford. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW file photo)
Wollaston Lake woman dead after single-vehicle rollover: RCMP
A single-vehicle rollover on Highway 905 claimed the life of a Wollaston Lake woman on Tuesday. According to the RCMP, officers from the Black Lake detachment were called to the scene about 68 kilomet...
Aug 21, 2024 Police say the crash happened on Highway 905, south of Points Landing, on Tuesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Mexicans working for unlicensed paving company arrested in Moose Jaw
Police in Moose Jaw, working with the Canada Border Services Agency, arrested four Mexican citizens on Tuesday in connection with an unlicensed paving company operating in the city. According to polic...
Aug 21, 2024 Police say the company was operating under multiple names, including Tartans Paving and Hortons Paving and Masonry. (650 CKOM file photo)
'A sad day:' Reeve says two homes lost in brush fire south of Saskatoon
The reeve of the RM of Corman Park says the community is "devastated" after two homes were destroyed by a brush fire on Tuesday. "It's a sad day for the community," Judy Harwood said. "There's no doub...
Aug 21, 2024 The aftermath of a brush fire in Corman Park, south of Saskatoon. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Full-day kindergarten improving reading ability of Saskatoon kids
Kenso Ahenakew is a ball of energy. While most of the seven-year-old boy's free time this summer was spent jumping on the trampoline in his backyard, he's also made time for one of his new favourite p...
Aug 21, 2024 Angel Akenahew says her son Kenso, once a struggling reader, now loves books. She attributes the change to his past enrollment in a full-day everyday Kindergarden program funded by the Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Sask. is addressing health-care issues, Premier Scott Moe says
A Saskatchewan family doctor quitting the province over problems with the health-care system has appealed to the government to "build the bottom of the pyramid." In a column submitted to the Saskatoon...
Aug 20, 2024 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said on The Evan Bray Show that the province was working towards the type of type of blended capitation model used in B.C., where doctors are paid both for their time and visits. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Who let the dogs out? Pets make a splash at Mayfair pool
Sit, roll over, and swim! On Tuesday, dozens of dogs big and small made a splash at the Mayfair outdoor pool as part of its seasonal closing event. The annual "Dog Day of Summer" city-hosted event let...
Aug 20, 2024 Pups make a splash in the pool for the city's Dog Day of Summer event. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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