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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Sask. NDP promises universal child care
With the provincial election coming up in October, Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili is promising new policies on child care if he's elected. Meili promised universal child care at a press conference...
Sep 04, 2020 Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili speaking to media in Saskatoon about implementing universal child care if he's elected premier. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
STARS receives $500,000 donation towards replacing fleet
STARS Air Ambulance received a substantial donation from Conexus Credit Union on Friday. The $500,000 donation will go towards replacing the ageing STARS fleet. "This kind of donation is massive, $500...
Sep 04, 2020 Eric Dillon and Andrea Robertson display the $500,000 cheque from Conexus Credit Union given to STARS. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
'The truck went poof, down:' Biggar grandmother recalls slough rescue
"I thought I was going to be holding that man's hand, and that would be the last hand he held." Those were the thoughts of Biggar's Karen Jiricka following a dangerous situation at a slough near the t...
Sep 04, 2020 Quick thinking and timely response saved a man's life near Biggar on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2020. His truck ended up in a slough and quickly submerged into the water. (Facebook/James Stanley Jiricka)
Directional signage, less furniture and a lot of disinfectant await students in Saskatoon public and Catholic schools
Even before reporters were given access to St. Nicholas Catholic and Sylvia Fedoruk Public Schools in northeast Saskatoon, everyone was required to scan a code with their smartphone camera, and fill o...
Sep 03, 2020
Taser deployed during arrest of man on Circle Drive
A Saskatoon Police Service officer used a Taser on a 25-year-old man Thursday after the man tried to grab the officer during an incident on Circle Drive. In a media release, police say at about 2:30 p...
Sep 03, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police looking for help in finding missing woman
Saskatoon police are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who has been missing for nearly a month. In a release, police say 19-year-old Hana Thompson was last seen at the White Buffalo Yout...
Sep 03, 2020 (Hana Thompson/Saskatoon police)
Downtown executive director reignites safety concerns surrounding Lighthouse
A violent incident outside the Lighthouse this week has brought new life to the conversation about the assisted living centre and its impacts on the downtown core. On Tuesday, a 25-year-old man was ar...
Sep 03, 2020
RCMP identifies man whose body was found near St. Walburg
The RCMP has identified a man whose body was discovered near St. Walburg as 24-year-old Tyrell Shane Lee Littlewolfe from the Onion Lake Cree Nation. In a release, the RCMP says it received a report T...
Sep 03, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Social Services data shows 25 youth died while receiving care in 2020
Information obtained from Saskatchewan's Ministry of Social Services shows troubling statistics when looking at youth deaths involving those either in provincial care, or whose family was in receipt o...
Sep 03, 2020
Woman charged after stabbing incident in Pleasant Hill area
A 23-year-old woman was sent to hospital after an altercation resulted in a stabbing in the Pleasant Hill area Wednesday afternoon. In a release, police say at about 2:45 p.m., a member of the Bike Un...
Sep 03, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
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