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Students honour veterans in early Remembrance Day ceremonies
Saskatoon elementary school students donned poppies and stood for the Last Post Wednesday during Remembrance Day ceremonies across the city. The ceremonies were held three days before Nov. 11 because ...
Nov 08, 2017 Grade 7 students at Lakeridge School in Saskatoon lead a Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 8, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Hilltops prepare for championship game
The Saskatoon Hilltops are headed to Ontario to try and make history. The team will play the Windsor Fratmen Saturday in the Canadian Bowl. A win will make the Hilltops the first-ever team to win four...
Nov 08, 2017 (Saskatoon Hilltops/Twitter)
Need a Lyft? City wants input on taxis, Uber in Saskatoon
The City of Saskatoon is revving up ahead of the province's promise to pass legislation giving the green light to ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. Mayor Charlie Clark said Wednesday...
Nov 08, 2017 Uber drivers could be coming to Saskatchewan in the near future. (Uber)
Repairs on schedule following rash of water main breaks
City crews continued working Wednesday morning to repair a series of water breaks that happened following Saskatoon's first blast of cold temperatures heading into this winter. Nine water mains broke ...
Nov 08, 2017 Crews work to repair a water main break on 25th Street near 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon police mourn shooting death of B.C. officer
Police officers across Canada are remembering one of their own who was shot and killed in British Columbia Monday. Cst. John Davidson with Abbotsford Police Department died in an exchange of gunfire w...
Nov 07, 2017 Cst. John Davidson with Abbotsford Police Department died after a suspect opened fire in a local parking lot on Nov. 6, 2017. (Abbotsford Police Department/Facebook)
Former Winnipeg sports anchor charged in Saskatoon robbery
A former Winnipeg television news director is facing new charges in relation to a summer bank robbery in Saskatoon. Stephen Vogelsang, 53, is alleged to have robbed the TD Canada Trust branch on 8th S...
Nov 07, 2017 Surveillance footage shows a man police believe to be Stephen Vogelsang, 53, robbing a TD Canada Trust branch on 8th Street on July 31, 2017. (Saskatoon Police Service)
Downtown bike lane project extension moves to council vote
City administration and the North Saskatoon Business Association (NSBA) are arguing over how often downtown bike lanes are being used. Meanwhile, city council is set to decide on whether to keep the l...
Nov 07, 2017 The protected bike lane on 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Sask. students reminded to dress warm for wind chill
Is it even winter without wind chill? Saskatoon received its first taste of frosty wind Tuesday morning, when Environment Canada issued wind chill factors up to 10 degrees Celsius cooler than the curr...
Nov 07, 2017 Environment Canada is warning about poor visibility as an Alberta clipper systems moves into Saskatchewan Sunday evening.
City of Saskatoon responds to multiple water main breaks
The arrival of colder temperatures led to multiple water main breaks overnight Monday and into early Tuesday morning in Saskatoon. Russ Munro, the City of Saskatoon director of water and waste treatme...
Nov 07, 2017 Crews work to repair a water main break on 25th Street near 4th Avenue on Nov. 7, 2017. (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
Need your snow shovelled? There's an app for that
People in Saskatoon now have a fast way to remove snow without doing any heavy lifting. MowSnowPro is a new app being introduced to the Bridge City. It connects people willing to remove snow with peop...
Nov 06, 2017 A Saskatoon resident clears snow from his walkway during a later winter snow storm (Chris Carr 650/CKOM)
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