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Assiniboia welcomes Weyburn Red Wings during ammonia shutdown
There's no place like home - and for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Weyburn Red Wings home is now temporarily in Assiniboia, southwest of Regina. This decision came after two ammonia leaks in...
Dec 15, 2024 The Weyburn Red Wings are selling limited edition Assiniboia shirts in honour of their temporary home. (Weyburn Red Wings website)
Saskatoon animal rescue ordered to pay $27,500 for defamatory Facebook posts
Hanna's Haven Animal Rescue Inc. and its operator Laura Mackay have been ordered to pay damages to five volunteers that had worked with the Saskatoon animal rescue non-profit for defamatory Facebook p...
Dec 15, 2024 (diego_cervo/Depositphotos.com)
STC Chief believes 90 per cent of Saskatoon's homeless are First Nations
Earlier this week the City of Saskatoon's 2024 Point-in-Time count revealed there are at least 1,499 homeless people in the city, and Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand believes that 90 ...
Dec 15, 2024 STC Chief Mark Arcand believes that 90 per cent of the homeless people in Saskatoon are First Nations. (Saskatoon Tribal Council/Submitted)
'We're in crisis': STC Chief Mark Arcand wants Saskatoon to do more for homeless
Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand said on Friday that he doesn't want the city to wait to address homelessness, he wants something done now. The 2024 Point-in-Time Count showed that clo...
Dec 14, 2024 STC Tribal Chief Mark Arcand speaks to the media to address the homeless crisis in Saskatoon on Dec. 13, 2024. (Will Mandzuk/65KCOM)
Investigation begun after man dies in Carlyle RCMP cells
Saskatchewan's Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) is investigating after a man died in Carlyle RCMP cells just hours after being arrested on Friday. Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release that po...
Dec 14, 2024
Sask. hockey player resting at home after neck slashed by skate
Churchbridge Imperials captain Cole Cusitar is resting at home with his family after taking a skate blade to the neck during a Senior A hockey game in Esterhazy on Dec. 7. The freak injury happened in...
Dec 13, 2024 Churchbridge Imperials captain Cole Cusitar is back at home resting after having his neck cut by a skate blade on Dec. 7, 2024 during a Senior A hockey game. (Cole Cusitar/submitted)
Cries of racism fill courtroom as judge stays impaired driving charge
Tears and cries filled a packed Saskatoon provincial courtroom on Friday as Judge Jane Wooten stayed the case of a woman who struck and killed a nine year old girl on a crosswalk in Saskatoon in 2021,...
Dec 13, 2024 Supporters of 9-year-old Baeleigh Maurice, who was killed in a marked crosswalk in 2021, held signs outside a provincial courtroom in Saskatoon on Friday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Residential grading wraps up in Saskatoon
City crews have wrapped up the major project that saw streets graded in every residential neighbourhood in the city. While some streets had to be skipped due to limited access - largely due to parked ...
Dec 13, 2024 Some city streets had deep ruts in them prior to being levelled. (650 CKOM staff)
Impaired driving charge in Kennedy case stayed due to delays
The court case of a woman accused of hitting and killing a nine-year-old Saskatoon girl in a crosswalk has been stayed due to delays. Taylor Ashley Kennedy was charged with impaired driving causing de...
Dec 13, 2024 Taylor Kennedy leaves court after a previous appearance. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Weyburn mayor says city will 'get through' indefinite pool closure
By Natasha Wiebe The indefinite closure of the Weyburn Leisure Centre's indoor pool was a shock to the community despite temporary closures over the past few years. Mayor Jeff Richards said it was a s...
Dec 13, 2024 Ground-penetrating radar revealed rebar underneath the pool deck and basin failed after pool staff noticed a leak draining 32,000 litres of water in a single day. (Discover Weyburn file photo)
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