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City goes back to the drawing board on bike lanes
Once the temporary bike lanes on Fourth Avenue are removed next month, city staff will get to work on revamping the cycling network in Saskatoon's downtown core. The Fourth Avenue bike lanes met its d...
May 04, 2019 The temporary bike lanes on Fourth Avenue are set to be removed by June 30, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Sask. students skip class, join nationwide climate protest
Some were encouraged by their teachers. Others faced detention, failed tests and a ban from a school dance. Nearly 100 high school and elementary students skipped class Friday morning to gather in fro...
May 03, 2019 Around 100 students gathered outside Saskatoon City Hall to protest what they see as continuing inaction in the fight against climate change on May 3, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Yellow vest convoy to move through Saskatoon
A group of Yellow Vest members might affect traffic in Saskatoon on Saturday. Protesters are planning to move a convoy of trucks through Saskatoon streets beginning around noon. The convoy will start ...
May 03, 2019 Two protesters prepare their vehicle before convoying through Saskatoon on Jan. 5, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon murder suspect arrested
It didn't take long for Saskatoon police to get their man. Hours after issuing an arrest warrant, Jamie Terrence Halkett was located outside the city and taken into custody Thursday evening. The 27-ye...
May 03, 2019
Man wanted in connection to Saskatoon murder
Saskatoon police have identified a person wanted in connection with the city's latest murder. A warrant has been put out for Jamie Terrence Halkett as police investigate the death of 32-year-old Robin...
May 02, 2019
Government rebates 'good start,' says electric vehicle advocate
You have to look pretty hard to find an electric vehicle in Saskatchewan. According to SGI data, there were barely more than 100 on the road as of February. Jason Cruickshank, founder of the advocacy ...
May 02, 2019
Optimist Hill lift shacks vandalized, project moves ahead
Members of the Optimist Club of Saskatoon got an ugly surprise when they went to do a clean-up of the Optimist Hill tubing and toboggan run in Diefenbaker Park. "Both of our lift shacks had been vandi...
May 02, 2019 (Facebook)
Saskatoon police write 11,269 tickets so far in 2019
Over the first few months of 2019, Saskatoon police have written 11,269 tickets. The vast majority is for speeding violations at 3,339. "The big ones come from speeding in school zones. We're at about...
May 02, 2019 A Saskatoon Police Service radar gun photographed on Sept. 4, 2018. (SPSTraffic/Twitter)
Water expert warns of crop trouble after driest April ever
After a record-dry April across central Saskatchewan, a University of Saskatchewan water expert is warning the problem could keep compounding. Only 0.4 millimetres of precipitation fell in Saskatoon t...
May 02, 2019
What could Saskatoon's future bike lanes look like?
Planters, concrete dividers or a completely separate traffic signal system -- there are plenty of options for Saskatoon's future downtown bike lanes. City staff are preparing for lengthy public consul...
May 01, 2019 Vancouver's downtown bike lanes feature separate traffic lighting and planted flowers as dividers. (Paul Krueger/Flickr)
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