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Saskatoon business closing after 43 years
A Saskatoon business is closing its doors after more than four decades in the city. The Awl Shoppe has been operating in Saskatoon for 43 years. The business has been known for repairing jackets and s...
Aug 12, 2020 The Awl Shoppe located at 714 2nd Ave N. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Team effort leads to drugs and weapon arrest
Saskatoon police have charged a 31-year-old man with several offences after a traffic stop escalated early Wednesday morning. A canine unit saw a suspicious car at approximately 12:15 a.m. on the 300 ...
Aug 12, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Pedestrian killed on Highway 11 just outside of Saskatoon
RCMP say a male pedestrian was killed Wednesday morning on Highway 11 just south of Saskatoon. In a release, RCMP say the man was struck by a southbound semi-unit and was declared deceased at the scen...
Aug 12, 2020 Police speaking with a truck driver on the scene of the Highway 11 collision. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Two people rescued from South Saskatchewan River
The first water rescue of August happened in Saskatoon Tuesday evening, after two people who weren't wearing lifejackets had to be rescued from the South Saskatchewan River. The two individuals, a man...
Aug 12, 2020
Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centres experience surge in demand
Sun West School Division's superintendent of technology knew he'd see an increase in demand for student online learning options this fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic. What he didn't know, was how...
Aug 11, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
'Busiest time in our history': SARCAN sees record numbers in July
July was a record-breaking month for SARCAN, obliterating its previous record of containers being taken in by more than 10 million. "It's been the busiest time in our history," said Sean Homenick, SAR...
Aug 11, 2020
Saskatoon COVID-19 researcher responds to Russia’s vaccine announcement
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. It hasn't taken long for that decision to be met with a fair amount of skepticism from experts around the world and here at ho...
Aug 11, 2020 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Sask. gov't updates school masking recommendations, won't implement province-wide policy
Saskatchewan's provincial government provided new guidance Tuesday for school divisions that plan to implement mandatory mask use when classes resume in the fall. But education minister Gord Wyant and...
Aug 11, 2020
Moe criticized for appearing to ignore social distance
Premier Scott Moe is facing criticism after a photo was posted online showing him and his wife standing close to three women outside of an ice cream shop. Many on social media are calling him out for ...
Aug 11, 2020
House, garage fires keep Saskatoon firefighters busy overnight
Damage is pegged at $30,000 in a garage fire that the Saskatoon Fire Department says was deliberately set in the City Park area Monday night. Fire crews were called out to the 800 block of Ninth Avenu...
Aug 11, 2020 Firefighters battle a blaze in a garage in the 800 block of 9th Avenue North on Aug. 10, 2020.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted)
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