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Man hurt after 'ground fall' at Cory potash mine
A man is in a Saskatoon hospital with a long list of injuries after a piece of ceiling fell on him in the Cory potash mine. Nutrien confirmed what it termed a "ground fall" happened last Thursday. The...
Oct 04, 2022 Nutrien's Cory potash mine. (Nutrien)
Saskatoon's first storm pond at W.W. Ashley Park now complete
Between Lansdowne and Albert avenues and behind the J.S. Wood Library in Saskatoon's Haultain neighbourhood, there's what looks like a giant outdoor grass bowl, complete with huge concrete "steps" and...
Oct 04, 2022 The storm pond in W.W. Ashley Park. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Iranian Cultural Association condemns killings of protesters in Iran
The Saskatoon Iranian Cultural Association is standing in solidarity with those in Iran who are protesting the repression of women's rights. The protests have been going on for the last several weeks,...
Oct 04, 2022 Members of the Iranian community and their supporters rally in solidarity with protesters in Iran, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab, in Ottawa on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan fundraising to replace lifesaving mammogram bus
Kelly Rea called the breast screening bus that travels around Saskatchewan to conduct mammograms her "lifesaver." Because of Rea's history of cancer, she said she needs to be a little extra careful - ...
Oct 04, 2022 The Screening Program for Breast Cancer bus parked near McOrmond Drive in Saskatoon on Oct. 3, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Elk Ridge founder passes away
Nigel Maxwell Morris Sawchuk said his friend Arne Petersen was a tremendous visionary. The founder of Elk Ridge Resort passed away on Sunday at the age of 85. Sawchuk, a former property owner at Elk R...
Oct 04, 2022 A picture of Arne Petersen with his daughter Deb at the 2017 Golf Sask. Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Facebook/ Elk Ridge Resort)
Motorcycle driver in serious condition after crash with van in Saskatoon
A 35-year-old man is in hospital with serious injuries after his motorcycle collided with a van Monday afternoon in Saskatoon. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. at Avenue P and Faulkner Crescent, resul...
Oct 04, 2022 Saskatoon police are investigating after a woman was hit by a train in the area of 25th Street East and Idylwyld Drive on Aug. 31, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Man killed in rollover near Maidstone
A 45-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday near Maidstone. According to the RCMP, officers responded at about 4:30 a.m., to a call of a rollover on Township Road 482, approximately ...
Oct 03, 2022 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
'Benefits who?': Information denial questioned by privacy commissioner
One family is trying to heal, but believes to do that, it needs information the Saskatchewan government is keeping under wraps. On Truth and Reconciliation Day last year, Sept. 30, a person who wishes...
Oct 03, 2022
Father calls for reform after murder charge laid against woman who caused fatal crash in 2014
A Saskatoon man says more needs to be done to keep dangerous people behind bars. Dave Wensley's daughter, Sarah, was one of two teenagers killed in a 2014 car crash in the city. Cheyann Crystal Peetee...
Oct 03, 2022 Cheyann Peeteetuce leaves Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench in June 2015. (Bre McAdam/650 CKOM)
Gas prices in Saskatchewan could reach $1.95: Analyst
Gas prices are once again on the rise and it looks like they could be heading to where they were earlier this summer. Dan McTeague, a gas price analyst and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy...
Oct 03, 2022
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