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Once upon a classroom: A touch of Tinkerbell at Wildwood School
In the middle of a math problem, or maybe while reviewing the weekly spelling list, there's going to be a magical moment. It hasn't happened yet. But Emma Tink knows it's coming. She waits for it ever...
Sep 02, 2025 Students smile at her last name. “Like Tinkerbell,” she tells them. And in her classroom, belief really does make you fly. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Hundreds gather in support of Ukraine in downtown Saskatoon
Hundreds of people gathered in the Kiwanis Memorial Park in downtown Saskatoon for Ukrainian Day in the Park on Saturday. The smell of traditional Ukrainian dishes filled the air, as Ukrainian folk mu...
Sep 01, 2025 Olesya Hursky sells authentic Ukrainian items made in Ukraine at Ukrainian Day in the Park in Saskatoon on Aug. 30, 2025. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Saskatoon removes record number of trees infected with Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease is hitting Saskatoon especially hard this year. According to Thai Hoang, city parks director, there are 12 confirmed cases of the tree affliction so far this year, up from 11 cases i...
Sep 01, 2025 Saskatoon city crews cut down infected or suspected Dutch elm diseased trees in the Caswell Hill neighbourhood. Thai Hoang, city parks director, said 37 trees so far will be cut down. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Prairie Harm Reduction recognizes overdose deaths in online tribute
Behind each overdose statistic is a human story, followed by the heartbreak of the loved ones left behind. Prairie Harm Reduction (PHR), which operates Saskatoon's supervised consumption site, commemo...
Aug 31, 2025 Prairie Harm Reduction Executive Director Kayla DeMong said posting stories of those lost to overdosing shows "that they were human beings.” (CKOM file photo)
More buses, increased frequency coming to Saskatoon
Transit riders in Saskatoon will see some improvements this fall as the city adds more buses and increases the frequency of popular routes. The first phase starts on Sunday, when the city increases th...
Aug 30, 2025 “Improvements are focused on areas where customers were facing the greatest challenges with overcrowding, reliability and alignment with schedules,” said Mike Moellenbeck, director of Saskatoon Transit. (650 CKOM file photo)
Teenage boy charged with bear spray armed robbery in Saskatoon
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with assault with a weapon and armed robbery after an incident where bear spray was used in Saskatoon on Thursday night. Saskatoon Police Service said in a news rele...
Aug 30, 2025 In July, Saskatoon City Council approved a handful of major changes to the sale of bear spray, including that buyers and sellers must both be 18 years or older. (Tracey Tufnail/650 CKOM)
Speed limit to drop on part of Munroe Avenue on Sunday as city opens new bikeway
The City of Saskatoon is expanding its cycling infrastructure with a new "neighbourhood bikeway" along Munroe Avenue between College Drive and 14th Street. The route connects to the bikeway along 14th...
Aug 29, 2025 A cyclist rides on a bike path on Victoria Avenue. (650 CKOM file photo)
Alert issued after Saskatoon firefighters respond to string of overdose calls in August
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued an alert in Saskatoon after firefighters responded to a string of drug overdose calls this month. According to the health authority, firefighters in the Br...
Aug 29, 2025 In some of the overdose cases, hospitalization and multiple doses of naloxone have been required to revive the patient. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Nutrien Fireworks Festival will light up Saskatoon sky this weekend
The Nutrien Fireworks Festival returns to Saskatoon this weekend, with two shows on Friday and Saturday. Shad Ali, one of the festival's organizers, joined Mark Loshack on the 650 CKOM Morning Show to...
Aug 29, 2025 Along with the two fireworks displays, the festival offers plenty to see and do, including food trucks, live music and activities at the Family Fun Zones. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
PHOTOS: Saskatoon firefighters fish empty SUV out of South Saskatchewan River
Firefighters in Saskatoon retrieved an empty vehicle from the South Saskatchewan River on Thursday morning. According to the fire department, a call came in reporting a vehicle in the river near the B...
Aug 28, 2025 The fire department said its water rescue team confirmed there was nobody inside the SUV. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
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