Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
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Saskatoon activates extreme cold weather emergency response plan
The City of Saskatoon has activated its "Level 2" extreme cold weather emergency response plan from now until Sunday. According to Pamela Goulden-McLeod, the city's director of emergency management, t...
Jan 10, 2024 Snow along Cumberland Avenue South in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
BHP Enchanted Forest draws record crowd
The BHP Enchanted Forest put a record number of people into the holiday spirit this Christmas season. Organizers say 93,440 visitors took in the display at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm from Nov. 18 thr...
Jan 09, 2024 This year’s festival featured a 2.5-kilometre driving route winding through the Forestry Farm Park. (650 CKOM file photo)
Community engagement a top priority for new Saskatoon shelter provider
If there was a shelter coming into the neighbourhood where James Gardiner worked or lived, he would be concerned. So the incoming CEO of Alberta-based The Mustard Seed -- which has been chosen to run ...
Jan 09, 2024 The Mustard Seed has been chosen to operate two emergency shelters in Saskatoon to help the homeless. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Province picks providers for emergency shelters in Regina, Saskatoon
YWCA Regina and The Mustard Seed have been selected by the Saskatchewan government to operate new permanent emergency shelters in Regina and Saskatoon, respectively. The plan to open the shelters was ...
Jan 09, 2024
Board of Police Commissioners hopes to name new chief this summer
The Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners is almost ready to officially put out its "Help Wanted" ad for a new police chief. Former chief Troy Cooper retired in mid-December after nearly six years a...
Jan 08, 2024 Saskatoon's Board of Police Commissioners hopes to have a new chief in place as quickly as possible. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Snowfall warnings issued for much of central Saskatchewan
Winter has finally arrived in Saskatchewan. Just before 3:30 p.m. Monday, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued snowfall warnings for a wide swath of central Saskatchewan. The warnings covered ...
Jan 08, 2024 Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for areas of Saskatchewan on Monday. Saskatoon could get between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow. (Highway Hotline/Twitter)
Sask. hits another possible record for overdose deaths
With the number available as of Monday, Saskatchewan may have hit another record for drug overdose deaths in 2023 - potentially putting the tally at eight of the last nine years in which the province ...
Jan 08, 2024
Alberta-based Christian non-profit to run two Saskatoon homeless shelters
An Alberta-based Christian non-profit organization will be the new operator of two 30-bed homeless shelters in Saskatoon. According to its website, The Mustard Seed has been operating since 1984, and ...
Jan 08, 2024 A homeless encampment in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Optimist Hill thriving as winter officially arrives in Saskatchewan
All winter long in Saskatchewan one thing was missing, that one thing was the snow. Until Friday when winter made its long awaited arrival to Saskatchewan. Ski and snowboard hills have had to improvis...
Jan 07, 2024 Skiers and Snowboarders taking in the winter weather (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Police seek information in morning garage fire
The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a fire Saturday morning that had a garage and a power pole ablaze. The fire department received a call about a vegetation fire at 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 6. One fi...
Jan 06, 2024 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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