Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Where's Frank? Senior walking for children's hospitals passed the half way point
Frank Atchison is taking the weekend off, but on Monday he will be back on Highway 11 walking from Saskatoon and Regina. He's on his walk to raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Jim...
May 09, 2021 Frank Atchison. (Photo courtesy of pattisonchildrens.ca)
Latest COVID update May 8: 269 new cases, total vaccinations surpass 500,000
Saskatchewan is inching closer to the level of vaccinations required to start the clock on Step One of the Re-Opening Roadmap. There were 13,042 COVID-19 vaccinations done in the province in th...
May 08, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Residential construction boosting pandemic economic recovery
Growing home building permits in the Saskatoon area are just one sign of the province's attempts at economic recovery. According to figures released by Statistics Canada on Friday, the country's econo...
May 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
'We'd like her back': Trottier family offers reward for information about missing woman
It has been more than four months since 22-year-old Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen by her family. Now her family has organized a $20,000 reward for information leading to her return. Trottier wa...
May 07, 2021
Latest COVID update May 7: 295 new cases, 1 death, 491,440 total vaccinations
Saskatchewan is closing in on half a million COVID-19 vaccinations. In its daily COVID-19 update Friday, the Ministry of Health said 10,530 doses of vaccine had been administered in the latest reporti...
May 07, 2021 (Lisa Schick/650 CKOM file photo)
Teen charged after high-speed joyride in Saskatoon
A 17-year-old boy is facing several charges after Saskatoon police clocked a vehicle doing nearly 170 kilometres per hour in a 50 zone early Friday. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers...
May 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon fire department shutters problematic Prairie Heights condo
A condo building in Pleasant Hill has been shut down by the Saskatoon Fire Department after multiple attempts to solve dangerous and unsanitary living conditions over many months. Saskatoon assistant ...
May 06, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Officer at 'freedom rally' explains resignation from Saskatoon Police Service
The police officer who attended the ‘children's freedom rally’ in Saskatoon in late April and later resigned says the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) required him to work at a desk and be t...
May 06, 2021
Regina software engineer develops text line for vaccination availability
Brock Lumbard is making it easier to find where you can get your COVID-19 vaccinations across Saskatchewan. The 22-year-old Regina-born software engineer studied at Western University before returning...
May 06, 2021 Brock Lumbard has created a text line that connects the consumers to available vaccination clinics across Saskatchewan. (Ivan Ho)
Latest COVID update May 6: 265 recoveries, 156 new cases, 0 deaths
Saskatchewan has reported its lowest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month. On Thursday, the Ministry of Health said there were 156 new infections, the fewest since there were 15...
May 06, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
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