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Retro Game and Toy Fair fuels Saskatoon's nostalgia
In its fourth year, Saskatoon's Retro Game and Toy Fair continues to grow with more vendors and items for visitors to take in and fuel their nostalgia. The fair started when organizer Travis Beaudry d...
Sep 01, 2019 Saskatoon's Retro Game and Toy Fair is into its fourth year, and continues to grow. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Jigging flash mob kicks off Métis Cultural Days in Saskatoon
To kick off Mtis Cultural Days in Saskatoon, a flash mob of jiggers danced in Midtown Plaza Saturday. Shirley Isbister, president of Central Urban Mtis Federation Inc., said -- after winning the award...
Aug 31, 2019 A jigging flash mob on August 31, 2019 brought all ages to Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon man ditches Facebook with 600 break-up calls
Social media takes up a lot of time, but are we missing out on being social because of it? One Saskatoon man thinks so and it doing something about it. James Avramenko is getting rid of his Facebook p...
Aug 31, 2019
Meewasin Valley goes for world record over long weekend
The Meewasin Valley Authority is calling all artist, no matter their skill level, to help with a world record attempt. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday the goal is to fill six kilometres of the Meewasi...
Aug 31, 2019 (Meewasin/Facebook)
Saskatoon family being squeezed by treatment for son's rare disease
A Saskatoon family says the Saskatchewan government is putting a price on their son's life by denying coverage for a treatment keeping him alive. Six-year-old Tanner Wilson has a rare mitochondrial co...
Aug 31, 2019 The Wilson family says the provincial government should cover a prescription of vitamins helping to keep their son, Tanner alive. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon school zones resume over Labour Day long weekend
Starting on Monday school zones will go back into effect in Saskatoon, meaning drivers will have to slow down to 30 kilometres per hour in posted areas. With a few days before the change, Saskatoon Po...
Aug 30, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
City continues to recover money lost to fraudster
The city says it has now recovered $380-thousand in funds it lost earlier this month to a fraud scheme. Most of the money the city lost is still frozen by court order. On Aug. 12 the city discovered t...
Aug 29, 2019
Saskatoon police investigating 'suspicious' death at Saskatoon hotel
Saskatoon police are treating a death Sunday morning as suspicious in nature. They were called to a hotel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North at around 10:30 a.m. to find a deceased male. The pol...
Aug 25, 2019 Joseph Raymond Skillen, 50, was found deceased at a hotel on the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North Sunday morning (Saskatoon Police Service)
Sunday afternoon thunderstorm brings hail, rain, but not considered severe
A Sunday afternoon thunderstorm in Saskatoon brought pea-sized hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts up to 46 km/h. Environment Canada said the storm was not classified as 'severe' as it didn't hit the cor...
Aug 25, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Police search for two BMX bike-riding suspects after armed robbery
Saskatoon police are looking for two men after an early Sunday morning armed robbery. It happened on the 700 block of 7th Avenue North just after 6 a.m. According to a media release, a man and woman w...
Aug 25, 2019
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