Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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'Overall calming effect:' Blockades on 9th Street one step closer to permanent
Saskatoon City Council took another step forward Monday into ensuring the blockades at the west end of 9th Street East become permanent. Council carried a motion by a vote of 9-2 for administration to...
Dec 16, 2019 The right turn from 9th Street to an Idylwyld Drive on-ramp will close for one year. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Warm up in store for Saskatchewan following frigid temperatures
Environment Canada says the province is in for a warm up. After a week of cold temperatures around the province, Environment Canada meteorologist Mark Melsness said the mercury will be moving up to ab...
Dec 15, 2019
Teenage boy charged in Saskatoon's latest murder
Police have charged a 17-year-old boy in the city's 16th murder. In a news release Friday, police said major crimes investigators with the assistance of the guns and gangs unit located and arrested th...
Dec 13, 2019 Saskatoon Police investigate the 16th murder of 2019 on Avenue X North Dec.7, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Statistics Canada, SPS look back at the first year of legalization
Statistics Canada released its one-year report on pot sales and people in Saskatchewan aren't doling out major dollars like their provincial neighbours. Nearly $908 million was spent at the more than ...
Dec 12, 2019
The Sheepdogs to headline Juno Kick-Off Concert
The Sheepdogs are coming home to kick off Juno Week in Saskatoon. On Thursday morning, the Kick-Off Concert lineup was released along with ticket availability. The Sheepdogs, who are from Saskatoon, w...
Dec 12, 2019 Saskatoon band The Sheepdogs outside the Canadian embassy in Kazakhstan during the 2017 May long weekend. (The Sheepdogs/Twitter)
Iran sanctions, street meetings involved in tale of Saskatoon's stolen $1.04M
Details on what happened to a portion of the $1.04 million defrauded from the City of Saskatoon in the summer are emerging from a judge's decision in Ontario Superior Court. The seven-page decision, r...
Dec 12, 2019
UPDATE: Saskatoon high school student found safe
A huge sigh of a relief for a Saskatoon family. Police said Kain Ferland is back at home after he was located early Thursday. The family made a public plea for help after the 15-year-old hadn't been s...
Dec 11, 2019 (650 CKOM file photo)
'We owe it to our children:' FSIN rolls out draft child welfare legislation, stress need for funding
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is rolling out drafted child welfare legislation across Canada, but there's one thing standing in the way. A lack of funding, even with the passin...
Dec 11, 2019 (L-R) Raymond Shingoose, Director of Child Family Services for Yorkton Treaty Council, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, and Second Vice Chief David Pratt at the FSIN press conference on December 11, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Province funds organizations to implement anti-gang strategy
Organizations in Regina and Saskatoon have been tasked with helping people get out of gangs in Saskatchewan. On Tuesday, the provincial Ministry of Corrections and Policing announced it’s invest...
Dec 10, 2019
City warns about new phone scam directed at power customers
The city of Saskatoon is warning residents about a new phone scam targeting Saskatoon Light and Power customers. Scammers posing as workers have been telling residents or businesses that they have a d...
Dec 10, 2019
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