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Huge support for final 'Clang and Bang' in Saskatoon
The Saturday Night Clang and Bang, as many residents in the Greystone Heights community have called it, has brought people together through the unprecedented times of COVID-19. With hundreds of people...
Jun 21, 2020 Attendees gather on Quance Ave to show support for front line workers in the last Clang and Bang on June 20, 2020. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
'There is a great need for it:' Man makes YouTube videos for kids without father figures
"When I was 14 my dad chose to not have kids anymore, I didn't realize that was an option," said Rob Kenney, creator of the 'Dad, how do I?' YouTube channel. Kenney's channel isn't your typical YouTub...
Jun 21, 2020 A snapshot from one of Rob Kenney's videos explaining nuts, bolts, and wrenches.
Summer overnight camps transitioning to day camps for 2020 season
Kids can look forward to campfires and canoeing on the lake once again with the reopening of summer camps. Under Phase 4.1 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, day camps may reopen in the province beginn...
Jun 21, 2020
STARS air ambulance responds to incident near Meadow Lake
Two people suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries after two trucks collided on Highway 304 near Meadow Lake. A female passenger was taken to hospital in Saskatoon by STARS air ambulance, ...
Jun 19, 2020 Saskatchewan's STARS air ambulance took delivery of a new helicopter on Sept. 25, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
More than 17 million empties already processed by SARCAN in the five days since reopening
After a nearly three month long closure, people are sure eager to get their empties back to SARCAN. So much so, that Communications Manager Sean Homenick says more than 17 million cans, bottles and ca...
Jun 19, 2020 A line of nearly 100 people wait outside the Broadway SARCAN recycling depot in Saskatoon Friday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Landlords risk losing properties as delinquent rent soars to $30M during pandemic
A Saskatchewan group that advocates for landlords says some owners are considering foreclosure and bankruptcy due to tenants withholding rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Officer for the Sa...
Jun 19, 2020
New online tick reporting tool seeing plenty of activity
A new online tick reporting tool has seen plenty of activity during its first season of availability in Saskatchewan. eTick - an online tick reporting website and app created by researchers at Bishop'...
Jun 18, 2020
Saskatchewan impaired driving deaths and injuries at record low in 2019
The number of deaths and injuries from impaired driving is trending in the right direction in Saskatchewan. 2019 was a record-breaking year for lows in terms of both deaths and injuries. Back in 2018,...
Jun 17, 2020
44% of closed businesses in Saskatchewan might never open
Saskatchewan is above the national average of 32 per cent when it comes to business owners being uncertain about whether they will be able to reopen or not. According to the Saskatoon Chamber of Comme...
Jun 16, 2020 A street corner in downtown Saskatoon seen on June 9, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
STF president disappointed no extra money in Sask. budget for COVID-19 related school safety measures
As the provincial government announced its full 2020-21 budget, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation President Patrick Maze said he was not only surprised, but disappointed it didn't specifically contain...
Jun 16, 2020 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation President Patrick Maze.
(Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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