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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)
2 houses damaged in blaze in Saskatoon
Saskatoon fire investigators are pointing to a cigarette left in a planter on a back deck as the likely cause of a blaze that seriously damaged a pair of homes. Crews were called out shortly before 7 ...
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)
Saskatoon chosen to host inaugural CEBL championship series
Another big sporting event is coming to Saskatoon this summer. The inaugural championship weekend of the new Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) will be played Aug. 25-26 at SaskTel Centre. "It is...
May 21, 2019 Canadian Elite Basketball League CEO Mike Morreale says the league champions will be crowned in Saskatoon this summer (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
City estimates pigeon poop clean-up to cost over $600K
Crews have started the work of ridding the Sid Buckwold Bridge of five decades' worth of pigeon poop. The dirty job started last week with the contractor installing scaffolding under the bridge for ga...
May 21, 2019 Scaffolding being installed to allow crews to begin removing pigeon droppings from the Sid Buckwold Bridge (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM
Saskatoon mall unveils mural for World Bee Day
The Lawson Heights Mall in Saskatoon is showing its love for bees in the community with the unveiling of a mural Friday. The painting located in the corridor between the mall and Safeway was part of a...
May 20, 2019 Saskatoon's Lawson Heights Mall unveiled a mural to highlight the importance of bees in the community on May 17, 2019 (Brent Bosker/CKOM News)
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