Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Provincial funds available to help protect and support Indigenous women and girls
Saskatchewan is setting aside hundreds of thousands of dollars for grassroots projects aiming to prevent violence and offer support to Indigenous women and girls. According to the Government of Saskat...
Sep 06, 2023 The monument to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls outside Saskatoon police headquarters. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan Rattlers sprucing up basketball courts across Saskatoon
Saskatoon basketball courts are getting a refresh this summer. The Saskatchewan Rattlers kicked off the Rim Revamp Project by replacing the nets on basketball hoops with fresh twine in Holiday Park on...
Jun 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Rattlers launch Rim Revamp Project.
Saskatoon baseball academy celebrates a decade of success
Hockey reigns supreme in Saskatchewan, especially during the winter months, but there are big things happening in baseball as well. The Going Yard Baseball Academy opened its doors in 2013, and is mar...
Jan 31, 2023 (Going Yard Baseball Academy/Submitted)
Friendship Inn preparing to feed 1,500 at Thanksgiving
The turkeys are thawing and the potatoes and carrots are being peeled, but the Saskatoon Friendship Inn is looking for donations before serving up one of its biggest free meals of the year. The commun...
Oct 05, 2022 Around 70 turkeys were prepared for the Annual Friendship Inn's Thanksgiving meal. Photo by Celine Grimard.
Campaign launched for Sask. residents to bring in unused medication
Saskatchewan pharmacists want your unused and expired medication. The Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan has launched a public awareness campaign to help address the harmful effects of medication mi...
Sep 28, 2022
Former Saskatoon Blades goalie steps up for Ukraine
Michael Garnett spent 10 years in Russia playing hockey in the KHL. Now he's spending his days helping Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Garnett, who's from Saskatoon, played for the WHL's Sask...
Aug 28, 2022 (@MichaelGarnett/Twitter)
Baba's Closet handing out hundreds of backpacks to displaced Ukrainian students
It's just a matter of time before students find themselves in a classroom again, but some of them will be starting school in Canada for the first time. Nettie Cherniatenski, manager of Baba's Closet i...
Aug 11, 2022 Nettie Cherniatenski (centre) hands out the first two backpacks to Ukrainain students at Baba's Closet. (Dallas Dahlseide/650 CKOM)
Queen City Ex returns to Regina
The Queen City Ex is back in Regina. The five day festival begins at noon on the REAL District grounds this afternoon. After a smaller festival last year, Tim Read, REAL’s president and CEO, sai...
Aug 03, 2022
Gaming grants supporting nearly 1,000 organizations around Sask.
Almost 1,000 different groups around Saskatchewan are benefiting from more than $2 million in charitable gaming grants. Each quarter, 25 per cent of all net proceeds from SLGA-licenced charitable gami...
Jun 29, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Moose Jaw residents express outrage at city as basements flood
More than a dozen people in Moose Jaw have been left extremely frustrated after their basements flooded, blaming the mess on the city. For Holly Henderson, who lives in the South Hill neighbourhood, i...
Jun 14, 2022
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...
