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City should prepare 'body bags' if encampments taken down this winter, advocates say
Attendees at a rally for the homeless outside Saskatoon City Hall called for centralized encampments to help prevent people from freezing to death, but the city's fire department says that's not a via...
Dec 04, 2025 About 20 people came to the rally outside Saskatoon City Hall on Wednesday, despite the freezing temperatures. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Church in the Hood's warming bus will be back on 20th Street next week
A Saskatoon outreach group is working to get its warming bus on the streets as temperatures continue to drop. Operated for four years by the Church in the Hood Ministries, the bus parks outside of Cit...
Dec 01, 2025 A warming bus operated by Church in the Hood Ministries provides soup, winter clothing and hygiene products to people in need (Church in the Hood Ministries/Facebook)
Saskatoon businesses warn property tax increase could impact jobs
The latest property tax hikes could mean fewer jobs down the road in Saskatoon, say businesses representatives in the city. Last week, city council voted to increase property taxes by 6.7 per cent for...
Dec 01, 2025 The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce CEO, Jason Aebig, said every dollar a business needs to spend on property taxes is "one less dollar that they have to create that next job, and so obviously that's concerning." (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon warming centre sees rise in numbers as cold weather hits
Old Man Winter has returned to the Prairies and people in Saskatoon without an option to hunker down indoors are being forced to try and find a place to stay warm. Maj. Gordon Taylor is the executive ...
Dec 01, 2025 A bed at the Salvation Army's warming centre in Saskatoon, which is seeing over 100 guests every night. (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon council votes to increase property taxes 6.7 per cent next year
After nearly four full days of marathon budget deliberations, Saskatoon city councilors voted 9-2 to pass the 2026 and 2027 budget, with property taxes at 6.7 per cent for 2026, and 5.81 per cent for ...
Nov 28, 2025 Mayor Cynthia Block speaks with reporters after nearly four days of budget deliberations concluded on Nov. 28, 2025. Final property taxes in 2026 will be 6.7 per cent, while in 2027 they will be 5.81 per cent. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Loraas Disposal driver helps extinguish car fire in Forest Grove
A Loraas Disposal driver helped put out a car fire in Saskatoon's Forest Grove neighbourhood on Tuesday. According to the City of Saskatoon, firefighters were called to the 100 block of Cruise Street ...
Nov 28, 2025 The owner thanked the fast-acting disposal driver for helping to keep the fire under control and preventing it from spreading further. (Submitted)
Kids of Note: Celebrate Christmas with Saskatoon's inclusive choir
Christmas concerts are one of the most comforting rituals of the season. Parents and grandparents clutch programs like keepsakes. Kids peek out of dressing rooms or from behind curtains, smoothing the...
Nov 28, 2025 Some of the performers in Kids of Note have disabilities. Others don't. But every single one of them has a shared passion: music. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon overdose alert updated after additional death, carfentanil detected
A dangerous drug alert for the Saskatoon area has been updated following an additional overdose death - at least the third in the city since Nov. 17. According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, ...
Nov 26, 2025 According to the Saskatchewan health ministry, Prairie Harm Reduction reported that carfentanil has been detected in drugs that were sold as fentanyl. The drugs appeared as “brown chunks,” the ministry said. (Saskatchewan Ministry of Health/Submitted)
Saskatoon man wanted after allegedly defrauding victims for thousands of dollars
The Saskatchewan RCMP has issued a warrant for the arrest of a 42-year-old Saskatoon man on fraud charges. The RCMP said officers started investigating Jason Pacik in January of 2024 in relation to a ...
Nov 26, 2025 On Nov. 18, Jason Pacik was charged with one count of fraud under $5,000 and one count of fraud over $5,000. Police are asking the public to report any sightings of Pacik to police or Crime Stoppers. (RCMP/submitted)
Saskatoon council approves increased police, library budgets as deliberations begin
Saskatoon City Council is working to reduce a projected property tax increase of 7.43 per cent for 2026 and a further hike of 5.92 per cent for 2027. Three days of budget deliberations began on Tuesda...
Nov 26, 2025 Saskatoon police chief Cam McBride speaking to Saskatoon City Council on Nov. 25, 2025. McBride said he knew the police budget represented a significant increase, but he noted that some savings were found along the way. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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