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Horn-blaring yellow vest convoy zips through Saskatoon
A yellow vest convoy, made up of nearly 50 vehicles adorned in Canadian flags, traveled through Saskatoon streets with horns blaring as part of a protest on Saturday. Organizer Marc Friesen was please...
May 04, 2019 A convoy of close to 50 trucks and cars took over Saskatoon streets on May 4, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/ 650 CKOM)
City goes back to the drawing board on bike lanes
Once the temporary bike lanes on Fourth Avenue are removed next month, city staff will get to work on revamping the cycling network in Saskatoon's downtown core. The Fourth Avenue bike lanes met its d...
May 04, 2019 The temporary bike lanes on Fourth Avenue are set to be removed by June 30, 2019 (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Sask. students skip class, join nationwide climate protest
Some were encouraged by their teachers. Others faced detention, failed tests and a ban from a school dance. Nearly 100 high school and elementary students skipped class Friday morning to gather in fro...
May 03, 2019 Around 100 students gathered outside Saskatoon City Hall to protest what they see as continuing inaction in the fight against climate change on May 3, 2019. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Yellow vest convoy to move through Saskatoon
A group of Yellow Vest members might affect traffic in Saskatoon on Saturday. Protesters are planning to move a convoy of trucks through Saskatoon streets beginning around noon. The convoy will start ...
May 03, 2019 Two protesters prepare their vehicle before convoying through Saskatoon on Jan. 5, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
7 Saskatoon players selected in WHL bantam draft
Kevin Korchinski nearly skipped class on Thursday to see where he might play hockey one day. The 14-year-old player from the Saskatoon Generals was flipping through his phone during gym class when he ...
May 03, 2019
Optimist Hill lift shacks vandalized, project moves ahead
Members of the Optimist Club of Saskatoon got an ugly surprise when they went to do a clean-up of the Optimist Hill tubing and toboggan run in Diefenbaker Park. "Both of our lift shacks had been vandi...
May 02, 2019 (Facebook)
What could Saskatoon's future bike lanes look like?
Planters, concrete dividers or a completely separate traffic signal system -- there are plenty of options for Saskatoon's future downtown bike lanes. City staff are preparing for lengthy public consul...
May 01, 2019 Vancouver's downtown bike lanes feature separate traffic lighting and planted flowers as dividers. (Paul Krueger/Flickr)
Majority of businesses favour First Avenue BRT route
A week before Saskatoon City Council settled on the routes for bus rapid transit (BRT), downtown businesses were asked what they preferred to see happen. Brent Penner, executive director of the Downto...
May 01, 2019
‘Uniting the Prairies’ tech conference kicks off Thursday in Saskatoon
The founder of the Uniting the Prairies tech conference said he hopes the two-day event lets smaller startups connect with investors and learn from others in the industry. The conference kicks off Thu...
Apr 30, 2019
This April set to be among driest ever for Saskatoon
As of Tuesday morning, this April was the driest ever recorded in Saskatoon. "With one day to go, Saskatoon's sitting at two per cent of its typical precipitation for the month of April," Environment ...
Apr 30, 2019
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