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Royal Canadian Legions kick off Saskatoon poppy campaign
The 2018 Saskatoon poppy campaign has officially kicked off, beginning two weeks of fundraising for the local Royal Canadian Legions. A launch event was held at Market Mall Friday morning, where Mayor...
Oct 26, 2018 Mayor Charlie Clark is presented with the first poppy of 2018 by navy veteran John Peters on Oct. 26, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Pickup truck, ambulance involved in early morning collision
Members of the Medavie Health Services West team were thankful Friday morning after a scary collision involving a Saskatoon ambulance. The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to the crash around 2:15 ...
Oct 26, 2018 A pickup truck seen after a collision near the intersection of Marquis Drive West and Highway 12 North on Oct. 26, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Radio marathon raises more than $350K to fight breast cancer
The people of Saskatoon stepped up once again Friday to fight breast cancer. The 19th annual C95 Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer Research took over the Centre Mall to raise a grand total of $358,310 ...
Oct 26, 2018 C95 announcers Rob Suski and Shauna Foster host the C95 annual radio marathon at the Centre Mall on Oct. 26, 2018.
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Saskatoon police investigate after two people stabbed
Saskatoon police are investigating after two people came in to St. Paul's Hospital Wednesday night with stab wounds. Police were called out to the hospital just after 7 p.m. with a report of a 35-year...
Oct 25, 2018
Saskatoon STARS team wins international competition
Flight nurse Jenny Thorpe and flight paramedic Matt Hogan have won a prestigious award for their performance at an international skills competition. The members of Saskatoon's STARS Air Ambulance crew...
Oct 24, 2018 STARS flight nurse Jenny Thorpe (left) and STARS flight paramedic Matt Hogan (right) took home first place at an international competition Oct. 23, 2018. (STARS Air Ambulance/submitted)
Police deliver letters warning illegal pot shops
One week ago recreational cannabis became legal in Canada, and now the Saskatoon Police Vice Unit is looking into businesses that might not be on the "up and up." On Wednesday a letter was delivered t...
Oct 24, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Downtown arena generates buzz at public forum
Should Saskatoon build a new arena downtown? It's a question that's been plaguing the city for years, and a query posed to a gathering hosted by CBC Tuesday night at the Remai Modern. SaskTel Centre w...
Oct 24, 2018 People lining up to enter Sasktel Centre on Oct. 29, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650CKOM)
Scheduling conflict cancels NBL exhibition game
The National Basketball League of Canada's introduction to Saskatchewan will have to wait. The exhibition game, Nov. 2 at Merlis Belsher Place between the London Lightning and Halifax Hurricanes, has ...
Oct 24, 2018 National Basketball League of Canada logo
City hall aims for 4.5% property tax hike in 2019 prelim budget
A growing city needs more services and more policing, and a way to pay for it. That's the message in the City of Saskatoon's preliminary 2019 budget released Wednesday morning with a proposed property...
Oct 24, 2018 The City of Saskatoon's proposed 2019 budget would include a 4.5 per cent property tax increase. City council will determine the final increase, if any, after deliberations in late November.
Saskatoon police seek mugging suspects
Saskatoon police are asking for information on a pair of street robberies reported Monday night. The two men were said to be wearing balaclavas and riding bicycles, allegedly brandished a gun, while r...
Oct 23, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
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