Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Physical Remembrance Day ceremony won't happen for the first time since 'the '20s and '30s': Committee chair
Like many live scheduled events in 2020, Saskatoon's Remembrance Day ceremony will be going digital. Brent Wignes, chair of the Saskatoon Remembrance Day Citizens Committee, said Monday the ceremony -...
Oct 05, 2020
Saskatoon police investigating 12th murder of 2020
Saskatoon police now say an incident on 8th Street East this morning is being investigated as a homicide. At about 7:20 Sunday morning, police received a 911 call about an injured person at a business...
Oct 04, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Saskatoon high school
According to Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS), there is a COVID-19 outbreak at Holy Cross High School in Saskatoon. Someone who tested positive was in the school near the end of September. No...
Oct 04, 2020 (Holy Cross High School/Facebook)
Province reveals potential COVID-19 exposures across central, southern Sask.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is revealing a sprawling list of potential COVID-19 exposure locations across the province. A person or a group of people were likely infectious with the coronavirus ...
Oct 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Don Atchison prefers more buses over BRT system
Former mayor Don Atchison wants the city to pause expensive projects, and bus rapid transit (BRT) is at the centre of his attention. Speaking to reporters outside city hall on Friday, Atchison express...
Oct 02, 2020 Mayor candidate Don Atchison speaks to reporters outside city hall on Oct. 2, 2020. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
UPDATE: Fire chief says salvage yard fire started as a control burn
Fire crews continued Friday morning watching over a fire at a salvage yard north of Saskatoon along Highway 12. Departments from Saskatoon and Martensville were called just after 2:00 p.m. on Thursday...
Oct 02, 2020
Saskatoon dog park reopens after search for cougar comes up empty
The Sutherland Dog Park reopened to the public Friday after conservation officers found no sign of a cougar. Police evacuated the park the night before after someone reported seeing the animal before ...
Oct 02, 2020 (Submitted/City of Saskatoon)
NDP commits $150 million to education, addressing over-staffing and mental health supports
The Saskatchewan NDP has launched its first education promise of the 2020 campaign season. In front of Lawson Heights School in the Saskatoon Northwest riding, NDP candidate Gillian Strange took aim a...
Oct 01, 2020 NDP candidate Gillian Strange and leader Ryan Meili speak at a press conference near Lawson Heights School on Oct. 1, 2020. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
'We have to keep them alive:' Safe consumption site opens without provincial funding
There was no celebration, there was no grand opening, but there was plenty of relief as the doors of Saskatchewan's first safe consumption site opened Thursday. "It's our first day. We didn't want to ...
Oct 01, 2020 Jason Mercredi at Saskatoon's Prairie Harm Reduction. (650 CKOM file photo)
Charlie Clark looks to limit property tax increases with new four-point plan
Charlie Clark is looking at a four-point plan to drive down property tax increases, if he is to retain his seat as mayor in Saskatoon's upcoming election. Taking a different approach than candidates R...
Oct 01, 2020
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