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In-person Saskatoon city council meetings, hearings to resume by Sept. 1
After more than a year of online council meetings, hearings and appointments, Saskatoon city hall is expected to re-open to the public by Sept. 1. At Monday's Governance and Priorities Committee meeti...
Jul 21, 2021 Saskatoon city council debates the 2018 budget on Nov. 27, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
'Thousands' missed: FSIN, Treaty Commissioner want residential school compensation packages reopened
In the thousands. That's how many residential school survivors Mary Culbertson, Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan, says were likely missed during the original compensation package rollout in 2007. A...
Jul 21, 2021
Man charged in 2020 murder returned to Canada
A man charged in a 2020 homicide in Saskatoon who was arrested while trying to cross the border into the United States in January, has been returned to Canada. Police say Afrah ALI arrived in Saskatoo...
Jul 21, 2021 (650 CKOM)
Police charge 5th person in Saskatoon confinement case
A fifth person has been charged in connection to an assault and confinement case last summer in Saskatoon. The charges stem from an alleged attack on a 26-year-old man on August 21st 2020. The victim ...
Jul 21, 2021 Heather Rene Peequaquat (Submitted/Saskatoon Police Service)
Blades announce 18th coach in team history
The Saskatoon Blades have found their guy. The team announced its 18th head coach in franchise history Wednesday, Brennan Sonne. Sonne spent the last four years as the head coach of the Ducs d'Angers ...
Jul 21, 2021 Saskatoon Blades head coach Brennan Sonne. (Jesse Gelenyse/Twitter)
Team Canada in Tokyo - Kaylyn Kyle Previews Women's Soccer
With Euro 2020 in the books, the Canadian women's soccer team will once again take centre stage for the country's soccer fans this summer, as it aims for a third consecutive Olympic medal at Tokyo 202...
Jul 20, 2021
$96k in meth seized by Moose Jaw police during check stop
A Friday evening check stop quickly turned into a big-time drug bust after Moose Jaw police located a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle was found during a high visibility check stop on July 16, 2021, in...
Jul 20, 2021
Sask. boaters reminded to stop at all watercraft inspection stations
Saskatchewan residents planning to enjoy summer from port and starboard are being reminded to stop for inspection stations along highways and near the water. Boaters in the province travelling across ...
Jul 20, 2021
'A mile in our moccassins:' STC holds walk for reconciliation Tuesday, around 300 attend
Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand stood before the media Tuesday, minutes prior to the start of a walk for reconciliation. Wearing flip-flops, Arcand was preparing to make a 23-block trek across down...
Jul 20, 2021 Around 300 walked the streets of downtown Saskatoon Tuesday, bringing awareness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
July brings increase to monthly seniors benefit
More than 15,000 seniors in Saskatchewan will be seeing an increase in their maximum monthly benefit provided through a government seniors plan. A $30 increase came into effect on July 1, 2021 for tho...
Jul 20, 2021 Mike McGuire and his mom outside of her seniors' residence.
(Mike McGuire/Facebook)
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