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Remai show features sculpture dedicated to Neil Stonechild
The latest exhibition at Saskatoon's Remai Modern art gallery explores the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the state, including an ice sculpture dedicated to Neil Stonechild. Stonechild, a...
Feb 01, 2019 Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero, Freeze, 2006/2019 (submitted)
Children's museum changes name to Nutrien Wonderhub
The Nutrien Children's Discovery Museum is getting a new name to go with its new location. The museum was founded in 2002 as a travelling exhibit for kids. It then moved into its current location at M...
Jan 31, 2019 An installation by artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam will feature at the Nutrien Wonderhub when it opens in 2019. (kidapproved.ca)
$6M donation kicks off hospice fundraising campaign
A big donation has helped kick off a campaign to build a hospice in Saskatoon. The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation launched its Close to Home fundraising drive Wednesday. The campaign got a major push ...
Jan 31, 2019 Health Authority plans to announce Tuesday a plan to address overcrowding at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon (650 CKOM)
Fire at Leisureland trailer park chars mobile home
The Saskatoon Fire Department had to deal with more than just flames while fighting a fire at Leisureland trailer park. Crews fought off the stifling cold, a lack of available water and tight spaces a...
Jan 29, 2019 Saskatoon fire crews put out the remaining blaze at a fire in Leisureland trailer park on Jan. 29, 2019. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Man, 37, charged in Saskatoon's 1st homicide of 2019
A 37-year-old man is facing a charge of second-degree murder following an incident in Saskatoon's River Heights neighbourhood. Police say it is Saskatoon's first homicide of 2019. Officers were called...
Jan 29, 2019
Council approves tribal council preschool in Montgomery Place
A Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) preschool has got city council's approval to operate in the Montgomery neighbourhood. Councillors voted unanimously Monday to approve the STC's application to convert ...
Jan 29, 2019 The Saskatoon Tribal Council is proposing to turn this home on 11th Street into a First Nations preschool. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Water leak causes flood at Children's Hospital
Construction on the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital suffered a setback this month. Parts of the facility flooded on Jan. 25 after a water line in one of the main floor bathrooms sprung a leak. Water ...
Jan 29, 2019 A surgical suite seen under construction at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in October 2017 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Council votes to phase in curbside organics program
City council is moving ahead with a city-wide composting program. A proposal from Coun. Randy Donauer to put the program on hold and have the city look at a rolling out a pilot project was narrowly de...
Jan 29, 2019
RCMP report brazen robbery at small-town bar
Six people are facing charges after a robbery at a hotel bar and restaurant in the community of Radisson, Sask., located about 45 minutes northwest of Saskatoon. Masked suspects carrying knives report...
Jan 28, 2019 Thieves entered Elvera’s Bar and Hotel wearing masks and brandishing knives but only made off with $90.
Shooting suspect arrested in Saskatoon
A 30-year-old man wanted in connection to a shooting at a home on Avenue T South was arrested over the weekend. Saskatoon police issued a release Monday morning stating Nigel Stonefish was arrested ar...
Jan 28, 2019 Saskatoon police arrested Nigel Stonefish on Jan. 25, 2019 on charges stemming from a shooting Jan. 12, 2019 at a home on Avenue T South. (Saskatoon police)
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