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Provincial gov’t adds to list of flights that carried COVID-19 cases
Seven flights have been added to the provincial government’s list of those that carried passengers who since have tested positive for COVID-19. As well, one flight that previously was listed has...
Apr 02, 2020
SHA suspending parking fees at hospitals, clinics, care centres through COVID-19 pandemic
People who need to go to Saskatchewan's hospitals and health authority-run facilities won't have to worry about plugging a meter for parking through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Saskatchewan Health Auth...
Apr 02, 2020 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Man charged with murdering his grandfather on farm near Fillmore
An 18-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains after 69-year-old Randall Dayman was found dead Tuesday on a farm outside of Fillmore. According...
Apr 02, 2020
Senators announce temporary layoffs, salary reductions due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators has announced the organization is implementing temporary layoffs and salary reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eugene Melnyk's company Capita...
Apr 02, 2020
Saskatoon Pride won't hold June festival amid COVID-19 pandemic
One of the biggest parades of the year in Saskatoon won't happen in its usual June slot, as Saskatoon Pride announced Thursday they wouldn't be holding their annual festival in 2020. In a Facebook pos...
Apr 02, 2020 (Saskatoon Pride)
Stabbing at Mayfair area motel sends man to hospital
A 30-year-old man is being treated in hospital following a morning stabbing. Police were called to a motel in the 2000 block of Avenue B North at about 11:30 Thursday morning. The man was at the scene...
Apr 02, 2020
Events that have been cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19
A number of events have been cancelled or postponed outright due to COVID-19. They include: The Junos in Saskatoon; The Spring Home Show in Regina; The HomeStyle Home and Renovation Show in Saskatoon;...
Apr 02, 2020
Ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest, jailed for sex abuse, granted parole
MONTREAL - Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest, who was jailed for sexually abusing young female skiers under his care, has been granted full parole. The Parole Board of Canada says in a r...
Apr 02, 2020
Fake test kits and other COVID online scams play on public anxiety: fraud centre
VANCOUVER - The coronavirus has spawned an increase in online and telephone crime, targeting anxious Canadians who are self-isolating at home in front of their computers, experts say. The Canadian Ant...
Apr 02, 2020
Rugby in crisis as unions engage in 'unprecedented dialogue'
USA Rugby has filed for bankruptcy. The Australians are facing a black hole of more than $70 million. English rugby leaders have drawn up worst-case scenarios of an even bigger financial hit. The coro...
Apr 02, 2020
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