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New fees take effect in Regina and Saskatoon
A new year means new fees. In the City of Regina, utility fees will increase by three per cent, which was part of a three-year increase approved by council in 2018. The city says any other rate change...
Jan 01, 2021
Saskatoon's mayor says goodbye to 2020 and looks forward to 2021
2020 was a year that saw Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark win a second term, a year in which city council faced a deficit of more than $20 million and a year in which budgets had to be reworked over and ...
Jan 01, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Celebrate New Year's Eve by making some noise
You can expect to hear plenty of people banging pots and pans as one final, noisy salute to health-care workers in 2020. Saskatoon's four hospital foundations, Saskatoon Fire and Medavie Health Servic...
Dec 31, 2020 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark thanked frontline workers during the "Saturday Night Clang and Bang" on May 9, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
No active COVID-19 cases at Luther Special Care Home
Luther Special Care Home is reporting no active COVID-19 cases more than six weeks after an outbreak was declared. The long-term care home provided an update online Sunday saying all residents were co...
Dec 30, 2020 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon company fined $70K after workplace fatality
A Saskatoon company has been fined $70,000 in connection with a fatal workplace incident in October of 2019. Sommer Green Forages pleaded guilty in Outlook Provincial Court on Dec. 17 to a violation u...
Dec 30, 2020
Medavie dealing with COVID outbreak, 12 paramedics infected
COVID-19 has made its way into the staff of Medavie Health Services West in Saskatoon. The emergency medical service handles all ambulance duties within Saskatoon. Its director of public affairs, Troy...
Dec 29, 2020 According to a release from Medavie Health Services West, Saskatoon community paramedics experienced an increase in responses from 3623 in 2023, to 8032 events in 2024. (Medavie Health Services West/Facebook)
Christmas hit-and-run captured on video leads to charges
Russ Kohut's Christmas morning was interrupted by a grinch driving a pickup truck. Kohut's security camera captured a truck skidding off the road and crashing into his two vehicles parked outside his ...
Dec 29, 2020 Russ Kohut was the victim of a hit-and-run Christmas Day (Russ Kohut/Facebook)
Saskatoon police seek help finding man in wheelchair
Saskatoon police are trying to locate a missing disabled man. Jordan Bear, 29, was last seen in the 300 block of Wedge Road on Dec. 20. According to a news release, Jordan is approximately 5-foot-5, 9...
Dec 29, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
'We were missing them:' Saskatoon woman creates 'hugging station' for family
For the first time since March, Becky Scharfstein-McGettigan's family was able to hug her grandmother. With the COVID-19 restrictions keeping everyone at a distance and families looking to keep their ...
Dec 28, 2020 Becky Scharfstein-McGettigan created a
'hugging station,' designed to safely allow for family hugs in the COVID-19 era. (submitted/Becky Scharfstein-McGettigan)
BHP Enchanted Forest enjoying successful season with under two weeks remaining
The BHP Enchanted Forest is having a banner year in 2020. While many favourite events had to be cancelled, the Enchanted Forest has been able to continue with its following intact. "We're very happy w...
Dec 28, 2020
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