Murray Wood: What happened to basic manners?
At the risk of sounding old fashioned, Murray Wood is questioning the manners of some of the people he meets. He says pe...
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Two-year e-scooter pilot program approved by Saskatoon city council
There's going to be a new double-axle adventure in Saskatoon late this spring. At their meeting March 27, city councillors unanimously approved traffic bylaw changes to allow for publicly shared e-sco...
Apr 03, 2023 (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
Gas prices drop in Saskatoon ahead of next carbon tax increase
Saskatoon drivers are getting a small break at the gas pumps just days before the next increase to the federal carbon tax. A litre of regular gas dropped roughly 5 cents to $1.51.9 at many outlets Tue...
Mar 28, 2023 Gas prices rose to $1.47 per litre in Saskatoon and Regina on Feb. 4, 2022. (Dallas Dahlseide/650 CKOM)
Pilot shortage grounds some Sask. airline's planes as another fleet prepares for takeoff
On the heels of an announcement that one northern Saskatchewan charter flight company will be taking flight again, another charter airline is being forced to ground some of its services for the upcomi...
Mar 14, 2023 (Rise Air/Facebook)
'Shameful:' Stranded WestJet passengers offered bus ride from Calgary to Regina
Some stranded airline passengers had to become bus passengers to get back to Regina on Sunday. According to a tweet by Gilbert Proulx, WestJet offered to send him and his family from Calgary to the Qu...
Feb 27, 2023
Thousands lost due to fare evasion on Saskatoon Transit: report
People riding the bus without paying is costing the City of Saskatoon tens of thousands of dollars in missed revenue. Transit fare evasion in Saskatoon more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, accordi...
Feb 07, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Major northern Sask. charter flight service grounding fleet for good
A major air charter service for northern Saskatchewan is grounding its planes for good. Osprey Wings, a family-run charter flight service that covers La Ronge and northern parts of the province, is in...
Nov 22, 2022 (Osprey Wings/Submitted)
Concerns raised about the future of Saskatoon perimeter freeway
Premier Scott Moe could soon be receiving a letter from the City of Saskatoon asking the province to reconsider a decision to pause work on the Saskatoon perimeter freeway. In October, the city was in...
Nov 09, 2021
Launch date delayed for Saskatoon BRT
The launch of Saskatoon's Bus Rapid Transit system is being delayed by one year, to 2026. A report being presented to the city's transportation committee on Tuesday says the revised timeline to the Bu...
Sep 02, 2021 An artist's rendering of the upcoming bus shelters along the new bus rapid transit lines. (City of Saskatoon)
Riide Saskatoon says cold weather brings higher call volumes, still hitting benchmarks
Many of us have likely been there: You go to start your car in these frigid temperatures and it just won't turn over. In those instances, transportation services such as Saskatoon's Riide come in to s...
Jan 25, 2021 (650 CKOM)
Experts warn of increasing car use, loss of transit routes post-crisis
VANCOUVER - Getting around Stanley Park since the pandemic struck is a new experience for Tom Green. Roads that weave through the urban forest in Vancouver have been closed to traffic, making space fo...
May 07, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 18
Evan talks with Fraser Institute Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra aobut his recent research about university student beha...
