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2025 TeleMiracle telethon raises $5.7 million
TeleMiracle 49 has raised $5,709,306 in 2025. The 20-hour telethon - held at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park on March 1 and 2 - raises money for the Kinsmen Foundation to help people get special needs eq...
Mar 02, 2025 TeleMiracle 49 raised $5,709,306 for the Kinsmen Foundation. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
It's time for Saskatchewan to 'ring those phones' again for TeleMiracle
Saskatchewan is getting ready to 'ring those phones' again as TeleMiracle is back for its 49th year. The telethon raises money for the Kinsmen Foundation to help people get special needs equipment, tr...
Feb 28, 2025 TeleMiracle 48 raised $6,112,717 for Kinsmen Foundation in 2024. (TeleMiracle/ Submitted)
TeleMiracle 48 raises more than $6 million
Another year of the TeleMiracle telethon has wrapped up and this year's total surpasses last year's. The total for the 2024 event was $6,112,717, up from $5,519,229 the previous year. TeleMiracle has ...
Feb 25, 2024 TeleMiracle 48 raised $6,112,717 for Kinsmen Foundation in 2024. (TeleMiracle/ Submitted)
Kinsmen Foundation makes major donation for breast cancer screening bus
More women in Saskatchewan will have access to breast cancer screening thanks to a million-dollar donation from the Kinsmen Foundation. The major gift, which was raised during the Kinsmen's annual Tel...
Oct 17, 2023 Nora Yeates, CEO of the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan (left) and Raelynn Nicholson, chair of the Kinsmen Foundation, show the million-dollar donation for a new breast screening bus in rural Saskatchewan. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
TeleMiracle wraps with $5.5 million raised
When the final donations were tallied at 5 p.m. on Sunday, the 47th TeleMiracle had raised more than $5.5 million. The annual telethon fundraiser generated a grand total of $5,519,229 for the Kinsmen ...
Feb 27, 2023 The grand total of the 47th TeleMiracle in 2023. (TeleMiracle/Submitted)
Both new and old faces to be at TeleMiracle 47 this year
It's almost time to ring those phones to give back to Saskatchewan. Richard Kies, executive director of the Kinsmen Foundation, said people can expect to see some familiar faces and some new ones duri...
Feb 25, 2023 (Telemiracle/Facebook)
TeleMiracle kicks off with million-dollar donation
TeleMiracle 47 is already off to a great start, thanks to a generous donation from the Kinsmen Foundation. On Thursday, the non-profit pledged $1 million towards new health-care equipment for Saskatch...
Feb 24, 2023 (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
WinterShines festival kicks off this weekend in Saskatoon
The annual WinterShines festival will return this Saturday in Saskatoon. WinterShines organizer Shad Ali said the festival will open with the Light Tipi at the River Landing amphitheatre. The kickoff ...
Feb 17, 2023 (WinterShines/Facebook)
TeleMiracle Week proclaimed in Saskatchewan as telethon nears
It’s almost time to ring those phones. On Friday, the Saskatchewan government and the Kinsmen, Kinettes and Kin Clubs of Saskatchewan announced TeleMiracle Week is to begin Sunday. The week culm...
Feb 17, 2023
'Starstruck:' Jeffery Straker describes meeting Bob McGrath
Jeffery Straker fondly recalls his first encounter with Bob McGrath. "I remember the moment meeting him in that first production meeting before the show and I was starstruck," Straker told the Greg Mo...
Dec 05, 2022 Bob McGrath (Sesame Workshop/Facebook)
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