Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Deadline nears for Kinsmen Home Lottery $1.4M Haultain showhome
Kinsmen Home Lottery is asking for the community's support as its final deadline approaches for the $1.4 million show home. For the past 96 years, the lottery has raised more than $16 million for comm...
Jun 19, 2024 The grand prize showhome is awarded fully furnished, professionally decorated and landscaped. (Submitted)
Saskatoon couple reflects on 20 years of legalized same-sex marriage
Twenty years ago, Jai Richards and Nicole White fought the province to legalize same-sex marriage. This year, the couple will celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary. "The legislation passed in Novem...
Jun 19, 2024 Nicole White (L) and Jai Richards (R) got married 19 years ago after suing the province to legalize same-sex marriage. (Submitted)
Fairhaven murder victim loved walks and playing Johnny Cash songs
A 66-year-old man was killed in the early morning hours of June 12 near Fairhaven Elementary School. He loved to walk, was a cancer survivor, and enjoyed music. On a Facebook post from June 19, Ward 3...
Jun 19, 2024 Harvey Myron Zoerb, who died on June 12, 2024, loved the Johnny Cash song "Folsom Prison Blues." Family and friends were shocked and saddened by his “senseless, violent death.” (Dalmeny Funeral Service)
2018 grad quote predicting Oilers will win cup in 2024 goes viral
In 2018, Centennial Collegiate student William Dmytrow was scrambling to find a last-second grad quote for his class's yearbook. With the deadline looming, Dmytrow made his grad quote "Edmonton Oilers...
Jun 19, 2024 William Dmytrow's grad quote predicted the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup in 2024. His quote is now two wins away from becoming true. (William Dmytrow)
C95 sending 91-year-old Snoop Dogg fan to Saskatoon concert in style
Snoop Dogg is set to perform at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon on Wednesday night, and for 91-year-old Phyllis Austman, it'll be the night of a lifetime. When C95 hosts Shauna Foster and Rob Suski heard ...
Jun 19, 2024 Snoop Dogg performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Accused in Legacy Christian Academy cases changes lawyer at '11th hour'
Just days before former Legacy Christian Academy director John Olubobokun was scheduled to begin a three-day trial in Saskatoon provincial court, he dismissed his lawyer Daniel Tangjerd and retained N...
Jun 19, 2024 John Olubobokun outside Saskatoon Provincial Court on June 19, 2024. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Ward 7 Councillor Mairin Loewen won't seek re-election this fall
Long-time Ward 7 Councillor Mairin Loewen says she won't run for city council again in November. Loewen, who was first elected in 2011, said she made up her mind after the 2020 election that this woul...
Jun 19, 2024 Loewen was first elected in 2011, but said she made the decision after the 2020 election that she wouldn't run for another term. (wardseven.ca)
Incorrect data shared about Saskatoon hospital bed occupancy: SHA
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says "significant discrepancies" in a report last week created a false impression of hospital bed use in Saskatoon. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIH...
Jun 19, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
National pharmacare program aimed for next April says Health Minister
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes to launch a national pharmacare program by April 1, 2025. A pharmacare bill drafted by the Liberals and the NDP has made its way through the House o...
Jun 19, 2024 The idea is to make birth control and diabetes medication available to anyone with a health card as part of a universal, single-payer program. (CP)
Potential for active wildfire season high despite rain in Sask.
A wetter than normal May and June has led to a significantly slower start to the wildfire season in the province, but the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said that doesn't mean the impact wil...
Jun 19, 2024 Wildfire stock photo. (Photo 189385955 © Serjlogrus | Dreamstime.com)
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