Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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Meerkat exhibit opens this weekend at Saskatoon zoo
The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo has its newest residents all settled in. Two mobs of meerkats have been brought in to take over the space formerly occupied by a popular komodo dragon exhibi...
Mar 28, 2018 The Meerkat House exhibit at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo. (City of Saskatoon)
United Way of Saskatoon faces budget shortfall
A Saskatoon charity is feeling the pinch of a tougher economy. The United Way of Saskatoon and Area has cut seven jobs in the last two years. The organization will now review its budget line-by-line a...
Mar 28, 2018 The United Way of Saskatoon and Area has been in operation since 1959. (United Way of Saskatoon and Area/Facebook)
2 men arrested in Saskatoon after canine unit foot chase
Two men face numerous charges after a foot chase that ended with a canine unit nabbing one of the suspects. Just after midnight on Tuesday, an officer pulled over a vehicle in the 1200 block of Avenue...
Mar 27, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Muyres to skip all-sibling rink next season
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. No matter the clich, parts of two rival Saskatchewan curling rinks are joining forces. Kirk and Dallan Muyres, the for...
Mar 27, 2018 Kirk (left) and Dallan (right) Muyres are teaming up with Kevin and Dan Marsh for the 2018-19 curling season. New skip Kirk Muyres made the announcement after spending six seasons with Steve Laycock on March 27, 2018. (Muyres Curling)
Dundonald School drowning was 'preventable': Child Advocate
Saskatchewan's advocate for children and youth has released his report on the September 2017 death of a five-year-old boy who drowned in a storm water retention pond near Saskatoon's cole Dundonald Sc...
Mar 27, 2018 Staff and parents consoling each other out front of École Dundonald School on Sept. 12, 2017, one day after a 5-year-old student died after being found unresponsive in a nearby pond. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon writer Jordon Cooper dies at 44
Saskatoon writer and columnist Jordon Cooper has died after a nearly year-long struggle with cancer. Cooper became a well-known commentator on city issues through his blog, started in 2001. He later b...
Mar 27, 2018 Saskatoon columnist and blogger Jordon Cooper died March 26, 2018 of cancer. He was 44. (gofundme)
CRA text scam nabs personal banking info: police
Scammers are going mobile this tax season - targeting people by text. Saskatoon police warn fraudsters are sending messages claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). They then either make t...
Mar 26, 2018
Fire pit curfew times extended, final vote pushed back
The fire pit debate will burn on for another month in Saskatoon. City council was unable to consider a final vote on backyard blaze time restrictions Monday, as Ward 1 Coun. Darren Hill and Ward 10 Co...
Mar 26, 2018
Police find guns, stolen property after late night chase
A 39-year-old man faces nearly two dozen charges after a police chase late Sunday night. A patrol unit reportedly spotted a stolen Mazda Tribute around 10 p.m. on the 600 block of 33rd Street West. Th...
Mar 26, 2018
Police charge 2 people-looking for another in armed robbery
Saskatoon police have charged a 13-year-old boy and 18-year-old man in connection with an armed robbery Saturday morning at a Mac's Convenience store. According to police, three people with bandanas c...
Mar 25, 2018
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