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Semi hits Highway 11 overpass
At about 4:30 Monday afternoon the Saskatoon Fire Dept. was called out to Highway 11 and Circle Drive East after a semi-trailer unit struck an overpass. In a release, the fire dept. says no one was in...
Apr 20, 2020 Highway 11 overpass.
(Saskatoon Fire Dept./Submitted photo)
Meili ‘dusting off the stethoscope’ to help at testing facility during COVID-19 crisis
NDP leader Ryan Meili is heading back to the doctor’s chair to help fight on the front-lines of the COVID-19 crisis. The former family physician says he’s renewed his license and has start...
Apr 20, 2020
UFC welterweight Lyman (Cyborg) Good tests positive for COVID-19 virus
UFC welterweight Lyman (Cyborg) Good has tested positive for COVID-19. Good, a former Bellator champion, pulled out in early April of a planned bout against Belal Muhammad at UFC 249. "Alth...
Apr 20, 2020
MLB players say pay shouldn't be cut if empty ballparks
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball players are upset over the prospect teams may seek additional pay cuts if games are played in empty ballparks due to the coronavirus outbreak. Their anger was stoked l...
Apr 20, 2020
Saskatoon branch of CMHA launches phone line dedicated to pandemic concerns
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the cause of additional stress for many people, whether it be from fear of catching the virus, having to self-isolate or financial worries because of a lost job or a lay...
Apr 20, 2020 (CMHA Saskatoon branch/Facebook)
Pandemic strikes at a pivotal time in women's professional hockey
Women's professional hockey, already in upheaval, is facing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jayna Hefford, the leader of the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (P...
Apr 20, 2020
Sinkhole causes closure of part of Cumberland Avenue
Cumberland Avenue has been closed at Aird Street because of a sinkhole. The city said the sinkhole formed after a water main leak in the area. Cumberland is shut down between Colony and Temperance Str...
Apr 20, 2020 A water main leak caused a sinkhole at Cumberland Avenue and Aird Street, April 20, 2020.
(Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
One new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan reported one new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries Monday. It's the 12th straight day that the number of new cases has been in single digits. There now are 316 cases in the province;...
Apr 20, 2020
Blue-chip NFL prospects Gallimore, Claypool top CFL scouting bureau list
TORONTO - Oklahoma defensive lineman Neville Gallimore and Notre Dame receiver Chase Claypool - both blue-chip prospects for this week's NFL draft - top the final CFL scouting bureau top-20 list....
Apr 20, 2020
A look at some of the lives lost in Nova Scotia mass shooting
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - The victims in one of Canada’s worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home...
Apr 20, 2020
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