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Final phase of Highway 5 safety improvements underway
A major highways project aimed to improve safety is in its final phase. The province is working on upgrading Highway 5 between Saskatoon and Humboldt, one of the most dangerous highways in the provinc...
Oct 18, 2025 Members of the Highway 5 improvement team posing with a sign as the final phase gets underway. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Megan Gallagher's family says manslaughter verdict brings relief but not closure
Megan Gallagher's family has been waiting five years for answers after the 30-year-old was killed in 2020. At Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench on Friday, a jury found Roderick Sutherland guilty of ma...
Oct 18, 2025 Megan Gallagher's family, from left, Deb Gallagher, Brian Gallagher and Lindsey Bishop outside the courthouse after the verdict. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Man charged with dangerous driving, impaired driving after crash closes bridge
A 37-year-old man is facing charges after a crash that left Saskatoon's University Bridge closed on Wednesday morning. Police said numerous calls started to come in at around 8:45 a.m., reporting a dr...
Oct 15, 2025 Numerous emergency vehicles responded to a crash which closed the University Bridge on Oct. 15. (Haven Visser/Facebook)
Saskatoon police briefs: Man arrested after allegedly brandishing bear spray at mall
A 22-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon after allegedly brandishing a canister of bear spray at Midtown mall. According to police, officers were called to the mall on First Avenue South at...
Oct 15, 2025 The mall has been the site of a number of recent incidents involving bear spray, though Midtown's general manager says her security team is working hard to ensure the space is safe for all visitors. (650 CKOM file photo)
Court hears closing arguments in Roderick Sutherland's manslaughter trial
During closing arguments in Roderick Sutherland's manslaughter trial on Tuesday, Crown prosecutor William Burge suggested Sutherland was involved in Megan Gallagher's death from beginning to end. Suth...
Oct 15, 2025 Roderick Sutherland is charged with manslaughter, unlawful confinement and offering an indignity to human remains in connection with the 2020 killing of Megan Gallagher. (650 CKOM file photo)
City of Saskatoon defers upgrade work on Acadia Drive water main until spring
A project to upgrade the primary water main on Acadia Drive in Saskatoon has been put off until the spring. Work was originally planned to begin last week, but in a statement issued on Tuesday, the ci...
Oct 14, 2025 The water main project has been delayed until the spring of 2026, the city announced on Tuesday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Back in brass: Saskatoon musician's tuba returned after six years
It vanished on a freezing February morning in 2019 - a professional-grade tuba, quietly lifted from the back of a vehicle and swallowed by the Saskatoon winter. No witnesses. No suspects. Read more Sa...
Oct 14, 2025 Michael Raney's tuba vanished on a cold winter's night in 2019. After being recovered in an abandoned apartment more than half a decade later, the instrument has been reunited with its rightful owner. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
What's open and closed in Saskatoon on Thanksgiving Day?
Canada is marking Thanksgiving Day on Monday. In Saskatoon, the national holiday means City Hall will be closed and pay parking will not be in effect. Saskatoon Public Library branches will all be clo...
Oct 13, 2025 City Hall will be closed on Monday, but a number of services will continue without disruption. (650 CKOM file photo)
Second World War veteran celebrates 100th birthday in Saskatoon
One hundred years is a long time, during which a lot can happen and a lot can change. In 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald was published, and Saska...
Oct 12, 2025 Ruth Bond-Martinson celebrated her 100th birthday in Saskatoon this week. (Brittany Caffet/650CKOM)
Saskatoon Blue Jays fans 'stoked' as team advances to the ALCS
More than 100 people filed into the Canadian Brewhouse in Saskatoon's Stonebridge neighbourhood on Wednesday with one goal on their mind: watching the Toronto Blue Jays advance to the American League ...
Oct 09, 2025 Blue Jays fan Ben Redekop celebrated the Toronto Blue Jays' ALDS series win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. (Will Mandzuk/650 CKOM)
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