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Meewasin Valley goes for world record over long weekend
The Meewasin Valley Authority is calling all artist, no matter their skill level, to help with a world record attempt. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday the goal is to fill six kilometres of the Meewasi...
Aug 31, 2019 (Meewasin/Facebook)
Saskatoon family being squeezed by treatment for son's rare disease
A Saskatoon family says the Saskatchewan government is putting a price on their son's life by denying coverage for a treatment keeping him alive. Six-year-old Tanner Wilson has a rare mitochondrial co...
Aug 31, 2019 The Wilson family says the provincial government should cover a prescription of vitamins helping to keep their son, Tanner alive. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Change in relationship between gangs lead to Correctional Centre lockdown
On Monday the Saskatoon Correctional Centre was locked down after fights broke out between two gangs. The fighting between the West Side Outlaws and the Indian Posse happened in a unit and in the yard...
Aug 30, 2019
7-year-old son of Langham's mayor battling stage 4 lymphoma
It's been a harrowing two weeks for the family of Langham Mayor John Hildebrand. On August 16, just days after his seventh birthday, Hildebrand's son Caleb was taken to the emergency room. Within a we...
Aug 30, 2019 A GoFundMe campaign launched on Aug. 28, 2019 is raising money to help the family of Langham's mayor as his son Caleb (right) battles lymphoma. (GoFundMe)
Labour Day long weekend: Here's what's open and closed
The Labour Day long weekend means changes to city services and some facilities on Monday. City Hall is closed. Pay Parking Stations will not need payment. Drivers are still required to abide by posted...
Aug 30, 2019
Summer goes out with a bang Labour Day weekend
The Saskatoon sky will explode with colour Friday and Saturday night as the Nutrien Fireworks Festival will take over the downtown riverbank. Organizer Shad Ali said there will be a lot of options for...
Aug 30, 2019 The Prairie Lily sails on the South Saskatchewan River during Saskatoon's annual fireworks festival. (Tourism Saskatoon)
Another murder charge in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
Charges against Jesse Sangster have been upgraded in the Tiki Laverdiere homicide case. The 23-year-old now faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and improperly interfering with a human bod...
Aug 30, 2019
Saskatoon school zones resume over Labour Day long weekend
Starting on Monday school zones will go back into effect in Saskatoon, meaning drivers will have to slow down to 30 kilometres per hour in posted areas. With a few days before the change, Saskatoon Po...
Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Correctional Centre lockdown causing backlogs in court
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre has been in lockdown since Monday after two incidents that resulted in four inmates being injured. The lockdown is affecting day-to-day business at the provincial cou...
Aug 29, 2019
City continues to recover money lost to fraudster
The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme. Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order. On Aug. 12 the city discovered t...
Aug 29, 2019
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