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Saskatoon comes together for 4-year-old's birthday parade
It wasn't the trip to Disneyworld they had planned for, but four-year-old Mason got a special parade Thursday for his birthday. The young boy with cerebal palsy was supposed to go to Disneyworld throu...
May 15, 2020 (Mike McGuire/ROCK 102)
Golfers giddy to get back on the links
A brisk spring morning wasn't about to stop Sharon Scott and Kate Blau from being some of the first golfers in the province to tee off on Friday morning. The pair of sisters had to wait longer than us...
May 15, 2020 The first tee at Greenbryre Golf and Country Club. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Maintenance and operational staff ushering in "new era" of golf through COVID restrictions
Course maintenance staff at Greenbryre Golf & Country Club were busy preparing for the opening day of the 2020 golf season Thursday, ready to usher in a "new era" of the sport. The COVID-19 pandem...
May 15, 2020 Greenbryre Golf & Country club is preparing for opening day amid the COVID-19 pandemic on May 14, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Some businesses, cabin owners want travel ban lifted in far north
There are some people who are growing restless with the travel ban in northern Saskatchewan. That includes those who have businesses and cabins in the area. Dean Foster is the owner of Buddah's Bait S...
May 14, 2020 (Buddah's Bait Shop/Facebook)
Presumptive COVID-19 case linked to Saskatoon and La Ronge
Contact tracing is underway in a presumptive case of COVID-19 in Lac La Ronge. A person in their 60s was tested at the La Ronge Health Centre on Wednesday after developing symptoms, a Saskatchewan Hea...
May 14, 2020
Saskatoon firefighters kept busy overnight with multiple suspicious fires
Saskatoon fire crews dealt with several suspicious fires early Thursday morning in the Pleasant Hill and Meadowgreen neighbourhoods, and one in the Lawson Heights area. The first call came at around 3...
May 14, 2020 The Saskatoon Fire Department dealt with a rash of suspicious fires in the early morning of May 14, 2020. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Saskatoon couple puzzled over city bylaw citation for boulevard planter boxes
A couple of weeks ago, Julie Barnes says her husband had an idea: to use a portion of the grassy boulevard in front of their Haultain area home to build some large garden planters. He ordered the new ...
May 14, 2020 Boulevard planters built by Julie Barnes' husband. The City of Saskatoon has told the couple they need to be removed, or face a $500 fine.
Wanuskewin welcomes three more baby bison to its first herd since 1867
Wanuskewin Heritage Park has welcomed another three baby bison into the world, adding to its first bison born on Wanuskewin land since the 1800's back in April. The first calf was born on Earth Day, A...
May 14, 2020 Wanuskewin Heritage Park has welcomed three more baby bison to the park. (Wanuskewin Heritage Park)
Uncertainty around Elk Ridge Resort leaves some customers concerned
A for sale sign and the ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns for customers with bookings at a popular resort in northern Saskatchewan. Elk Ridge Golf and Conference Centre ...
May 14, 2020 (Elk Ridge Resort/Facebook)
Man arrested for assault and forcible confinement incident at Saskatoon motel
Police say a 36-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation into an assault and forcible confinement at a Saskatoon motel last week. Police say two men, ages 38 and 45, were unlawfully c...
May 14, 2020
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