Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyon...
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UPDATE: No one injured in Sutherland trailer park fire
No one was injured in a fire in a mobile home in the Sutherland neighbourhood on Sunday evening. According to the Saskatoon Fire Department, no one was home at the time of the fire. The blaze caused a...
Dec 07, 2020 Mobile home fire on Rayner Avenue on Dec. 6th, 2020 (Submitted/Saskatoon Fire)
Fred Sasakamoose described as selfless and generous for final farewell
Well before he became FSIN Chief, a seven-year-old Bobby Cameron was in Spiritwood with his parents. He saw Fred Sasakamoose giving away fish from the trunk of his vehicle, and he did the same to Came...
Dec 06, 2020 FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron recalled his interactions with Fred Sasakamoose during Sasakamoose's funeral service at centre ice of the Fred Sasakamoose Arena at the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. Screengrab from the Facebook live stream from the Fred Sasakamoose "Chief Thunderstick" National Hockey Championship page.
Meadow Lake business has increased COVID exposure, patrons must isolate
If you were in the VLT room in Meadow Lake's Garfunkel's Gourmet Grill over the past 10 days, you may have to self-isolate. According to a release by the Saskatchewan Health Authority Sunday, there's ...
Dec 06, 2020 (Google Maps)
Hundreds join Saskatoon protest in solidarity with Indian farmers
Hundreds of people in Saskatoon lined sidewalks on 8th Street Saturday to protest farming reforms in India. Waving signs reading "We support farmers" and "Justice for Indian farmers," the crowd that g...
Dec 05, 2020 Roughly 300 people gathered along 8th Street in Saskatoon to protest agriculture reforms in Indian on Dec. 5, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Free Saturday parking extended until March 31 in Saskatoon
It won't be just the month of December in which shoppers and others can take advantage of free parking. At Thursday's budget meeting, Saskatoon city council voted unanimously to approve free Saturday ...
Dec 04, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon leaders urge residents to plan for virtual Christmas, follow guidelines
Saskatoon leaders gathered Friday morning to plead with residents to do everything possible to limit the spread of COVID-19. The most urgent plea came from Saskatoon medical health officer Dr. Jasmine...
Dec 04, 2020 (650 CKOM)
Saskatoon bingo hall dabs out criticism about spreading COVID
A Saskatoon bingo hall that usually calls out numbers now is calling out naysayers who are putting blame on the industry for contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Last month the Sask...
Dec 04, 2020 (Cornwall Bingo Center/Facebook)
Winter sports experience sales boom in Saskatchewan
Kevin Robinson never imagined cross-country skiing would become a popular sport in Saskatchewan. The owner of Eb's Source for Adventure has seen his company thrive like never before thanks to a global...
Dec 04, 2020 Cross-country skiing is seeing a surge in popularity as more people look for outdoor activities instead of a vacation to a hot climate. (Saskatoon Nordic Ski Club/Saskatoon)
2.83 per cent property tax increase approved by Saskatoon city council for 2021
After two days of deliberations, numerous motions, inquiries, debates and revisions, Saskatoon city council has passed the 2021 capital and operating budgets. Mayor Charlie Clark called the deliberati...
Dec 04, 2020
'It hasn’t been easy:' Inter-Agency Response to COVID-19 working to keep vulnerable sector safe
The community continues to step up in the face of COVID-19, especially when looking at Saskatoon's most vulnerable. As the threat of COVID began in Saskatchewan, members of many of Saskatoon's inner-c...
Dec 04, 2020
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