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Persephone Theatre cancels 2020-2021 season
Plays won't be staged at Saskatoon's Persephone theatre anytime soon. The theatre is cancelling its season of productions for 2020, and 2021. It said the decision to cancel performances for the forese...
Jul 18, 2020 The Persephone Theatre performed their first show at River Landing on Dec. 11, 2007. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
SHA issues warning after Midtown Plaza COVID-19 exposure
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is asking people who went to two different Midtown Plaza stores to self-monitor for symptoms after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. A public health ale...
Jul 17, 2020
'It's all about the little things:' Local group begins wellness checks after controversial arrest video
Sometimes people just need someone to connect with. That's the message the Okihtcitawak Patrol Group (OPG) is pushing as they look to help people in the community. The group recently started doing wel...
Jul 17, 2020 Volunteers prepping for patrol (Okihtcitawak Patrol Group/Facebook)
15-year-old girl charged with murder in death of 19-year-old woman
Saskatoon police have charged a 15-year-old girl with second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a car near a Confederation Park apartment building last weekend. Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase, ...
Jul 17, 2020 Saskatoon police are still looking for information in the homicide of 19-year-old Hailey Belanger-Weeseekase. (submitted/Tamara Weeseekase)
Suicide prevention walk moves through Saskatoon with minimal traffic disruptions
A walk to advocate for more suicide prevention action moved through Saskatoon on Friday on its way to Regina. Well-known Mtis fiddler Tristan Durocher was joined by about a dozen people in his walk th...
Jul 17, 2020 The Walk With Our Angels started its Saskatoon leg on Highway 11 in the early afternoon on July 17, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Griffiths Stadium receives $3.14M for improvements
The home of the University of Saskatchewan's football Huskies is getting a major facelift after receiving $3.14 million in funding from the provincial government. The funding announced Friday will go ...
Jul 17, 2020 The current turf at Griffiths Stadium. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Motion Fitness warns members after possible COVID-19 exposure at Brighton location
Motion Fitness is warning some of their members to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms after someone who was at their Brighton location tested positive for the virus. The gym confirmed to 650 CKOM the ...
Jul 17, 2020 A view of the interior of Motion Fitness' Brighton location. (Motion Fitness/Facebook)
Pair facing weapons-related charges after incident on Preston
Two people have been charged after Saskatoon police say a 21-year-old man was assaulted and threatened. The Saskatoon Police Service said officers responded Thursday at about 2:15 p.m., to the 2900 bl...
Jul 17, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
RCMP arrests woman connected to murder investigation
An Onion Lake woman is facing second-degree murder charge after the death of a man on New Year's Day. Shari Heathen, 27, was arrested by the RCMP on Thursday in connection with the death of Braeden Al...
Jul 17, 2020 (File photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Police warn drivers about suicide prevention walk moving through Saskatoon
Saskatoon police are telling drivers to find different routes or expect delays as a protest walk from La Ronge to Regina moves through Saskatoon on Friday afternoon. Walking With Our Angels, organized...
Jul 17, 2020 Christopher Merasty and Tristen Durocher are set to walk through Saskatoon on July 17, 2020. (Walking With Our Angels/Facebook)
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