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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Woman sent to hospital after vehicle-pedestrian collision
A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a vehicle hit a pedestrian at Acadia Drive and Eighth Street East on Tuesday morning. According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers resp...
May 04, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest wastewater study shows COVID cases in Saskatoon could be on the decline
We may soon see a decrease in COVID-19 cases in Saskatoon. The study being done by University of Saskatchewan researchers on wastewater is showing a 70 per cent decrease in the virus from last week's ...
May 03, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Tribal Council chief apologizes for AstraZeneca vaccine 'miscommunication'
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand says he's sorry for what he says is a "miscommunication" on the STC website. A notice on the webpage indicates the organization is offering 330 AstraZeneca v...
May 03, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update May 3: Seven-day average dropping, 207 new cases, three deaths
The seven-day average of daily new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is dropping. The seven-day average of daily new cases now sits at 230 or 18.8 new cases per 100,000. That's the lowest it has been ...
May 03, 2021
No additional public health measures for Saskatoon, says Merriman
It's a thumbs down from Saskatchewan's health minister. There won't be any extra COVID-19-related public health measures for Saskatoon after Mayor Charlie Clark asked the province to bring in tighter ...
May 03, 2021 Health Minister Paul Merriman (File photo/Submitted)
Police respond to weapons call in Riversdale area
Saskatoon police say they didn't find a man with a weapon after responding to a call in the 300 block of Avenue H South on Monday. Police got a call at about 11:40 a.m., that a man had been seen at a ...
May 03, 2021 Saskatoon police respond to a report of a man with a weapon in the 300 block of Avenue H South on May 3, 2021.
(Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
PHR to expand hours, hire more staff after more than $180K in April donations
What an April it was for Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR). The Saskatoon safe consumption site had at least 62 businesses and organizations donate to its facility during the calendar month. Originally, it...
May 03, 2021
Rollover near Leoville kills 45-year-old man
A 45-year-old man from the Big River First Nation is dead after a single-vehicle crash Friday on a grid road just west of Leoville. According to the RCMP, officers from the Big River and Spiritwood de...
May 03, 2021
Building destroyed by 'suspicious' early-morning blaze in Riversdale neighbourhood
Thick smoke, illuminated by the downtown lights, filled the Saskatoon sky early Monday morning. A blaze ripped through a structure on the 100 block of Avenue B South, which was identified as Rosaly's ...
May 03, 2021 Fire crews battle a blaze on the 100 block of Avenue B South early Monday, May 3, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update May 2: Active cases dip slightly, one death, 8,527 vaccines
Active COVID cases in Saskatchewan fell slightly Sunday. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health reported 238 new cases, 253 recoveries and one new death. The active total now sits at 2,437. The p...
May 02, 2021
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