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Rose's Furniture and Auction bids final goodbye after 85 years of business
The Roses have been overwhelmed with kindness and well wishes since announcing the closure of their family store in mid-October. The shop is to close its doors on Tuesday. "I've never had so many flow...
Nov 30, 2021 Barrie (second from left) and Gail (far right) Rose stand alongside Lyza Rose-Kruppi (second from right) in their Saskatoon store with some of their employees on Avenue B South just a few days before closing their doors for good. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Power of community on full display during Hanukkah celebrations
It has been two years since any type of in-person gatherings were allowed to celebrate Hanukkah. Hanukkah, otherwise known as The Festival of Lights, kicked off officially on Sunday. Due to the COVID-...
Nov 29, 2021
Saskatoon SPCA again subsidizing city pound to ensure its operation
Graham Dickson appeared before Saskatoon city councillors and administration on the first day of 2022-23 budget deliberations. The executive director of the SPCA, who took the job in March 2020, admit...
Nov 29, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 29: 88 recoveries, 49 new cases, 1 death
Saskatchewan has reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases since early August. The Ministry of Health on Monday said there were 49 new infections, the fewest in a day since 24 cases were r...
Nov 29, 2021
Thousands of Saskatchewan children aged 5 to 11 receiving first shot
Since Wednesday, more than 12,500 kids between the ages of five and 11 have received their first COVID-19 vaccination in Saskatchewan. That number is expected to grow throughout the next few weeks as ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Drought has big impact on Saskatchewan's mid-year financial forecast
Some of Saskatchewan's finances have dried up thanks to the drought that hit the province in 2021, helping to keep the province's books in the red. In its mid-year financial report released Monday, th...
Nov 29, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer revealed the province's first-quarter financial report on Aug. 31, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon radio station packs transit bus full of food
A radio station is helping to ensure the shelves at the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre are stocked for the holidays. Rock 102's 2021 Stuff the Bus campaign collected 17,454 pounds of food plu...
Nov 29, 2021 Rock 102's Gary and Whitney from the Stuff the Bus campaign on Nov. 27, 2021 (Rock 102/Submitted)
Saskatoon city council begins budget deliberations
Property owners in Saskatoon will have a clear picture of how much their taxes will go up this week. City council kicks off three days of budget deliberations on Monday, when it will go through each l...
Nov 29, 2021
Police release identities of men found dead along Highway 355
The Prince Albert RCMP has released the names of the victims to help in the ongoing investigation into the death of two men who were found in a vehicle near Highway 355 between Albertville and Meath P...
Nov 29, 2021 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)
Huskies win Uteck Bowl with last-minute drive, off to first Vanier Cup since 2006
The University of Saskatchewan Huskies are going back to the Vanier Cup. Saskatchewan defeated the University of Montreal Carabins 14-10 in the Mitchell Bowl Saturday to earn the team's first Vanier C...
Nov 27, 2021 Adam Machart scored the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of the Mitchell Bowl to send the Huskies to its first Vanier Cup since 2006. (Huskies Athletics/Twitter)
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