Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
Category Archives: Local News
Neighbour alerts man to mobile home fire in Saskatoon
A Saskatoon man has his neighbour to thank for helping him escape a house fire in the Forest Grove neighbourhood Sunday night. Fire crews were called to Grant Street around 8 p.m. about a person insid...
Jun 11, 2018 Fire crews respond to a burning mobile home in Saskatoon's Forest Grove neighbourhood on June 10, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Joni Mitchell honoured by city she grew up in
While she could not be in Saskatoon in person, a close friend of Joni Mitchell's said the legendary singer-songwriter was able to watch a live-stream as she was honoured by the city she once called ho...
Jun 10, 2018 The plaque dedicated to Joni Mitchell outside Broadway Theatre nearby the former coffeehouse where Mitchell got her start. (Keenan Sorokan/ 650 CKOM)
Calls of erratic driving lead to impaired driver arrest
Several calls to Saskatoon police Saturday afternoon led officers to a driver suspected of driving high. Reports started coming in around 1:30 p.m. that a driver in a green van had rolled through a re...
Jun 10, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police call off suspect search when 6-year-old girl injured
Saskatoon police officers ended their search for two home invasion suspects after a police dog latched onto a six-year-old girl. At 5 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a home invasion that involved...
Jun 10, 2018 (650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police won't wear uniforms at Pride parade
Saskatoon police won't be wearing uniforms when they march in the city's Pride parade on June 23. A joint statement released by police, Pride organizers and OUT Saskatoon on Friday announced officers ...
Jun 08, 2018
Saskatoon cab driver suspended over dragged passenger
Comfort Cab is assuring the public it's taken appropriate action after a video surfaced on social media Thursday night showing a passenger's feet being dragged in a moving taxi. The minute and a half ...
Jun 08, 2018 A video posted to Facebook on June 7, 2018, shows a taxi driving away with a passenger's feet still on the ground. (Andrea Fiss/Facebook)
Drugs, money from latest bust shown off by Saskatoon police
Saskatoon Police Service held a show-and-tell session at its headquarters Thursday, displaying a large array of drugs and about $412,000 in cash seized from a massive drug bust last week. The evidence...
Jun 07, 2018 Saskatoon police displayed an array of drugs and cash at their headquarters on June 7, 2018. The evidence was seized in a drug bust on May 31, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
'A new neighbourhood:' US prof speaks on Saskatoon arena
While Saskatoon is still on the fence about building new or renovating the existing SaskTel Centre, one expert in arena design says time is of the essence. Mark Rosentraub is a professor of sport mana...
Jun 07, 2018 SaskTel Centre could play host to the 2023 world junior hockey championship. (Tourism Saskatoon/Submitted)
Merlis Belsher honoured at U of S convocation
University convocation is a day to celebrate after long nights buried in the books, with family to cheer you on and officially send you on to another chapter in your life. But for some, it can mean re...
Jun 07, 2018 Saskatoon lawyer and philanthropist Merlis Belsher. (University of Saskatchewan)
Grandfather's ashes stolen from Caswell Hill garage
A weekend break-in at a garage in the city's Caswell Hill neighbourhood has left a Saskatoon family devastated. Tanya Marie Nowlin told 650 CKOM the garage belongs to her aunt. The only thing stolen i...
Jun 07, 2018 A Saskatoon family is asking for John Nowlin's ashes to be returned after they were stolen June 2, 2018 from a garage in Saskatoon's Caswell Hill neighbourhood. (Tanya Marie Nowlin/submitted photo)
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
