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Boys charged with mischief after church windows broken
Two Saskatoon boys are facing charges after police received reports of vandalism at a city church. Witnesses phoned police on Monday around 10 p.m., reporting they'd seen a group of teens in a car sho...
Apr 30, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
Decades-old Broadway mural to disappear behind new condos
For 26 years, a mural of seven smiling children has greeted people at the top of the Broadway Bridge. Now a new condo development is making it disappear from view. Denyse Klette painted the mural in 1...
Apr 30, 2019 A photo of a mural on a wall off Broadway Avenue in Saskatoon's Nutana neighbourhood. (realtor.ca)
This April set to be among driest ever for Saskatoon
As of Tuesday morning, this April was the driest ever recorded in Saskatoon. "With one day to go, Saskatoon's sitting at two per cent of its typical precipitation for the month of April," Environment ...
Apr 30, 2019
RCMP, Saskatoon firefighters search for man believed drowned
The search for a missing man thought to have drowned in the Assiniboine River near Kamsack continued Monday with assistance from the Saskatoon Fire Department. Ernest Severight went missing April 23 i...
Apr 30, 2019 Saskatoon firefighters using a specialized watercraft to search the area of a weir on the Assiniboine River near Kamsack, Sask. on April 29, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Twitter)
Council axes 4th Ave. bike lanes, plans for network survive
The days of the Fourth Avenue bike lanes are numbered, after Saskatoon city council voted to nix what will end up having been a 30-month long pilot project by the time they are removed. But the idea o...
Apr 29, 2019 The protected bike lane on 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Bus Rapid Transit routes approved for 1st Ave, Broadway
Traffic flow along 1st Avenue and Broadway Avenue are going to change significantly starting in 2022 after city council approved Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes along the roads on Monday. The 1st Avenu...
Apr 29, 2019 An artist's rendering of the upcoming bus shelters along the new bus rapid transit lines. (City of Saskatoon)
U of S research facilities get funding boost from feds
Canada's brightest light is getting the chance to shine even brighter thanks to a funding bump from the federal government. The Canadian Light Source (CLS), along with the Vaccine and Infectious Disea...
Apr 29, 2019 Kirsty Duncan, the federal minister of sport and science, is toured around by scientist Lucia Zuin at the Canadian Light Source on April 29, 2019 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Man makes it his mission to walk every Saskatoon street
For the last 3 1/2 years, a Saskatoon man made it his mission to walk along every street in the city. Bruce Johnson told 650 CKOM that the walks started as a way to clear his head before work. "I had ...
Apr 29, 2019 Bruce Johnson, 56, walked every street in Saskatoon over a 3 1/2-year period ending in April 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
$1M damage in Saskatoon fire
Damage is pegged in the $1 million dollar range after two homes went up in flames in Saskatoon. The call came in at around 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Everyone was out by the time crews arrived on Sallou...
Apr 29, 2019 The Saskatoon Fire Department said an improperly disposed-of cigarette was the cause of a blaze that caused an estimated $1 million to a pair of homes in the Evergreen neighbourhood on April 28,2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Bike lanes and BRT set for votes at Saskatoon city council
Saskatoon city council has a busy day ahead of them on Monday, as they get set to vote on whether to make downtown bike lanes permanent and where a bus rapid transit system should be installed between...
Apr 29, 2019
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