Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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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
Impaired driving charge laid after hit and run with police car
A close call for two police officers in the downtown core Wednesday night. Their unmarked patrol car was making a left hand turn at 4th Ave S at 21st St E when it was struck by a southbound vehicle. T...
Oct 01, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatchewan's first safe consumption site set to open
Saskatchewan's first safe consumption site is set to open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The facility is operated by Prairie Harm Reduction, which is the new name of AIDS Saskatoon. The consumption site will...
Oct 01, 2020 Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Jason Mercredi stands in front of the safe consumption site. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
SHA warns of potential COVID-19 exposures at Warman, Saskatoon, Regina businesses
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is notifying the public that individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 were at businesses in Saskatoon, Warman and Regina on Sept. 24, 25 and 26. On Sept. 24...
Sep 30, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Man assaulted, robbed outside Saskatoon grocery store
Police are searching for two men following an assault outside a grocery store Tuesday night. At approximately 9:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of 8th Street East about a man who h...
Sep 30, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
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