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Election result sparks separatist talk in Western Canada
The Liberals winning a minority government in Monday night's federal election has a lot of Western Canadians talking separation today. The separatist movement, Wexit, short for western exit, picked up...
Oct 22, 2019 (Wikipedia)
'She was the rock': Husband, curling community grieve loss of Sask. curler and mother
A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member. Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink,...
Oct 22, 2019 Aly Jenkins was a member of the Sherry Anderson rink out of Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club. (Team Sherry Anderson/Facebook)
Crews battle two early morning garage fires
Saskatoon firefighters had a busy morning Tuesday battling two garage fires. The first was called in just after 3 a.m. The initial call was for a dumpster fire, but when crews got to the scene, they f...
Oct 22, 2019 Firefighters battle an early morning garage fire at 113 Ave. M South, Oct.22, 2019.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept.)
Downtown BID looks to extend boundaries into River Landing areas
Saskatoon's downtown Business Improvement District (BID) is looking to expand back to the River Landing area. Monday at city council's governance and priorities committee, administration submitted an ...
Oct 22, 2019 Saskatoon's downtown BID is hoping to expand their boundaries to the River Landing district. (City of Saskatoon)
Sask. voter turnout beats national average
Voter turnout in Saskatchewan was higher than the national average. A total of 570,505 people in the province made it out to the polls for Monday's federal election. That's 71.7 per cent of eligible v...
Oct 22, 2019
Driver charged after crash knocks out power
A 27-year-old man has been charged after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a power pole at 8th Street and Boychuk Drive around 11:30 Monday night, causing a massive power outage in some areas of...
Oct 22, 2019 SaskPower reported that power was out in Saskatoon due a car colliding with the median and a power pole at 8th Street and Boychuck Drive on the night of Oct. 21, 2019. (SaskPower Twitter page)
Police warn of robocall scam
Saskatoon police have a warning about a new robocall scam making the rounds. They said they have already received more than 60 complaints from people who have got the call telling them they have viola...
Oct 21, 2019 (650 CKOM)
Farmers pull together to help family with harvest
This harvest season has been difficult for many Saskatchewan farmers, and especially so for a family near Southey who lost their husband and father earlier this month. Dan Zurowski put a call out to o...
Oct 21, 2019
Close to Home campaign receives $500,000 donation
A campaign to build an end-of-life care facility in Saskatoon received a $500,000 donation on Monday. "I like to give where there is need ... where we can make a difference in our community," said loc...
Oct 21, 2019 Joe Remai (left) presents Close to Home campaign with $500,000 donation. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Vehicle collides with train north of Saskatoon
A collision at a train crossing north of Saskatoon caused traffic delays Sunday evening. Martensville RCMP were called to Highway 11 and Wanuskewin Road around 7:30 p.m. for a vehicle that struck a tr...
Oct 21, 2019 (650 CKOM files)
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