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'Karma is important': Blades acquire local product in WHL trade deadline steal
The newest member of the Saskatoon Blades is familiar to the area, yet the reasoning behind the trade remains up in the air. According to Blades general manager Colin Priestner, the acquisition of Kam...
Jan 17, 2022 Saskatoon-born Josh Pillar was acquired by the Saskatoon Blades on Jan. 17, 2022. (Allen Douglas/Kamloops Blazers)
Fire and Ice: Saskatoon ice sculpture brings the heat
It took two 12-foot dump trailers and about a week for Mel Thompson to bring life to "Snow-micron" the dragon. The bright blue snow and ice sculpture is about 30-feet-long, five-foot-eight-inches high...
Jan 17, 2022 Snow-micron, the dragon ice sculpture is about 30-feet-long, nearly six feet tall and takes up the entire front yard of Mel Thompson's home on Cairns Avenue. (Mel Thompson/Submitted)
Recovery underway following SLGA cyber security incident, leading to liquor shortages
The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) says its distribution centre has resumed full operations following a cyber security incident on Christmas Day. The incident impacted SLGA's computer...
Jan 17, 2022
Collision on Highway 15 kills Elrose man
One man has died following a crash involving two trucks Sunday afternoon on Highway 15 near Sovereign, Sask. Rosetown RCMP were called to the crash around 12:45 p.m. Sunday to an area roughly 10 kilom...
Jan 17, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Pinched extension cord causes garage fire in Saskatoon
Something a lot of us do on cold days contributed to a garage fire in Saskatoon on Saturday. Shortly before midnight, fire crews responded to a fire on the 2500 block of Clarence Avenue South. Three f...
Jan 17, 2022 A pinched extension cord caused a garage fire in Saskatoon on Jan.15, 2022 (Saskatoon Fire)
Calling all pinheads: Customers flipping over unique entertainment rentals from Saskatoon cafe
Flashing yellow, red, white, orange and blue lights pop from the boxy machines lining the right wall of Pokey's Pinball Cafe, greeting customers as they walk through the door. Cafe owner and operator ...
Jan 17, 2022 Jason Carroll, owner of Pokey's Pinball Cafe. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Chamber CEO anticipates major worker shortages with Omicron
Having enough staff to work is going to be one of the biggest challenges for Saskatchewan businesses over the next few weeks. Greater Saskatoon Chamber CEO Jason Aebig says with Omicron spreading quic...
Jan 17, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 16: Hospitalizations rise, 11th straight day with no deaths
It's been 11 days since somebody has died from COVID in Saskatchewan. The province reported no deaths in its daily update Sunday. Cases continued to climb. There were 1,427 new infections, 20 short of...
Jan 16, 2022 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 15: More than 1,000 new cases, 19 new hospitalizations
There are 19 more people in hospital because of COVID-19 as of Saturday. The daily update from the province reported 1,114 new cases in Saskatchewan and no new deaths. There are 150 people now in hosp...
Jan 15, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'Not something anyone wanted to hear': Sask. athlete reacts to Winter Games cancellation
Cate Janzen says the cancellation of the Saskatchewan Winter Games is like losing her own Olympics. "It's such a big honour. I know it's not the Olympics but it feels that way. It feels so special to ...
Jan 15, 2022 Cate Janzen. (Jen Janzen/Submitted)
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