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Co-op tables revised offer to 900 striking workers
Saskatoon Co-op has given a revised four-year contract offer to the union representing 900 striking workers. According to the company, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400 will present...
Dec 02, 2018 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside Attridge Drive gas bar location on Nov. 6, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon inspector awarded for decades-long health streak
A Saskatoon police inspector was recognized on Nov. 23 for his impressive streak without taking a sick day. Larry Vols received a long service award from the city after going 40 years without missing ...
Dec 02, 2018 Insp. Larry Vols (right) received a long service award from the City of Saskatoon on Nov. 23 for going 40 years without a sick day. (SPS Deputy Chief Mitch Yuzdepski/Twitter)
Charges pending after pick-up collides with city bus
Saskatoon police say criminal charges are pending after a pick-up truck crashed into a city bus Friday night in the Sutherland neighbourhood. Just after 9 p.m., the truck was leaving a back alley at 1...
Dec 01, 2018 (650 CKOM)
Specially trained dog joins Saskatoon Search and Rescue
Saskatoon Search and Rescue is expecting big things from its newest member, even if she is only three years old. Jenga, a specially trained golden retriever, was officially welcomed to the volunteer o...
Dec 01, 2018 Saskatoon Search and Rescue welcomed Jenga, a specially trained search dog, to the volunteer service on Nov. 28, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Tourism Saskatoon eyes 2020 Juno Awards bid
The Juno Awards could be coming to Saskatoon in 2020. Tourism Saskatoon is putting together a bid for the Canadian music awards show, hoping to bring it back to the Bridge City for the first time sinc...
Nov 30, 2018 (Tourism Saskatoon/ Twitter)
Saskatoon zoo manager envisions safari redesign in new plans
The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo is hoping to soon offer visitors - and animals - an entirely new experience. "Where everything is connected to conservation, research, education and science-ba...
Nov 29, 2018 An artist's rendering of a potential new bear exhibit at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. (City of Saskatoon)
Broncos crash survivor leaves team to continue recovery
A Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor is stepping away from the team to continue his recovery at home. Tyler Smith, 20, was one of the 13 players who survived the April 6 bus crash -- which killed 16 ...
Nov 29, 2018 Tyler Smith, 20, played 10 games for the Broncos in the 2018-19 season after returning from injuries suffered in the April 6, 2018 bus crash near Melfort. (Humboldt Broncos)
Environmental director fired by City of Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon has fired the departmental director who was responsible for presenting and explaining a controversial waste utility program. Brenda Wallace, formerly the city's director of envir...
Nov 29, 2018 Brenda Wallace was fired from her position as director of environmental and corporate initiatives on Nov. 23, 2018. (Brenda Wallace/Facebook)
New waste utility vote coming after councillor changes mind
Saskatoon's waste utility debate isn't settled yet. City council voted 6-5 last week in favour of moving waste management off of property taxes and onto a monthly utility bill for homeowners, charging...
Nov 28, 2018
Police ask for help finding child's stolen wheelchair
Saskatoon police are asking the public to keep an eye out for a stolen wheelchair. Police took to Twitter Wednesday morning to report that a 10-year-old boy's electric wheelchair was stolen Sunday. Po...
Nov 28, 2018 Saskatoon police reported the wheelchair photographed here was stolen from a van on the 300 block of 25th Street on Nov. 25, 2018. (Saskatoon Police/Twitter)
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