Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Natural gas leak shuts down highways at Leader
The intersection of highways 21 and 32 in Leader has been closed due to a natural gas leak. In a media release Thursday, the RCMP said the intersection was closed to allow SaskEnergy crews to repair a...
Jan 28, 2021
Saskatoon councillors vote in favour of anti-conversion therapy draft bylaw
Saskatoon is one step closer to joining several other Canadian cities in banning businesses from practising conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is generally defined as providing counselling, behavi...
Jan 28, 2021
Saskatoon police chief returns to work after bout with COVID
Add Troy Cooper to the list of COVID-19 recoveries in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon's police chief returned to his office Monday after a two-week isolation period following his positive diagnosis. Cooper to...
Jan 28, 2021 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon police say foul play not a factor in two recent deaths
The Saskatoon Police Service has determined foul play was not involved in two recent deaths in the city. On Saturday at about 8 p.m., officers responded to a call of a body that had been located by me...
Jan 27, 2021
New campaign aims to stop spread of misinformation about COVID
By Caitlyn Lepp Health professionals and Canadian scientists are taking to social media to stop the spread of misinformation and inaccurate theories about COVID-19 and vaccines. The experts use the ha...
Jan 27, 2021 (ScienceUpFirst/Twitter)
Extendicare Preston gives update on COVID outbreak: Six dead, 23 active resident cases
Extendicare Preston is providing more details about the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the Saskatoon care home. In an emailed statement, Extendicare Preston confirmed six residents who tested positive f...
Jan 27, 2021 Preston Extendicare. (extendicarepreston.com)
City of Saskatoon to review rail line 'interswitching' in Canada Transportation Act
It apparently has been done only once before, but Saskatoon city administration will look into the possibility of "interswitching" a rail line between CN and CP. A motion made by Ward 1 Coun. Darren H...
Jan 27, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
'It's just tough:' Parents hoping for better news after son paralyzed in snowboarding accident
A day trip to the ski hill has left an Aberdeen-born hockey player paralyzed and the hockey community is rallying behind him. Kyrell Sopotyk, a member of the WHL's Kamloops Blazers, was snowboarding w...
Jan 27, 2021 (Kyrell Sopotyk/GoFundMe)
$7.5 million from province, feds heading to Sask. livestock and forage research
The federal and provincial governments are giving a boost to livestock and forage research in Saskatchewan. According to a Wednesday media release from the province, $7.5 million will head to the Agri...
Jan 27, 2021
Province 'taking a good step' in discontinuing birth alerts: Tribal Chief Arcand
As of next Monday, the Province of Saskatchewan will be discontinuing the practice of birth alerts. Birth alerts are notifications that would be sent to a mother's file prior to labour if the mother w...
Jan 27, 2021 Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand speaks to reporters at TCU Place on Nov. 15, 2017. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
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