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Fast-paced action-packed basketball closes out the 50th BRIT
The 50th edition of the Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) wrapped up Saturday night in Saskatoon as Vancouver's Handsworth Royals defeated Winnipeg's Garden City Gophers 53-32 in the final. ...
Jan 14, 2018 Vancouver's Handsworth Royals beat Winnipeg's Garden City Gophers 53-32 in the BRIT championship game Jan. 13, 2018. (Davis Remenda/650 CKOM)
City ponds ready for skaters, but not without 'risk'
It is now officially cold enough to head out to your local pond for a skate. A number of ponds tested around the city show the ice has exceeded or has met the required 16 inches to make it safe enough...
Jan 13, 2018
Record attendance at Enchanted Forest Holiday Light Tour
The 19th year of BHP Enchanted Forest brought its biggest crowd to date. From Nov. 17 to closing night Jan. 7 77,000 people took in the light display at Saskatoon's Forestry Farm Park, up about 5,000 ...
Jan 13, 2018 The Enchanted Forest at Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo turned its lights on for the holiday season on Nov. 16, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
CanniMed files $725M lawsuit against Aurora, others over takeover bid
The Canadian Press Saskatoon-based CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Aurora Cannabis Inc., alleging what it calls "multiple claims of wrongdoing" related to Aurora's hostile bid t...
Jan 13, 2018
Founding father returns to BRIT after 40-year absence
The Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) Classic's 50th anniversary is bringing long-lost familiar faces back to the hardcourt. Among the alumni in the stands watching the basketball tourney is...
Jan 13, 2018 BRIT co-founder Carl Chiko, 89, sits in the stands at Bedford Road Collegiate during the 50th BRIT Classic on Jan. 12, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Central library closed due to water main break
People in Saskatoon looking to grab a book to curl up with ahead of what's expected to be a frigid weekend won't be able to go to the downtown library branch Friday. The Frances Morrison Central Libra...
Jan 12, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Family makes emotional appeal after dog washed away
A Saskatoon family has seen an outpouring of support online after losing a beloved pet. Benji, a two-year-old Golden Retriever-Bernese, went missing during a walk Tuesday in Furdale. Now, his people a...
Jan 12, 2018 A post making the rounds on Facebook asks people to help find Benji, the dog was washed away in the South Saskatchewan River on Jan. 9, 2018. (Sydney A. Rikelle/Facebook)
Heat restored to Melfort area after natural gas outage
People in Melfort, Kinistino and St. Brieux are feeling the warmth again. Sask Energy announced late Thursday heat had been restored after a ruptured pipeline knocked out natural gas services to about...
Jan 12, 2018
Sask. company fined over workplace death
Almost three years to the day since the workplace death of a young man at a Saskatchewan tire-recycling operation, his former employer has been given a six-figure fine. Cade Sprackman, 18, had only be...
Jan 11, 2018 Cade Sprackman, 18, died on Jan. 27, 2015 while working at the Shercom Industries Inc. tire-recycling plant near Saskatoon. (Cade Sprackman/Facebook)
Bienfait woman pleads guilty in deadly drunk driving crash
A woman from Bienfait has admitted to being drunk behind the wheel last summer when she hit a cab, killing the driver. Bisho Kalappurakkal, 35, died on June 24, 2017, when the taxi he was driving was ...
Jan 11, 2018 Bisho Kalappurakkal, 35, died after being hit by an alleged drunk driver on Highway 2 and Highway 39 near Bienfait, Sask., on June 24, 2017. (GoFundMe)
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