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Saskatoon Fire Department shows off new technology
The Saskatoon Fire Department opened its doors to the media to explain how its newest firefighting tool works. The fire suppression aerosol grenade was used for the first time on Sunday, but it wasn't...
Aug 20, 2020 Wayne Rodger, assistant chief of the Saskatoon Fire Department shows off the aerosol fire suppression grenade. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Fire department deploys firefighting grenade for the first time
Firefighters have a new tool in Saskatoon. A fire suppression grenade was deployed for the first time to help control fires at two boarded-up homes near St. Paul's Hospital on Sunday. "We throw it lik...
Aug 18, 2020 A fire suppression grenade was used to help contain a fire on Avenue R South on Aug. 16, 2020.
(Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
GoFundMe campaign raises money for victims of Nutana fire
An online crowdfunding campaign is looking to raise money for the victims of a tragic fire. The blaze tore through a home on the 500 block of Albert Avenue early last Friday morning in Saskatoon's Nut...
Aug 13, 2020 Saskatoon police look on at a home gutted by fire on Albert Avenue on Aug. 7, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Two people rescued from South Saskatchewan River
The first water rescue of August happened in Saskatoon Tuesday evening, after two people who weren't wearing lifejackets had to be rescued from the South Saskatchewan River. The two individuals, a man...
Aug 12, 2020
Neighbour near burning Nutana-area home woke to 'horrific cries'
A faint campfire-like smell around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning didn't concern LeeAnn Latrimouille when she went to bed. She simply thought it might be a neighbour relaxing in their yard. Latrimouille liv...
Aug 07, 2020 The porch of a home in the 500 Blk. of Albert Street in Saskatoon is completely destroyed, after fire gutted the home early Friday morning. (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
Saskatoon Fire Department handles Riversdale blaze
Saskatoon fire crews were busy on Saturday morning. The Saskatoon Fire Department received multiple calls of black smoke coming from a home in the 800 Block of 20th Street West. When they arrived, the...
Aug 01, 2020
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark troubled by conditions at City Centre Inn and worries there may be more sites like it
The City of Saskatoon can not do it alone. That's what Mayor Charlie Clark says about all of the resources needed to address the relocation, housing, health and safety of 150 residents relocated from ...
Jul 24, 2020 The City Centre Inn and Suites has been closed and fenced off after dozens of health and safety code violations were reported. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Fire Department says City Centre Inn and Suites faced dozens of complaints and violations since 2014
Over the last six years alone, there have been dozens of complaints and violations at the City Centre Inn and Suites in Saskatoon. Assistant Fire Chief Yvonne Raymond tells 650 CKOM that there have be...
Jul 24, 2020 Saskatoon Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Yvonne Raymer. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief: No one should have to live in conditions found at City Centre Inn
Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand said over the years he'd "heard stories" about the conditions many long-term residents at the City Centre Inn on Idylwyld Dr. experienced, but he doesn't bel...
Jul 24, 2020 A worker helps inspect the City Centre Inn and Suites on Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon on Wednesday.
House fire on Avenue C North considered suspicious
The Saskatoon Fire Department is investigating a suspicious fire that occurred late Thursday in a vacant house on Avenue C North. In a media release, the department said it received a 911 call at abou...
Jul 17, 2020 (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
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