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Council approves $331K funding to keep MVA afloat for 2018
Saskatoon city council has thrown a lifeline to the Meewasin Valley Authority. Council approved a hybrid funding strategy for the conservation group during budget talks Tuesday, providing a total of $...
Nov 28, 2017
Saskatoon hotel manager accused of extorting tenants for sex
A Saskatoon hotel manager with a history of sexual misconduct is at the centre of disturbing new allegations. John Pontes is accused of extorting tenants for sexual favours at the Northwoods Inn and S...
Nov 28, 2017 The Northwoods Inn and Suites on Idylwyld Drive North on Nov. 28, 2017. (Celine Grimard/650 CKOM)
Man dies in hospital after crash on Circle Drive
A 56-year-old man has died after being injured in a crash in Saskatoon more than a week ago. Saskatoon police said a two-vehicle collision took place Nov.19 at the intersection of Avenue C North and C...
Nov 28, 2017
Saskatoon driver hits police car after running red light
A prisoner had a rough ride on his way to the Saskatoon police detention centre Monday night. A patrol car was transporting the prisoner to the police station when it was hit by a vehicle that ran a r...
Nov 28, 2017
Council nixes $1.2M snow removal upgrade from tax hike
Saskatoon city council chose to knock $9 off the average tax bill instead of funding an expanded snow removal program on Monday evening, ending a raucous first day of budget deliberations. Councillors...
Nov 28, 2017 Saskatoon city council debates the 2018 budget on Nov. 27, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Remai Modern revenue targets raise eyebrows at budget talks
Leadership of the Remai Modern art gallery defended their budget to city council Monday, as several councillors raised concern over "ambitious" revenue targets for the new facility. The art gallery on...
Nov 28, 2017 Remai Modern Fundraising Chair Herb McFaull and board member Alison Norlen address city council on Nov. 27, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon hockey team to play in Parliament Hill tournament
They may be small, but they set their sights big - scoring a chance to represent Saskatchewan in the nation's capital. The Saskatoon peewee Comet Storm will have the province behind them at the Canada...
Nov 27, 2017 The Saskatoon peewee Comet Storm have been selected to play in the Canada 150 Hockey on the Hill tournament in December. (Saskatoon Comet Female Hockey)
Saskatoon police recover 20 sports wheelchairs stolen in July
Saskatoon police have found nearly two dozen sports wheelchairs, used in programs for children with physical disabilities, previously stolen in July. Officers recovered 20 of 34 stolen Quickie All-Cou...
Nov 27, 2017 Twenty of 34 sports wheelchairs found near Dalmeny by Saskatoon police and RCMP on Nov. 24, 2017. (Saskatoon police)
Operation Red Nose calls for more volunteers
Operation Red Nose is looking for more volunteers to keep up with call numbers following its first weekend in Saskatoon. "Our numbers are way up from last year. We pretty much doubled our numbers on F...
Nov 27, 2017 Operation Red Nose wants to make sure drivers and their vehicles get home safely over the holidays. (Operation Red Nose Saskatoon/Facebook)
Saskatoon impaired drivers cause weekend collisions
As the holiday season brings more options for getting home safe after a few too many, it turns out some people still don't get the message not to drink and drive. Saskatoon Police charged five men wit...
Nov 25, 2017 (650 CKOM file photo)
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