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Vape shop owner responds to calls for regulation
A Saskatoon vape shop owner has mixed feelings on calls for new e-cigarette regulations. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Saskatchewan NDP recently requested strict controls on the sale, advertisem...
Jun 21, 2019
Saskatoon Pride Parade set to go on Saturday
Members of the Saskatoon LGBTQ community are to hit the streets for their annual Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon. The parade starts at noon on Spadina Crescent near the University Bridge. It will g...
Jun 21, 2019
Varsity View search warrant leads to charges against 28-year-old man
Saskatoon police have charged a man after executing a search warrant in the Varsity View area on Thursday afternoon. Officers, the K9 unit, tactical support and crisis negotiators converged on the hom...
Jun 21, 2019 Saskatoon police executed a search warrant on Cumberland Ave S on June 20, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
A wet start to summer for Saskatoon
The first weekend of summer is going to be a wet one for Saskatoon, at least to start. The same weather system that has been hanging around for the past couple of days will make its presence felt agai...
Jun 21, 2019 Chris Carr 650/CKOM
Saskatchewan Jazz festival ready to start Friday
The Saskatchewan Jazz Festival is ready to kick off Friday night in Saskatoon. The annual festival will go on for 10 days, ending with a Jann Arden concert June 30. Artistic director Kevin Tobin told ...
Jun 21, 2019 (Tourism Saskatoon)
2 new members join Saskatoon Co-op board during tension-filled meeting
Saskatoon Co-op's annual general meeting on Thursday drew a record number of members who elected two new members to the company's board of directors. Nathan Holowaty was re-elected, while two new seat...
Jun 21, 2019 Over 1,000 were in attendance at Saskatoon Co-Op's 2019 Annual General Meeting at TCU Place (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Stabbing near St. Paul's Hospital leaves teen with serious injuries
A 17-year-old boy has serious injuries following a stabbing Thursday night in the city. Police said it happened around midnight in the 300 block of Avenue S South, near St. Paul's Hospital. No arrests...
Jun 21, 2019
Saskatoon police address mom's slow response claims
Earlier this week a Saskatoon mom took to social media with claims it took police more than 90 minutes to respond to her home. Christine West said her 15-year-old daughter was lured out of their home ...
Jun 20, 2019
Former refugee shares struggle, journey on World Refugee Day
Hundreds of people gathered under a small atrium in downtown Saskatoon to celebrate World Refugee Day on Thursday. While it was the rain forcing people to huddle together after a change of venue, the ...
Jun 20, 2019 Mayor Charlie Clark speaks to the crowd gathered outside the Saskatoon Open Door Society for World Refugee Day on June 20, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Search warrant leads to Varsity View road closure
Saskatoon police have reopened Cumberland Avenue South between 14th and 15th Streets. It was closed while officers, tactical support and a crisis negotiating team executed a search warrant. Officers r...
Jun 20, 2019 Saskatoon police closed a section of Cumberland Ave S on June 20, 2019, for a search warrant. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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