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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Tony Mandarich to headline 2018 Dogs' Breakfast
The highest-ever NFL draft pick to come out of Canada will be in Saskatoon for the Huskies Football Foundation's Dogs' Breakfast. Former NFL offensive lineman Tony Mandarich will be the guest speaker ...
Feb 05, 2018 Former NFL offensive lineman Tony Mandarich will be the guest speaker at the 2018 Dogs' Breakfast in Saskatoon. (U of S Huskies)
Bystander saves woman after fall through river ice
A quick-thinking bystander helped save a Saskatoon woman over the weekend. Police said the 28-year-old woman was walking her dogs along the south side of the river near the new Commuter Bridge Sunday ...
Feb 05, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Wood-burning fireplace likely cause of $80K blaze: city
The extreme cold didn't help firefighters battling a blaze outside Saskatoon early Sunday morning. Fire crews responded to a 911 call of a house fire south of the city off Haultain Road. They arrived ...
Feb 04, 2018 Saskatoon firefighters respond to a house fire south of the city off Haultain Road on Feb. 4, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Saskatoon dad calls in 17-year-old son for drunk driving
At least one dad in Saskatchewan is getting the message about drunk driving. Saskatoon police say a man called in his 17-year-old son, who was apparently drunk and had taken the truck without permissi...
Feb 04, 2018 Emergency crews respond to a two-vehicle crash, allegedly involving a drunk driver, at Taylor Street and McEown Avenue on Feb. 3, 2018. (Saskatoon Fire Department).
Extreme cold warnings end in Regina, Saskatoon
It was a rude awakening for some in Saskatchewan. The southern half of the province, stretching from Saskatoon down to the border, was under an extreme cold warning for much of Sunday morning. Mark Me...
Feb 04, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Frigid 1st weekend of February sees extreme cold, wind
People in Saskatoon and Regina woke up to a thick blanket of snow on their lawns Saturday morning. Environment Canada forecaster Brad Vrolijk said Saskatoon received up to five centimetres, or two inc...
Feb 03, 2018
Relative says woman found dead on fire escape may have been locked out
A relative of a woman found dead on a fire escape in Saskatoon says it's possible she froze to death after being locked out. The relative, who didn't want to give her name out of concern that other fa...
Feb 03, 2018 Rita May Arnault from North Battleford was found dead on a fire escape in Saskatoon on Feb. 1, 2018. (Facebook photo)
Cold impacts bus service in Prairie Spirit School Division
Extreme cold caused the Prairie Spirit School Division to reduce bus service Thursday. With windchills pushing -43 C in Prince Albert on Thursday morning, the division cancelled buses for the day at s...
Feb 01, 2018
Police use taser on man holding knife
Saskatoon police used a taser to bring down a suspect holding a knife and uttering threats at a home Tuesday night. Officers responded to the 300 block of Pohorecky Street around 10:30 p.m. about a ma...
Jan 31, 2018
4 arrested in Saskatoon meth, cocaine bust
Police announced Tuesday that four men are facing a number of charges following a five-month investigation into drug trafficking in Saskatoon. The four suspects were arrested Saturday. The men, a 31-y...
Jan 30, 2018
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