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Elizabeth Fry Society considering options after signage taken
An organization serving vulnerable women in Saskatoon is considering changing its vehicle signage after a logo disappeared from the organization's van. "Our magnetic logos, one of them was taken off t...
Aug 12, 2021 (Elizabeth Fry Society/Facebook)
City councillors weigh in on going ahead or hitting the brakes on proposed speed limit drop
City administration in Saskatoon is recommending that residential speed limits be lowered to 40 kilometres per hour from 50 km/h, but city councillors are divided on the issue. The reduction comes as ...
Aug 12, 2021
Tourism Saskatoon embracing three-headed festival week
It's not very often -- if ever -- that three of Saskatoon's biggest summer festivals all take place in the same week. The Ex, the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival and A Taste of Saskatchewan all claimed a c...
Aug 11, 2021
Calgary company fined $500K after worker's death in Saskatoon
A Calgary company has been fined $500,000 in connection with a worker's death in Saskatoon in July of 2016. On July 21, 2016, a worker was fatally injured when a steel structure collapsed at a Saskato...
Aug 11, 2021
City Hall recommends 40 km/h speed limit in Saskatoon
Saskatoon drivers may have to get used to driving slower on Saskatoon streets. City administration has recommended lowering the speed limit on most residential streets from 50 kilometres per hour to 4...
Aug 11, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
City could reduce costs to replace lead pipes where homeowners previously opted out of work
A City of Saskatoon committee is recommending the city continue to share the costs of replacing remaining private lead lines where the city had already replaced public pipes. Roughly 256 homes in Sask...
Aug 10, 2021
Saskatoon mom and kids raise threatened Monarch butterflies
A Saskatoon mother and her two children have been working on a unique educational project over the summer -- raising and releasing the increasingly rare Monarch butterflies. Monarch populations have d...
Aug 09, 2021 Three-year-old Anna Bobbitt displays a Monarch butterfly she and her family are raising and releasing. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Food, music draw visitors to City Hall for celebration of Filipino culture
The Saskatchewan Filipino Music and Food Festival made its debut in Saskatoon last weekend. Vendors, musicians, and food stands filled the street in front of City Hall to celebrate Filipino culture. E...
Aug 08, 2021 Crowds gathered near Saskatoon City Hall to sample food and take in street performances at the Filipino Music & Food Street Festival on Aug. 8, 2021. (Payton Zillich/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Aug. 6: cases continue to rise with 85 new, 1 death reported
Saskatchewan has posted 85 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and one new death. Friday marks the highest number of new cases of the virus in a single day since 115 cases were reported on July 8, 2...
Aug 06, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
SaskPower extends smart meter pilot due to electronics production shortage
Saskpower will be extending its residential smart meter pilot until the end of the year due to a worldwide shortage in electronics production. About 8,800 smart meters have already been installed in S...
Aug 06, 2021
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