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Saskatoon students raise ducks for memorial gardens
After weeks of care from students in Saskatoon, a family of ducks is finally home. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home has worked with city schools for the last 16 years to have ducklings look...
Jun 07, 2018 A group of 20 ducks, raised by Saskatoon students, will now live at the pond in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. (Daniella Ponticelli/650 CKOM)
City pitching new garbage utility based on bin size
If City of Saskatoon administration gets its way, it'll be the size of your bin - not the weight of your garbage - that determines how much you pay for waste collection. The city unveiled its plans We...
Jun 06, 2018 The City of Saskatoon displays examples of different garbage bin sizes that could be implemented under a new utility program, with the current bin displayed on the right. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Call about suspicious activity leads to arrest of wanted man
A man is facing several charges after police got a call about suspicious people checking out cars. According to Saskatoon police, members of the bike unit were sent to the area of 4th Avenue North and...
Jun 05, 2018
Hockey coach Dave King gets honourary degree from U of S
The University of Saskatchewan honoured one of its legends Monday morning. Former Huskies men's hockey coach Dave King got an honourary doctorate of law during a convocation ceremony at TCU Place. Kin...
Jun 05, 2018 Former Huskies hockey coach Dave King addresses a convocation ceremony after receiving an honourary doctorate on June 4, 2018. (University of Saskatchewan)
'Better use' for Sask. steel than pipeline: protester
It wasn't a large protest, but a few people in Saskatoon aren't happy about the pending federal government buyout of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline. About 25 people gathered outside the fede...
Jun 04, 2018 Mark Pritchard speaks at a protest against the federal government's pending purchase of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline on June 4, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
5 arrested, $400K seized in major Saskatoon drug bust
Five people have been arrested following a significant drug bust by Saskatoon police. An investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST) into fentanyl trafficking began...
Jun 04, 2018
Sask. Polytechnic closes fitness centres, cancels sports
A Saskatchewan Polytechnic engineering student is disappointed with the decision to close the fitness centre at the school's Saskatoon campus. Reid Thompson, who's going into his second year in the po...
Jun 04, 2018 Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Kelsey Campus at 1130 Idylwyld Drive North in Saskatoon. (infoaboutcompanies.ca)
Hospital purse-snatching suspect caught
Saskatoon police have arrested a woman wanted in connection to a string of purse-snatchings in the area around St. Paul's Hospital. An arrest warrant went out Friday for Brittany Ben, 27. Police said ...
Jun 04, 2018 Brittany Ben, 27, is suspected of stealing purses from several women in the area around St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in death on rural property
A 27-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Gordon Ernest Tucker. North Battleford RCMP announced the charges against Joshua Roy Tucker Sunday, which happe...
Jun 03, 2018
Police investigating death of man found injured in Saskatoon
A man found injured overnight in Saskatoon has died. Police said officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of Avenue J South around 1 a.m. Sunday. There they found a wounded man, who later di...
Jun 03, 2018
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