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Sheraton Cavalier doorman retires after 50-year career
Dan Cardinal was 18 when he started what would turn into a decades-long career at Saskatoon's Sheraton Cavalier hotel in 1969. On Monday, he retired. "At 2:30 p.m. I got'er done," Cardinal told 650 CK...
Apr 03, 2019 Dan Cardinal, photographed here after receiving a Canadian Tourism National Employee of the Year award in 2016, retired from the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon in April 2019 after 50 years on the job. (Facebook)
Saskatchewan brewery calls for feds to stop raising taxes
The head of Great Western Brewery says he is tired of being tapped for more taxes. Great Western president and CEO Michael Brennan spoke out Thursday against Ottawa's policy of automatically raising t...
Mar 14, 2019 Great Western President and CEO Michael Brennan gives a demonstration on the cost of rising federal excise tax on beer in Saskatoon on March 14, 2019. (Davis Remenda/650 CKOM)
Farmers' Market roof repairs delay search for new tenant
A leaky roof is delaying the hunt for a new tenant at the Farmers' Market Building in Saskatoon's River Landing area. The City of Saskatoon announced Thursday it was cancelling a request for proposals...
Feb 15, 2019
Co-Op services return as striking workers cross picket line
Saskatoon Co-Op is re-opening shuttered locations and extending shortened hours as striking workers opt to cross the picket line to return to their jobs. The company reported Monday morning in a news ...
Feb 04, 2019 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside Attridge Drive gas bar location on Nov. 6, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Crokicurl set to return to Saskatoon's Broadway district
A popular attraction is coming back to brighten up the dead of winter on Saskatoon's Broadway Avenue. Work will begin this weekend to install a crokicurl rink near the Broadway Roastery coffee shop. T...
Jan 15, 2019 Saskatoon's crokicurl sheet is located just off Broadway Avenue at the "five corners" intersection. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Crop Production Week kicks off in Saskatoon
The agriculture trade show season is getting started in Saskatoon with Crop Production Week. Prairieland Park agriculture manager Lori Cates said this year's edition of the long-running event will fea...
Jan 14, 2019 The annual Crop Production Week in Saskatoon attracted farmers from across the prairies to Prairieland Park on Jan. 10, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Co-op makes new offer to striking workers
Roughly two months after they first walked off the job, striking Saskatoon Co-op workers will vote Friday on a new contract offer. The new offer was presented Thursday to United Food and Commercial Wo...
Jan 04, 2019 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside the Stonebridge gas bar location on Nov. 1, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Business group pushes feds to reconsider new taxes
As people work to get their holiday shopping complete, an advocacy group says many small business owners are dreading the new year. That's according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business ...
Dec 13, 2018
Rio Tinto set to ramp up activity at Star Diamond site
By Glenn Hicks Rio Tinto says it's too early to speculate on the long term viability of a proposed diamond project in the Forte la Corne forest 60 kilometres east of Prince Albert. The company also st...
Dec 12, 2018 A trench-cutter sampling rig is part of the heavy equipment to be used by Rio Tinto this spring to help evaluate the diamond-bearing ore.submitted photo/Star Diamond Corporation
Moe to meet with Nutrien over head office concerns
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will meet with executives from Nutrien to discuss the potash company's commitment to keeping its head office in the province. "I'll be getting an update on that, I'll be...
Dec 11, 2018 Nutrien's registered head office on First Avenue South
in Saskatoon. (nutrien.com)
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