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Storage shed fires keep Saskatoon fire crews busy
Investigators are trying to figure out how a fire sparked up in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood Thursday. Fire crews were called to around 4:00 p.m. after multiple sheds had gone up in flames ...
May 24, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews worked to contain a blaze on Avenue T South on May 23, 2019. (Submitted/Saskatoon fire)
Hundreds of drivers nabbed in Saskatoon traffic blitz
Saskatoon drivers will once again be the focus of law enforcement across the province on Friday. Police along with partner agencies are in the city clamping down on bad drivers. On Thursday, 362 ticke...
May 24, 2019 362 tickets were issued during STEP traffic enforcement blitz in Saskatoon on May 23, 2019 (Twitter)
Mosquito numbers very low in Saskatoon
If you live in Saskatoon, there's a good chance you won't have to soak yourself in bug spray this summer. Jeff Boone, the Saskatoon city entomologist, said crews just started their mosquito trapping p...
May 23, 2019
Pleasant Hill Park bystander faced 'difficult situation'
As criticism mounts toward a man who recorded the beating of a mother by a swarm of children in Pleasant Hill Park, a Saskatoon defence lawyer says the bystander had a tough decision to make. The conv...
May 23, 2019 Pleasant Hill Park in Saskatoon on May 22, 2019. Witnesses say they saw a woman attacked by a group of children in the park on May 20. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Group pushing businesses to stand up to China
Two months after it started, the impasse between Canadian canola farmers and the Chinese government seems far from over. But the founder of a group called Suits and Boots, Rick Peterson, is tired of w...
May 23, 2019 The Suits and Boots group launched the #StandUpToChina campaign on May 15, 2019, in hopes of ending China's canola ban. (Suits and Boots)
Jagmeet Singh says 'there's no future' for Erin Weir with NDP
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is closing the door on Erin Weir returning to the party caucus. The Regina-Lewvan MP was ousted last year after allegations surfaced of harassment against party staffe...
May 23, 2019 (Erin Weir/Facebook)
Cher concert a go in Saskatoon after diva recovers from illness
Cher has recovered and is ready to go for Thursday's concert at SaskTel Centre. A "sudden short term illness" forced the diva to cancel her Tuesday show in Winnipeg, much to the dissapointment of fans...
May 23, 2019
Discarded smokes caused 6 fires in 2 months, fire chief says
After six fires in two months caused by discarded cigarettes, Saskatoon's fire chief is urging people to be careful how they dispose of their smokes. The warning comes after two homes were damaged in ...
May 22, 2019 Damage from a fire that spread to a pair of homes in Saskatoon's Confederation Park on May 21, 2019 was estimated at $750,000. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Check stops can be a deterrent, even when not there: MADD
The roadside check stops we saw in Saskatoon over the May long weekend were among the 45 done each year by Saskatoon police. Is that sufficient for MADD Canada? CEO Andrew Murie said the organization ...
May 22, 2019
'Swarm' of children attack woman in Pleasant Hill Park
Bonnie Halcrow is bruised and scraped and is having trouble turning her neck after being swarmed and beaten by a group of children in a Saskatoon core neighbourhood. The 33-year-old was at Pleasant Hi...
May 22, 2019 Pleasant Hill Park in Saskatoon on May 22, 2019. Witnesses say they saw a woman attacked by a group of children in the park on May 20. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
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