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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Martensville rec facility to anchor massive new sub division
The population of Martensville is set to double in the next 25-years. The city along with Canwest Commercial and Land Corp and North Prairie Developments unveiled plans Wednesday for a massive new sub...
Aug 21, 2020
Students, parents react to Saskatoon high schools cancelling fall sports
On Thursday, the Saskatoon Secondary Schools Athletic Directorate (SSSAD) announced the cancellation of fall school sports, including football, soccer, volleyball and cross-country. Riece Tibbs is abo...
Aug 20, 2020 Riece Tibbs gets ready to take to the field as a minor football player.
(Jason Tibbs/Submitted)
Body of missing boater recovered from Bittern Lake
There is a sad ending in the search for a boater who went missing on Bittern Lake on Saturday. The RCMP issued a release saying the man's body was recovered Thursday morning from the lake. On Saturday...
Aug 20, 2020
Man facing multiple drug and firearms charges after search warrant executed in Nutana area
A 39-year-old man faces numerous drug- and firearms-related charges after the Saskatoon Police Service's Drug Unit executed a search warrant in the Nutana area early Thursday morning. In a release, po...
Aug 20, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Power outage in Saskatoon's north end after truck hits power pole
Power was out for a few hours in the city's North Industrial area Thursday after a truck hit a power pole at Faithfull Avenue and 42nd Street East. Just before 1 p.m., the Saskatoon Fire Department re...
Aug 20, 2020 (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
U of S researchers hoping to lower crop pesticide use by as much as 95 per cent
University of Saskatchewan researchers are part of a consortium that will develop technology to help lower pesticide use across Canada, and also make crop production more efficient and affordable for ...
Aug 20, 2020 (David Stobbe / StobbePhoto.ca)
Saskatoon Fire Department shows off new technology
The Saskatoon Fire Department opened its doors to the media to explain how its newest firefighting tool works. The fire suppression aerosol grenade was used for the first time on Sunday, but it wasn't...
Aug 20, 2020 Wayne Rodger, assistant chief of the Saskatoon Fire Department shows off the aerosol fire suppression grenade. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Man seen running on rooftop carrying weapon now facing charges
A 35-year-old man is facing several charges after police responded to reports that someone was seen carrying a weapon while running on the roof of a building along Idylwyld Drive on Wednesday night. A...
Aug 20, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Small modular reactors to be part of research between Cameco, Bruce Power
A corporate partnership crossing provincial borders marks another step toward fulfilling the province's hope of deploying nuclear power in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon-based uranium producer Cameco has lon...
Aug 20, 2020
How does campaigning work in a COVID-19 world?
A busy election season is fast approaching. In a three-week period later this year, there will be a provincial election, a municipal election and a United States presidential election one after anothe...
Aug 20, 2020 Corey Tochor speaks to a resident during his federal election campaign in October 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
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