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Pandemic forces cancellation of Dog Day of Summer
Normally the end of the summer season is marked with dogs taking a dip in Mayfair outdoor pool-thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's cancelled. The City of Saskatoon announced the cancellation Thursda...
Aug 13, 2020 Saskatoon's service and therapy dogs were able to take a dip at Mayfair pools Dog Day of Summer on August 28, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Police arrest 2 people in early morning car chase
Saskatoon police arrested a man and woman Thursday following an early morning chase that ended in a farmyard. Just before 1 a.m. officers saw a stolen vehicle near 11th Street West and Highway 7, poli...
Aug 13, 2020
Meili accuses education minister of not communicating with school divisions on funding options
Ever since the Saskatchewan Party government announced its back-to-school plan, there has been plenty of concern expressed by teachers and parents. Many say the plan doesn't do enough to address class...
Aug 13, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (650 CKOM file photo)
Nick Sackville enters race for Ward 3 council seat
The race for the Ward 3 council seat is heating up early in the municipal campaigning season. Nick Sackville announced his candidacy for the vacant seat on Thursday. Ward 3, which covers nine differen...
Aug 13, 2020 Nick Sackville launches his election campaign at Herbert S. Sears Park on Aug. 13, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
The rural-urban divide has common ground in back-to-school planning
Rural and urban classrooms in Saskatchewan's 27 school divisions don't always share the same issues, but as they plan for the fall there is common ground - the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial govern...
Aug 13, 2020
GoFundMe campaign raises money for victims of Nutana fire
An online crowdfunding campaign is looking to raise money for the victims of a tragic fire. The blaze tore through a home on the 500 block of Albert Avenue early last Friday morning in Saskatoon's Nut...
Aug 13, 2020 Saskatoon police look on at a home gutted by fire on Albert Avenue on Aug. 7, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Carol Reynolds enters Ward 7 race in upcoming civic election
Carol Reynolds is brewing up a race to represent Ward 7 in the upcoming civic election. Reynolds, the owner of Simply Grounded Coffee in Saskatoon since 2017, announced her intentions to run for city ...
Aug 13, 2020 Carol Reynolds is hoping a platform on taxes, safety and supporting local business can win her the Ward 7 seat on council come November.
(Carol Reynolds/Submitted)
Man facing charges after Bike Unit police officer assaulted
A 39-year-old man is facing charges after a police officer with the Bike Unit was assaulted Tuesday evening. Saskatoon police said in a release that at about 8 p.m., a member of the Traffic Unit stopp...
Aug 13, 2020 (650 CKOM)
School districts navigate back-to-school guidelines
The provincial government is leaving the bulk of back-to-school planning to the 27 individual school divisions. As of Tuesday, there are two levels of guidelines for divisions to work within. The Chin...
Aug 12, 2020 (Saskatoon Public Schools/Twitter)
U of S professor floats the idea of 'pool testing' for back-to-school plan
A microbiologist at the University of Saskatchewan believes the province needs a different approach to COVID-19 testing in schools. Kyle Anderson, an assistant professor of biochemistry, microbiology ...
Aug 12, 2020
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