Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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February cold stretch leads to record-breaking temperatures
It was a record-breaking cold stretch for parts of Saskatchewan. February saw some of the coldest days on record as extreme cold settled in for over a week. Nearly 50 cold weather records were broken ...
Feb 18, 2021 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Saskatoon family trying to recover tattoo artist's preserved skin
A Saskatoon family is launching a desperate attempt to keep a loved one close to home. Chris Wenzel, a Saskatoon tattoo artist with tattoos covering most parts of his body died, in November 2018. To h...
Feb 18, 2021 photo attached: Cheryl Wenzel poses with framed photos of her husband Chris Wenzel shortly after his death in early 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Former inmate’s death prompts call for change within correctional system
Story by paNOW's Nigel Maxwell The president of the union that represents all legal aid staff and lawyers in Saskatchewan says she is amazed the public does not hear more stories like the one involvin...
Feb 17, 2021
RCMP looking for submissions for 2021 Name the Puppy contest
The RCMP is looking for help from the public in naming the future crop of police dogs across Canada. The ask comes from the Police Dog Service Training Centre, located in Innisfail, Alberta. The names...
Feb 17, 2021 (RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre)
'The system fell short:' GoFundMe set up in honour of health care worker who died of COVID
A GoFundMe has raised nearly $90,000 as of Wednesday afternoon for the family of a Battlefords-area health care worker who died of COVID. Don K. Paul, who spoke to battlefordsNOW Wednesday, said 34-ye...
Feb 17, 2021 A GoFundMe has been set up in the family honour of 34-year-old Tom Thomas, a health care worker who allegedly died from COVID-19. (GoFundMe)
Five charged following January riot at Prince Albert jail
Story by paNOW's Nigel Maxwell Charges have been laid in connection to a riot at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre on Jan. 4. According to court documents obtained by paNOW, five people face charg...
Feb 17, 2021 A photo taken at the time of the incident. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Nordic spa, hotel development proposed for Saskatoon
A group of Saskatchewan-based investors are looking to build the province's first Nordic spa. Scandvik, a "locally formed group that has 100-plus years of leadership" in the hospitality, construction ...
Feb 17, 2021 An artist's rendering of the proposed hotel and spa complex. (Scandvik Hotels & Nordic Spa/ Facebook)
Toronto Argonauts sign Canadian linebackers Cameron Judge, Paul Kozachuk to contracts
The Toronto Argonauts have signed Canadian linebackers Cameron Judge and Paul Kozachuk. Judge, 26, was the West Division's top Canadian last season after registering 61 tackles, 11 special-teams tackl...
Feb 17, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
Council committee supports $250,000 request from VIDO-InterVac
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac research facility could soon be getting a $250,000 cash injection from the city. At Monday's governance and priorities committee meeting, city councillors voted unanimously t...
Feb 16, 2021 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Saskatchewan billionaire, Prince Albert’s Michelle Zatlyn, becomes Wall Street tech titan
By Glenn Hicks It has been 17 months since Prince Albert's Michelle Zatlyn spoke to us after she and co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange following the hugely...
Feb 16, 2021 Prince Albert raised Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder, president and COO of Cloudflare.
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