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Saskatoon business closing after 43 years
A Saskatoon business is closing its doors after more than four decades in the city. The Awl Shoppe has been operating in Saskatoon for 43 years. The business has been known for repairing jackets and s...
Aug 12, 2020 The Awl Shoppe located at 714 2nd Ave N. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Team effort leads to drugs and weapon arrest
Saskatoon police have charged a 31-year-old man with several offences after a traffic stop escalated early Wednesday morning. A canine unit saw a suspicious car at approximately 12:15 a.m. on the 300 ...
Aug 12, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Pedestrian killed on Highway 11 just outside of Saskatoon
RCMP say a male pedestrian was killed Wednesday morning on Highway 11 just south of Saskatoon. In a release, RCMP say the man was struck by a southbound semi-unit and was declared deceased at the scen...
Aug 12, 2020 Police speaking with a truck driver on the scene of the Highway 11 collision. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Two people rescued from South Saskatchewan River
The first water rescue of August happened in Saskatoon Tuesday evening, after two people who weren't wearing lifejackets had to be rescued from the South Saskatchewan River. The two individuals, a man...
Aug 12, 2020
'Busiest time in our history': SARCAN sees record numbers in July
July was a record-breaking month for SARCAN, obliterating its previous record of containers being taken in by more than 10 million. "It's been the busiest time in our history," said Sean Homenick, SAR...
Aug 11, 2020
Saskatoon COVID-19 researcher responds to Russia’s vaccine announcement
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. It hasn't taken long for that decision to be met with a fair amount of skepticism from experts around the world and here at ho...
Aug 11, 2020 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Tossed needles and garbage leads to confrontation between neighbours
A Saskatoon man says what started as a request to remove trash from a neighbouring house led to him being assaulted and insulted with racial slurs. Fayaz Kadir, an electrical engineer, was laid off a ...
Aug 11, 2020 Fayaz Kadir pictured outside his home on Avenue M. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Low risk of West Nile virus in Saskatoon this summer
With everything 2020 has thrown at us, we can at least rule out a high risk of West Nile virus in Saskatoon. Jeff Boone, the City of Saskatoon's entomologist, says crews have been finding the Culex ta...
Aug 10, 2020
Saskatoon man with terminal cancer giving magic mushrooms a shot
A Saskatoon man has been given a special exemption to take psilocybin mushrooms to help him deal with the psychological impact of his terminal cancer. Thomas Hartle is a 52-year-old father of two. He'...
Aug 10, 2020 Thomas Hartle in his hospital bed. (Thomas Hartle/Facebook)
German Cultural Centre closing in Saskatoon after more than 60 years
After more than six decades in the city, the Saskatoon German Cultural Centre will be closing its doors. It announced on Facebook that it will be permanently closing on August 30. The German Canadian ...
Aug 09, 2020 Courtesy of German Cultural Centre Facebook
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