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2 hurt in crash following chase on the Broadway Bridge
Two people are in hospital following a single-vehicle crash that shut down the Broadway Bridge and snarled the morning commute on Wednesday. At approximately 1:40 a.m., Saskatoon police officers obser...
Mar 10, 2021 Fire crews used hydraulic cutting tools to free two people from a car that crashed near the Broadway Bridge on March 10th, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire)
NDP calls for 'serious action' to be taken by province in response to overdose crisis
On a busy 20th Street in Saskatoon on Tuesday, NDP Leader Ryan Meili outlined a list of calls towards the provincial government, all centred around the overdose crisis in the province. Meili was joine...
Mar 09, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks at a media conference in front of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon on March 9, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon mother looking for stolen adaptive bike after Mayfair theft
It has been a tough month for Tobi-Dawne Smith and her family. On Feb. 7, the family home on the 1200 block of Avenue D North was destroyed by a fire in the early-morning hours. It also claimed the li...
Mar 08, 2021 (Tobi-Dawne Smith/Facebook)
YWCA program gets a boost from Saskatoon family on International Women's Day
The Turning Points program at Saskatoon's YWCA got some help from the family of a former educator and social worker Monday. Bonnie Gitzel and her family donated $100,000 to the program, which annually...
Mar 08, 2021 Bonnie Gitzel, pictured on the left with her daughter Bailey, and her family donated $100,000 to the YWCA's Turning Points program on International Women's Day, March 8, 2021. (Facebook/YWCA Saskatoon)
12-year-old snowboarder hangs on for dear life at Table Mountain
Kaelah Gratton has a slightly different view of a Facebook video that's making the rounds. The video posted Saturday shows a young snowboarder dangling for almost two minutes from the chairlift at Tab...
Mar 08, 2021 12-year-old Liam Gratton had a snowboarding experience he won't forget after slipping off the chairlift at Table Mountain Regional Park on March 6, 2021. (Aaron Arcand/Facebook)
A look into the COVID testing site in Saskatoon
Flash back a year's time and the thought of a mass testing site for a viral disease sweeping across the globe may have sounded more like a plot for an upcoming movie. Well, it has become the reality, ...
Mar 08, 2021 Saskatoon's COVID-19 drive-through testing site. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon house fire causes $100K in damage
Damage is estimated at $100,000 after a house fire in the Riversdale neighbourhood Sunday evening. The Saskatoon Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Avenue J South at 6:23 p.m. The house wa...
Mar 08, 2021 Fire fighters battle a blaze in the 300 block of Avenue J South on March 7th, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire)
Premier Moe says Saskatchewan trending toward looser COVID-19 rules
As Saskatchewan's COVID-19 infections continue trending downward, the relaxing of pandemic health measures could soon follow. Premier Scott Moe hinted at the possibility of easing restrictions last we...
Mar 08, 2021 Premier Scott Moe addresses reporters in Saskatoon on June 20, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Weyburn family seeks to change conversation on overdose after father's death
Damon Grant would have been celebrating his 49th birthday Sunday. Instead, his family now sits with only memories of the Weyburn man. The former nurse's aide injured his back in 2000 on the job, leadi...
Mar 07, 2021 Damon Grant would have been celebrating his 49th birthday Sunday, but his family lost him to an overdose in January. (submitted/Janelle Kincaid)
Latest COVID update March 7: Two new deaths, active cases dip, new vaccine shipment expected
For the first time in the pandemic, someone under the age of 19 has died with the virus. The death occurred in an individual from the northwest region who was under the age of 19, according to ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
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