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Saskatoon to participate in national homeless count
The City of Saskatoon will be participating in a national Point-in-Time (PiT) homeless count this fall. The count will take place from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 in a coordinated effort to help identify what h...
Sep 02, 2024 A homeless encampment in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Busy, stressful time for families as U of S students move in
It's a stressful time of year for many families, as they prepare for the first week back at school. For many University of Saskatchewan students it also means moving away from home for the first time....
Sep 01, 2024 Students move into U of S dorm rooms on the Saskatoon campus ahead of school year on Aug. 31, 2024. (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Sask. airports expect a busy long weekend filled with travel
It's the final weekend for Saskatchewan families to get all their summer traveling in before kids head back to school. With that, the land of the living skies is expected to be very busy in the air. T...
Aug 30, 2024 Both Saskatoon and Regina airports preparing for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. (980 CJME / file photo)
Saskatoon's Ashlyn Renneberg set to make Paralympic debut
Saskatoon's Ashlyn Renneberg overcame a lot of adversity on her journey to the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The 19-year-old javelin thrower will be making her debut for Canada at the Paralympics in Paris o...
Aug 29, 2024 Saskatoon's Ashlyn Renneberg practises for a final time at the Gordie Howe Sports Complex before heading to the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Ground broken for 'revolutionary' Sask. Polytech campus in Saskatoon
Ground was officially broken for Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Joseph A. Remai Campus in Saskatoon, with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe saying the facility "will revolutionize the way Saskatchewan can co...
Aug 26, 2024 An artist's rendering of the future Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Saskatoon. (Supplied)
Thunderstorms, hail and rain hit central and southern Sask.
The skies cooked up a powerful, late summer storm for people in central and southern Saskatchewan on Friday night and into early Saturday morning. Areas like Saskatoon, Assiniboia, Regina and Yorkton ...
Aug 24, 2024 (Frank Cone/ Pexels.com)
Free backpacks help lift back-to-school financial stress in Sask.
The new school year can bring financial strain to some households, but two Saskatchewan foundations are doing their best to help relieve that stress. Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) marked 10 years of ...
Aug 23, 2024 More than 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies were handed out to community children at the White Buffalo Youth Lodge in Saskatoon on Aug. 23 2024. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Corman Park man recalls encounter with brush fire south of Saskatoon
Don Sych had a front-row view of Tuesday's brush fire in the RM of Corman Park, just west of Highway 11. According to Reeve Judy Harwood, the fire damaged two homes and several outbuildings, with some...
Aug 21, 2024 The Saskatoon Fire Department said nobody was hurt in the fire, which burned an estimated 800 acres south of Saskatoon on Tuesday. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
'A sad day:' Reeve says two homes lost in brush fire south of Saskatoon
The reeve of the RM of Corman Park says the community is "devastated" after two homes were destroyed by a brush fire on Tuesday. "It's a sad day for the community," Judy Harwood said. "There's no doub...
Aug 21, 2024 The aftermath of a brush fire in Corman Park, south of Saskatoon. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Full-day kindergarten improving reading ability of Saskatoon kids
Kenso Ahenakew is a ball of energy. While most of the seven-year-old boy's free time this summer was spent jumping on the trampoline in his backyard, he's also made time for one of his new favourite p...
Aug 21, 2024 Angel Akenahew says her son Kenso, once a struggling reader, now loves books. She attributes the change to his past enrollment in a full-day everyday Kindergarden program funded by the Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
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