Sarah Mills: LEGO is for everyone, but only the rich can afford the bigger sets
Sarah Mills has a bone to pick with LEGO. A lot of the newer and more complex sets are geared towards adults, but the pr...
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Saskatoon city staff unveil $19B climate action master plan
The City of Saskatoon is laying out an "ambitious" plan to drastically cut carbon emissions by the year 2050, which would cost the city nearly $19 billion over the next three decades. The Low Emission...
Jul 25, 2019
Midtown Plaza welcomes new era with opening of food hall
Hungry shoppers at Midtown Plaza celebrated Thursday morning as the mall opened its new food court to the public. Called a food hall rather than a food court, the new Midtown Common grand opening symb...
Jul 25, 2019 Midtown Plaza opened it's new food hall to the public on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Sailor Dan mural put up on Broadway Avenue
A Saskatoon artist has paid her respects to local legend Sailor Dan. Earlier this month, Dan Hicks died. He was fondly remembered for traveling the city on foot to sell drawings of ships. The Broadway...
Jul 25, 2019 Jillian Bogan's painting, depicting Dan Hick's with a ship behind him. (Twitter Broadway YXE)
City council to consider fire hall relocation to meet growing city
The Saskatoon Fire Department says it needs to relocate one of its fire halls to maintain response times in the city. The fire department wants to relocate station No. 5 at Central Avenue and 105th St...
Jul 25, 2019 Fire Hall No. 5 located on Central Avenue and 105th Street. (Google)
NASCAR and Wyant Group Raceway keeping an eye on the forecast
A thunderstorm rolled through Saskatoon this morning, and that may not be the end of severe weather for our area. Much of central and southern Saskatchewan are under severe thunderstorm watches that a...
Jul 24, 2019
Early morning shooting leaves teenage boy wounded
Saskatoon police are investigating a shooting early Wednesday. In a media release, police say they were called around 3:00 a.m. to the 100 block of Avenue X South where a teenage boy had been shot in ...
Jul 24, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Western Development Museum evacuees respond to Sunday incident
On Sunday, the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon was evacuated because of a burning smell after a power outage. The museum was full of people who had their visits cut short. But not many of them...
Jul 22, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon puts cherry on top of annual food festival
The Taste of Saskatchewan food festival wrapped up Sunday night. Kiwanis Park was filled with vendors from Saskatoon restaurants. It also hosted the Chef's Series, a cooking competition. Chris Corkum,...
Jul 22, 2019 Sydney Hamelin of Saskatoon's Picaro poses for a photo at the city's annual Taste of Saskatchewan food festival on July 20, 2019. (Culinary Federation Regina Twitter page)
Western Development Museum evacuated Sunday afternoon
The Western Development Museum was evacuated Sunday afternoon. At 1:16 p.m. the fire department received a 911 call reporting the smell of smoke that followed a power outage. Battalion Chief Warren Ku...
Jul 21, 2019
Cassidy's Lemonade Stand raises money for cystic fibrosis research
Eleven-year-old Cassidy Evans sold lemonade to raise money for cystic fibrosis research this weekend. She was diagnosed with the terminal illness at four years old. A few months later, she started Cas...
Jul 21, 2019 Cassidy (left) and Kimberly Evans sold lemonade in Kinsman Park to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research on July 20, 2019. (Dominick Lucyk/650 CKOM)
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