@alexbrownyxe.bsky.social
Broadcaster & Media Personality • Reporter at 650 CKOM • Toronto Metropolitan University alum • All views are my own
Blowing snow warnings have ended, and the Highway Hotline is clear of Travel Not Recommended advisories!
Be safe out there folks!
#TalkShots
#TalkShots is now on the air in #Saskatchewan on CKOM and CJME until 11am! Hope you’ll tune in 🎙️🤩
25.01.2025 12:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#YXE ROAD REPORT 🚨🚗
The University Bridge has reopened to traffic, but only one lane in each direction is open.
So far, it’s moving really well!
Check it out here ⤵️
#YXE ROAD REPORT:
The University Bridge remains closed this morning, BUT an inspection is scheduled for today.
Here’s what we know ⤵️
Thanks Dale! Happy new year! ☺️
18.01.2025 14:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don’t forget - #TalkShots is on the air 6-11am this morning 📻
Available in Sask on 650 AM/980AM, and available for everyone online!
www.ckom.com
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Tune in for all your latest news, weather, traffic, and a recap of the best of the best!
I’m at Prairieland Park to kick off the Western Canadian Crop Production show this morning for the 650 CKOM Morning Show!
Over the next 3 days, organizers expect between 18-20,000 people will pass through these doors! 🚜🌾
How are the roads looking in your area of #Saskatchewan?!
Travel is not recommended around Saskatoon toward Warman/Martensville, as well as HWY33 near Sedley.
So excited to take over #TalkShots LIVE on Saturday mornings from 6-11am on CKOM and CJME 🤩🎙️
Tune in tomorrow for all the fun!
It’ll be just like old times! Rise and shine, #Saskatchewan! ☀️
NEW: Environment Canada puts out Freezing Rain Warning for #Saskatoon
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Good morning, #Saskatchewan!
I got on the phone with Environment Canada first thing this morning, and I have a look at your weekend and NYE forecast here ⤵️
Spoiler alert: it’s going to get cold 🥶
Merry Christmas, friends! 🥰🎄🌟✨
26.12.2024 01:30 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Loved collabing with my friend and colleague Brittany Caffet on this piece for 650 CKOM!
It’s live on the website now 📲
www.ckom.com/2024/12/24/t...
SASKATOON SCHOOL BUS SERVICE UPDATE ⤵️
18.12.2024 13:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Randall has only been volunteering for 4 years with the WDM, but boy, does he know his stuff!
He’s always problem-solving and making sure the aging mechanics are running smoothly.
He says he’s committed to maintaining the old-style mechanics as long as possible.
Randall also enlightened me about the lore of “Punkinhead: The Sad Little Bear”, who was Eatons’ answer to Rudolph (a creation of Montgomery Ward in the US to drive sales).
You can listen to his theme song here: youtu.be/dsVTlihnpBQ?...
Randall took me behind the scenes of the Christmas displays at the WDM in #YXE, and showed me how they worked.
The Eaton’s “Once Upon a Christmas” display was built in 1948, originally crafted by the Canadian Air Force using spare parts left over from WWII.
I had the chance to speak with a wonderful Western Development Museum volunteer named Randall, who is charged with maintaining the 1948 “Once Upon a Christmas” Eaton’s display, and we spoke for over an hour about his passion for all things mechanical ⤵️
www.ckom.com/2024/12/16/m...
Do you have a child attending Queen Elizabeth School in #Saskatoon?
I was tipped off about this ice wall blocking the crosswalk, and I’d love to talk to a parent/teacher/EA about how this is affecting them.
Email me at abrown@rawlco.com #YXE
But with service being cut back, you'll save a few dollars.
The City says the savings from switching to once a month pick up will be reflected in the green cart utility rates starting not next year, but in 2026.
NEW: Starting this month, your green cart will only be picked up once a month.
Collection is shifting to monthly service for December, January, February, and March.
The City of #Saskatoon says it found that there were less carts set out in winter due to less seasonal yard waste.
Absolutely FROZEN in #YXE today 🥶
It’s going to be sunny, and the fog will dissipate.
High -23, with wind chill -40 this morning. 60 percent chance of flurries overnight and a risk of frost bite! #Saskatoon
A lot of #YXE City Hall news for you today.
No snow clearing in #Saskatoon neighborhoods, a proposed property tax hike, and an expensive bill for the Bus Rapid Transit system’s redesign.
Here’s what we know ⤵️: vm.tiktok.com/ZMh3Kh9FY/
Read more on the 650 CKOM website!
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is slamming the City of Saskatoon for spending $317,757 on branding for its new bus rapid transit system.
www.ckom.com/2024/11/26/w...
NEW: The City of #Saskatoon is proposing a 5.84% property tax increase in next year's city budget.
This is higher than the 5.64% projected property tax increase that was previously forecast and approved by city council in November 2023.
It says this is to maintain service levels. #yxe
THIS JUST IN:
The City of Saskatoon WILL NOT be activating the Roadways Emergency Response Plan, AKA, city-wide grading and snow removal from your neighbourhood/residential street won’t be happening, unless on a priority 1-3 street. #skstorm #yxe
Waiting to hear from their next update!
25.11.2024 14:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
All is quiet on our crescent.
No one shovelling or trying to get out.
Schools being closed and many workplaces closed will mean most folks are staying puts until the city can get out to the residential streets and move some of this snow!
#skstorm #yxe #saskatoon
NEW: According to the City of #Saskatoon’s latest release, Priority 1 streets are marked as 86% completed, that's streets like Circle and Idylwyld.
Priority 2 streets like main roads and transit routes are 20% completed, and Priority 3’s in neighbourhoods are only 5% completed.
