Murray Wood: April is the most frustrating month on the prairies
As much of Saskatchewan deals with another spring snowstorm, Murray Wood says we're all asking the same question: This i...
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Saskatoon council committee gives OK for Fred Sasakamoose statue
Saskatoon's governance and priorities committee gave the green light Monday to erect an eight-foot statue of Fred Sasakamoose at SaskTel Centre. The statue of the Saskatchewan hockey icon will face Go...
Apr 19, 2021 Fred Sasakamoose.
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Crews battle fire on Ave. L North to continue busy weekend
A blaze destroyed a garage on the 900 block of Avenue L North Sunday afternoon. Just after 1 p.m., the Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a call of the detached garage blaze. When they arrived, th...
Apr 18, 2021 Firefighters battle a blaze on Ave. L North on April 18, 2021. (Mike McGuire/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update April 18: 289 new cases, 1 death, 345,126 total vaccine doses
Nearly half of Saskatchewan residents aged 40 and over have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In a media release Sunday, the provincial government said 276,150 residents aged 40 and ove...
Apr 18, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Rollover near Highway 7 intersection closes traffic Sunday morning, two in hospital
A rollover near the intersection of Highway 7 and 11th Street West sent two people to hospital early Sunday morning. According to police, the initial report of the rollover was sent to dispatch just a...
Apr 18, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police use Taser on man armed with 'numerous knives'
Saskatoon Police used a Taser to apprehend an armed man Saturday after he reportedly pointed a gun at a woman as she walked her dog. Police were called to the 400 block of Pendygrasse Road in the Fair...
Apr 17, 2021 (650 CKOM)
Fire destroys garage, power lines in Montgomery Place
Saskatoon fire crews were busy battling a garage fire in Montgomery Place Saturday. Crews were called to the 1500 block of Lancaster Boulevard around 12:30 p.m. as large plumes of black smoke could be...
Apr 17, 2021 Smoke from a fire burning in the Montgomery neighbourhood on April 17, 2021. (Marci Stevens/Submitted)
Regina drive-through to close temporarily after exhausting vaccine supply
Regina’s drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic is hitting the brakes. In a media release Friday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said the facility at Evraz Place would use up its...
Apr 16, 2021
Feds, province, Saskatoon combine for $100M-plus infrastructure boost
The federal government, the provincial government and the City of Saskatoon united Friday to announce more than $102 million in funding for 11 infrastructure projects. Major projects include green inf...
Apr 16, 2021 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
COVID-19 variant increase 'imminent' in Saskatoon, says U of S researcher
Warnings about COVID-19 variants of concern rising in Saskatoon are now showing up in the lab. A team at the University of Saskatchewan that tracks the virus in the city’s sewer system says the ...
Apr 16, 2021
PHR warns of bad batch of 'pink' meth after overdose needed 27 naloxone doses
A "bad batch" of methamphetamine gave workers at Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR) quite the scare Thursday afternoon. Now, executive director Jason Mercredi said he is worried more may be circulating on t...
Apr 15, 2021 Crystal methamphetamine, often referred to as simply as "meth" or "jib," is a highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. (Wikimedia commons).
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