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Sask. rare earth elements facility expected to secure North American supply chain
A recent global shortage of computer chips and semiconductors has plenty of people looking to an upcoming facility in Saskatoon as part of the solution. Naturally occurring rare earth elements are key...
Mar 10, 2021 A new rare earth elements processing facility being built in Saskatoon is expected to be a big boost for North American markets. (Saskatchewan Research Council)
2 hurt in crash following chase on the Broadway Bridge
Two people are in hospital following a single-vehicle crash that shut down the Broadway Bridge and snarled the morning commute on Wednesday. At approximately 1:40 a.m., Saskatoon police officers obser...
Mar 10, 2021 Fire crews used hydraulic cutting tools to free two people from a car that crashed near the Broadway Bridge on March 10th, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire)
NDP calls for 'serious action' to be taken by province in response to overdose crisis
On a busy 20th Street in Saskatoon on Tuesday, NDP Leader Ryan Meili outlined a list of calls towards the provincial government, all centred around the overdose crisis in the province. Meili was joine...
Mar 09, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks at a media conference in front of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon on March 9, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon mother looking for stolen adaptive bike after Mayfair theft
It has been a tough month for Tobi-Dawne Smith and her family. On Feb. 7, the family home on the 1200 block of Avenue D North was destroyed by a fire in the early-morning hours. It also claimed the li...
Mar 08, 2021 (Tobi-Dawne Smith/Facebook)
YWCA program gets a boost from Saskatoon family on International Women's Day
The Turning Points program at Saskatoon's YWCA got some help from the family of a former educator and social worker Monday. Bonnie Gitzel and her family donated $100,000 to the program, which annually...
Mar 08, 2021 Bonnie Gitzel, pictured on the left with her daughter Bailey, and her family donated $100,000 to the YWCA's Turning Points program on International Women's Day, March 8, 2021. (Facebook/YWCA Saskatoon)
A look into the COVID testing site in Saskatoon
Flash back a year's time and the thought of a mass testing site for a viral disease sweeping across the globe may have sounded more like a plot for an upcoming movie. Well, it has become the reality, ...
Mar 08, 2021 Saskatoon's COVID-19 drive-through testing site. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon house fire causes $100K in damage
Damage is estimated at $100,000 after a house fire in the Riversdale neighbourhood Sunday evening. The Saskatoon Fire Department was called to the 300 block of Avenue J South at 6:23 p.m. The house wa...
Mar 08, 2021 Fire fighters battle a blaze in the 300 block of Avenue J South on March 7th, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire)
Latest COVID update March 7: Two new deaths, active cases dip, new vaccine shipment expected
For the first time in the pandemic, someone under the age of 19 has died with the virus. The death occurred in an individual from the northwest region who was under the age of 19, according to the lat...
Mar 07, 2021
Latest COVID update March 7: Two new deaths, active cases dip, new vaccine shipment expected
For the first time in the pandemic, someone under the age of 19 has died with the virus. The death occurred in an individual from the northwest region who was under the age of 19, according to ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Stabbing victim dies in city's third murder of the year
Saskatoon police are investigating the city's third murder of the year. A 31-year-old man is facing charges of second degree murder after an alleged stabbing Friday. Officers were called to the 1400 b...
Mar 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
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