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Saskatoon beats daily heat record set in 1926
Saskatoon surpassed a daily heat record on Thursday that was set back in 1926. The original record sat at 25.6 C. Environment Canada meteorologist Brian Luzny said the city reached 28.3 C Thursday aft...
Apr 30, 2020
Fire ban issued in RM of Corman Park
The RM of Corman Park issued a fire ban Thursday afternoon. It includes all fires except those on propane appliances. The RM surrounds Saskatoon, Martensville, Warman, Dalmeny, Langham and Osler. The ...
Apr 30, 2020
Smiling sun chiminea taken from Saskatoon restaurant
Las Palapas Resort Grill is turning to Facebook to try and track down a smiling sun chiminea that has sat in its patio area for years. In a post on Tuesday, the Victoria Avenue Restaurant explained th...
Apr 30, 2020 The smiling sun chiminea was taken from outside Las Palapas Resort Grill in Saskatoon in April, 2020.
(Las Palapas Resort Grill/Facebook)
Semi truck tips over in Saskatoon near Highway 16
A truck driver found himself on the pavement after his semi truck and trailer tipped over early Thursday morning. The accident occurred after 3 a.m. on 71st Street near Flaman Sales and Rentals. "He g...
Apr 30, 2020 Tipped over semi truck and trailer on 71st Street on April 30, 2020 (Submitted/Austin Palivroda)
Closed to avoid large gatherings - City of Saskatoon and MVA eye re-opening Cranberry Flats
Before it was closed April 20, RCMP had been called out to popular recreational spot Cranberry Flats many times. The calls, said City of Saskatoon's GM of Community Services Lynne LaCroix - were compl...
Apr 29, 2020 Cranberry Flats
(Safayat AL/Facebook)
Layoffs coming to some employees at U of S as early as May 4
An undetermined number of layoffs will be coming to some employees at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). Gord Hunchak, the U of S chief communications officer, told 650 CKOM that the total numbe...
Apr 29, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Fire bans issued southwest of Saskatoon
With temperatures rising and fields drying up, fire bans are coming into effect west and southwest of Saskatoon. The rural municipalities of Vanscoy and Montrose issued fire bans Tuesday afternoon, pr...
Apr 29, 2020
The Hollows says goodbye as Saskatoon landmark set to be demolished in fall
A well-known Saskatoon restaurant is closing its doors for good after a decision was made to demolish the building they occupy in the fall. In a Facebook post Monday, The Hollows wrote "the Golden Dra...
Apr 28, 2020 A post on Facebook by the Hollows restraunt says the iconic Golden Dragon building is set to be demolished in the late fall. (Facebook/The Hollows)
Council gives green light to draft conversion therapy bylaw
In a 9 -2 vote, Saskatoon city councillors voted Monday, April 27, to draft a bylaw to ban conversion therapy as a business in the city. City solicitor Cindy Yelland told council they would be followi...
Apr 28, 2020
Gas prices jump in Saskatoon as refineries scale down
The days of cheap fill-ups might be coming to an end in Saskatoon after gasoline prices started to jump 15 cents per litre on Tuesday. By 4 p.m., several Esso, Shell and Petro-Canada gas stations had ...
Apr 28, 2020 Gas prices jumped by 15 cents per litre at some stations in Saskatoon on April 28, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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