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Close to three-quarter-million dollars in damage from fire
A four-unit building in Saskatoon’s Confederation Suburban Centre suffered significant fire damage after a blaze early this morning. Multiple 911 calls came in at 1:28 a.m. and when firefighters...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 24, 2022

Arrest made in Saskatoon homicide
Saskatoon police say the victim in a shooting last Thursday is 29-year-old Brandon Baxandall and one person has been arrested in connection to the homicide investigation. A 35 year old man is charged ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 24, 2022

Art project at Saskatoon landfill being expanded
The City is changing up its plans on how they want to go about an art project at Recovery Park which is currently being constructed at the Landfill. Instead of seeking one lone artwork at Recovery Par...
Devyn Gregoire May 24, 2022

Circle Drive construction zone in place as of today
This is the week that work begins on repairing Circle Drive eastbound in Saskatoon. The curb lane is closed from Alberta to Miller Eastbound. The city IS undertaking resurfacing on the badly damaged r...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 24, 2022

Sixty years later, still looking to solve Alexandra Wiwcharuk’s murder
The Saskatoon Police Service is looking for tips on a 60 year old murder. It was 60 years ago today (May 18th) that 23 year old Alexandra Wiwcharuk was last seen alive. She left her home in City Park,...
Carol Thomson May 18, 2022

Hundreds Attend Fred Sasakamoose Statue Unveiling at SaskTel Centre
They were of all ages, various races and from all different walks of life, but the several hundred people that showed up at SaskTel Centre Wednesday morning were all there to pay homage to the late Fr...
Les Lazaruk May 18, 2022

Inflation rate soars; what we were paying more for last month
Statistics Canada says Canadians paid 9.7 per cent more in April for food purchased from stores compared with April 2021. This increase, which exceeded five per cent for the fifth month in a row, was ...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 18, 2022

Now five victims connected to sexual assault investigation
The Saskatoon Police Service has laid more charges against Eric Pohorecky. He is facing one additional count each of Sexual Assault and Sexual Interference. The Centre for Children’s Justice arr...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 18, 2022

Wastewater monitoring indicates this wave of COVID may be at its end
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan who are monitoring the COVID-19 viral RNA load in wastewater say they had anticipated a second surge in the 6th (Omicron wave), but the numbers indicate w...
Vanese M. Ferguson May 16, 2022

Fire crews use a suppression tool to battle an Avenue H house fire
Damage is estimated at $50,000 dollars following a fire at a home in the 200 block of Avenue H South Friday afternoon. Just before 3, the Saskatoon Fire Department received multiple 9-1-1 calls report...
Devyn Gregoire May 14, 2022















