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Enjoy your New Year's Eve fireworks safely, Saskatoon Fire Department says
Revellers in Saskatoon are free to enjoy fireworks on New Year's Eve, but only low-hazard ones. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release on Monday that only certain fireworks are able to...
Dec 30, 2024 Other than sparklers, people should never light a firework in their hand or hold a lit firework, says Saskatoon Fire Department. (belchonock/Depositphotos.com)
Sick doctors mean hospital emergency department will close early Dec. 31
Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department will close early on New Year's Eve because of physician illness. Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said in a news release on Monday that the emergency ...
Dec 30, 2024 Saskatoon City Hospital's emergency department will close early on New Year's Eve because of physician illness. (650 CKOM files)
Bloodlines and Blows: The viral father/son Sask. Senior A hockey fight
A family battle royal on ice between 48-year-old Chris Ewen and his 27-year-old son Tyler Driedger during a Senior A hockey game is still buzzing about the internet, a week later. FATHER AND SON CHUCK...
Dec 30, 2024 Chris Ewen (pictured left) and Tyler Driedger (pictured right) smile before playing a game of competitive hockey against each other for the first time in their lives. “We've played together for 10 or 12 years and we've heard the question lots, ‘Who would win in a fight?’ Tyler wanted to fight and we were talking about it for a while, probably for about five or six years, because we're both very competitive. The game got out of hand, so we gave the fans a show,” 48-year-old Ewen explained. (Chris Ewen/submitted)
Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block looks to challenges ahead in 2025
It's been a whirlwind year for new Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block, going from long-time city councillor, to decisively winning the civic election as the city's first female mayor. Fewer than two months...
Dec 30, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block at her desk at Saskatoon City Hall. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Rental Housing Sask. approves of SCAN officers, wants implementation
Recent amendments to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act by the Government of Saskatchewan are reportedly being made to address the challenge of abandoned properties that become unsafe...
Dec 29, 2024
British specialty shop says final goodbye to Saskatoon
After more than a decade of selling crisps, tarts, scotch eggs and fish and chips to people in Saskatchewan, Churchill's British Imports in Saskatoon is closing its doors. The news was announced on th...
Dec 28, 2024 Tony Badger, the owner of Churchill's British Imports, said it was simply time to close up the Saskatoon shop. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Extreme weather features in Saskatchewan's top news stories of 2024
It's been a wild weather year in Saskatchewan, and readers embraced the stories we wrote about it. Here's a recap of some of the major weather events our news teams covered across the province in 2024...
Dec 28, 2024 A twister touches down in the Clarkboro Ferry area during a day of crazy weather at the end of June. (Michele Cozart/Facebook)
Owner of Rosetown Towing urging drivers to slow down on Highway 7
Overnight rain led to icy road conditions on Friday morning on some Saskatchewan highways leaving a handful of vehicles in the ditch. Rosetown Towing pulled four semis out of the ditch along highway 7...
Dec 28, 2024 Rosetown Towing pulled 4 semis out of the ditch along Highway 7 before noon on Dec. 27, 2024. (Rosetown Towing Facebook/submitted)
Two arrested after report of shots fired in Saskatoon
Two people are in custody after callers to Saskatoon police reported they heard shots fired in the Mayfair neighbourhood of the city on Friday. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release th...
Dec 28, 2024 (CKOM files)
25-year-old woman from Calgary dead after collision near Rosetown
Rosetown RCMP is investigating a highway collision that turned fatal on Christmas Eve. It happened around 8:30 p.m. on Highway 7, west of Rosetown, which is around 120km southwest of Saskatoon. Accord...
Dec 27, 2024 Highway 7 was closed during the initial investigation but has since re-opened following the crash that killed a 25-year-old woman from Calgary.(650 CKOM file photo)
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