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 ...
Tag Archives: Saskatoon
Sinking feeling: City deals with another spring sinkhole
For the third time this spring, a sinkhole opened up on Saskatoon roads. The large hole formed Wednesday afternoon at Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street where city crews have been working on a water ma...
Apr 21, 2022 A water main break caused a sinkhole at Broadway Avenue and Eighth Street on April 21, 2022 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
UPDATE: Pelicans finally arrive in Saskatoon
Like snowbirds, pelicans return to Saskatoon every spring. However, the birds were late landing between the CPR Bridge and the weir this year. The first bird to touch down did so Thursday at 11:48 a.m...
Apr 21, 2022
New exhibit brings Arctic to life for Saskatoon visitors
It might feel like the Arctic climate is in Saskatoon, thanks to the spring snow that has blanketed the province over the past week. A new exhibit at Midtown in Saskatoon, however, is bringing a real ...
Apr 20, 2022 A 360-degree video filmed by Mario Cyr brings visitors into the depths of the Arctic waters. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Weekly wastewater results suggest COVID increases in Saskatoon, Regina
While wastewater results in Prince Albert and North Battleford showed declines in their viral loads, Saskatoon is on its way up. An increase of 25.5 per cent in the viral RNA load in Saskatoon's waste...
Apr 20, 2022
Going camping: Riders to hold training camp in Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are runnin' back to Saskatoon. The CFL team announced Tuesday it will be holding its 2022 training camp in the Bridge City. A three-year agreement with the University of S...
Apr 19, 2022 Griffiths Stadium at Nutrien Park, home of the U of S Huskies men's football team. (snakewilson/Wikipedia)
Great Western Brewing expansion could begin summer 2022
At the corner of 2nd Avenue North and 26th Street East in Saskatoon's City Park neighbourhood is a 95-year-old brewery; the oldest and the last of its kind in Saskatchewan. Over the last century it's ...
Apr 18, 2022 (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
Police asking for public help in suspicious death
Saskatchewan RCMP is asking for help from the public as they investigate a suspicious death. Around 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Warman RCMP and EMS responded to an injured man on Hodgson Road near Highway 7 ...
Apr 17, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Man stable after machete assault
Police responded to help a man who had been attacked by five people with machetes on Thursday. It happened around 3 p.m. on the west side of Saskatoon, in the 1400 block of 21st Street West, on April ...
Apr 15, 2022
'We got off lucky:' Environment Canada provides details on spring blizzard
The worst of this year's spring blizzard in Saskatchewan is out of the way, according to Environment Canada, but the snow and wind are expected to stick around in some areas for the time being. "Thing...
Apr 14, 2022
Sinkhole swallows car near Market Mall
Puddles aren't always what they seem. A Saskatoon driver learned that lesson the hard way. A photo of a vehicle at Preston Avenue and Adelaide Street with its front bumper submerged in a hole on Monda...
Apr 12, 2022 A car fell into a sinkhole at Preston Avenue and Adelaide Street on April 11, 2022 (Facebook/Rock 102)
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