Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Hockey Canada takes a pass on Saskatchewan for 2023 world juniors
Saskatchewan took its best shot but missed. Halifax and Moncton have been selected by Hockey Canada to play host to the 2023 world junior hockey championship. The tournament is to be held from Dec. 26...
May 05, 2022
Stabbing in Saskatoon sends two to hospital
Two people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing Wednesday morning in the Pleasant Hill area of Saskatoon. Police said they got a call at around 10:30 a.m., about people who ha...
May 04, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Local superfan pays tribute to Lafleur as hockey legend laid to rest
A special tribute to hockey legend Guy Lafleur was on display in Saskatoon on the day Lafleur was laid to rest. On Tuesday, Lafleur's funeral in Montreal was televised around the world as fans mourned...
May 03, 2022 Jim Taman poses with a photo of himself and his wife standing with Guy Lafleur while in a signed Montreal Canadiens jersey at the Harold Latrace Arena. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Thousands celebrate end of Ramadan at Prairieland Park
Thousands of Muslim worshippers gathered at Prairieland Park on Monday morning to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Eid-al-Fitr, otherwise known as the "festival of breaking the fast," is a celebration of...
May 02, 2022 Thousands gather in prayer to celebrate the end of Ramadan at Prairieland Park on May 2, 2022. (Dallas Dahlseide/650 CKOM)
Teens charged with harassing student at Saskatoon high school
Three teenaged girls are facing charges of criminal harassment in an incident involving a student at a Saskatoon high school. Police say on March 24, they got a report of a student at a school on Nels...
Apr 29, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Dozens of new hires expected for new downtown grocery store
If city council gives the go-ahead, and if requests from Arbutus Properties are met, then a new grocery store in downtown Saskatoon could open in as little as eight to nine months. It would require be...
Apr 29, 2022 Saskatoon's Midtown mall. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Proposed new grocery store in Midtown greeted with optimism
It has been nearly two decades since there was a full-service grocery store in downtown Saskatoon. Brent Penner is hopeful that's about to change. The executive director of the Downtown Saskatoon Busi...
Apr 28, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Former Continental Hotel meets the wrecking ball
Time has run out for the former Continental Hotel in downtown Saskatoon. On Thursday, demolition ramped up one of the city's oldest buildings on Second Avenue South. https://twitter.com/LaraFominoff/s...
Apr 28, 2022
Developer makes pitch for downtown grocery store for Midtown Plaza
After years of trying to bring a grocery store back to Saskatoon's downtown, the city has a company willing to give it a try. Vancouver-based developer Arbutus Properties has approached the city about...
Apr 28, 2022 Pitchfork Market + Kitchen store opened last June in Meadows Market (Google)
Two more teens arrested in connection with Favel murder
Two more teens have been charged in connection with the shooting death of a 27-year-old man Sunday in Saskatoon. A 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were arrested Tuesday and charged with second-d...
Apr 26, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
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