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Fire crews respond to collapsed building at construction site
No injuries were reported after a building under construction partially collapsed on Wednesday. The Saskatoon Fire Department was called just before 12 p.m. to a worksite at the corner of Louise Avenu...
Jun 18, 2020 Fire crews were called Wednesday to a partially collapsed building under construction in the city (Saskatoon Fire)
Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead
VANCOUVER - A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vanc...
Jun 17, 2020
Saskatchewan budget: Homeowners and drivers winners; civil servants losers
REGINA - The governing Saskatchewan Party tabled its 2020-21 budget for the province Monday. Here's a look at some of the winners and losers: WINNERS - New-home owners: The province is intro...
Jun 15, 2020
Extensive Eighth Street water main replacement project presents challenge to businesses struggling for customers
An extensive, 12-week water main replacement project got underway along Saskatoon's Eighth Street Monday, complete with extensive road closures and traffic diversions. According to City of Saskatoon D...
Jun 04, 2020 An extensive water main replacement project is taking place in the eastbound lanes of Saskatoon's 8th Street. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Trudeau promises to speed $2.2 billion in funding for strapped cities
OTTAWA - The federal government is rushing out $2.2 billion in anticipated infrastructure funding to Canada's cities that municipal leaders say might help with a short-term cash crunch, but does littl...
Jun 01, 2020
US new-home sales post slight gain in April
BALTIMORE - U.S. new home sales ticked up 0.6% in April, a surprising gain amid the coronavirus outbreak that hints at the relative health of potential buyers. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday...
May 26, 2020
Saskatchewan highway construction projects set to get underway
It’s construction season on Saskatchewan highways, so drivers should expect delays. The provincial government said Thursday that projects have started on highways 5 and 39. In a release, the pro...
May 21, 2020
US existing home sales plunge 17.8% in April
WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes plunged 17.8% in April with the real estate market still in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that last mon...
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic prompts urbanites to rethink 'grand bargain' of dense city living
MONTREAL - The densely populated slums of Montreal's Griffintown were the subject of a famous 1897 study by businessman and philanthropist Herbert Ames, whose work on the disease-ridden tenements...
May 10, 2020
City announces revised 2020 Capital Construction Program
Upwards of 4,600 metres of water main installation is included in a revised 2020 Capital Construction Program, endorsed by Saskatoon city council. In a virtual press conference Thursday, general manag...
May 07, 2020 Chris Carr/650 CKOM
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