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Berry dry weather making for scarce Saskatoon season
Another extended heat wave across Saskatchewan is just the latest weather whammy Linda Fincaryk is set to deal with this year. The owner of Grandora Berries has had frost, wind, disease and scorching ...
Jul 15, 2021 Linda Fincaryk is dealing with the latest weather set back after frost, wind and disease harmed her Saskatoon berry orchards in various ways this season. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update July 15: 30 new cases, fewest patients in hospital since Nov. 12
Thirty new cases of COVID-19 were announced in the province Thursday. Just under 8,000 new doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in the province in the latest reporting period. That included...
Jul 15, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon residents are taking to the skies again
Saskatoon's airport is seeing about 35 per cent of its 2019 passenger numbers -- and it views that as a big improvement over 2020 totals. Andrew Leeming, the vice-president of operational excellence a...
Jul 15, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. Jazz Festival announces lineup for scaled-down event
After two long years, a summertime tradition is returning in Saskatoon. On Tuesday, the headlining acts were announced for the 2021 edition of the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, to be held from A...
Jul 14, 2021 (Tourism Saskatoon)
Good Samaritans rush to rescue man trapped under car
Jamal Murrell had a terrifying few moments Saturday when the car he was working on fell on top of him. "It was very scary. It only lasted about a minute, but it felt like an hour," he said. Murrell an...
Jul 13, 2021 (Jamal Murrell/Submitted)
Environment Canada warns of poor air quality due to smoke
Smoke from wildfires in northern Saskatchewan is making its way south. On Tuesday afternoon, Environment Canada extended its air quality statement into central areas, including regions around Saskatoo...
Jul 13, 2021 Wildfire near the community of Dillon in July of 2021. (Joe Chanalquay/Facebook)
Man remains in ICU following altercation with Saskatoon police
A man who was mistaken for another suspect remains in intensive care in a Saskatoon hospital with significant brain injuries. That's according to the family of 51-year-old Raymond Montgrand. He was ar...
Jul 13, 2021 Raymond Montgrand, 51, has been in hospital since June 23. (Submitted/ Ryan Ratt)
Latest COVID update July 12: New cases steady at 19, no deaths as Sask. reopens
Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Monday, one day after the province ended most of its public health measures -- including mandatory masking. It was the second straight d...
Jul 12, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Saskatoon records single case of Dutch elm disease
A deadly infection that affects elm trees has crept back into Saskatoon. The city revealed on Monday a single case of Dutch elm disease (DED) was found in Leif Erickson Park in the Westmount neighbour...
Jul 12, 2021 Dutch elm disease has been detected again in Saskatoon. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Blades head coach to take AHL bench boss position in Stockton
Mitch Love is heading south. Love, who has been the head coach of the WHL's Saskatoon Blades since the 2018-19 season, has accepted a job with the Calgary Flames' AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat. "I ...
Jul 12, 2021 Mitch Love was named the new head coach of the Saskatoon Blades on May 30, 2018. (Chris Mast/Everett Silvertips)
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