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Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them
Health-care workers, grocery store staff, transit drivers and food delivery workers are among those being hailed as heroes for continuing to provide much-needed services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Apr 05, 2020
‘It’s like ghost towns:’ Canada’s border communities adapt to COVID-19 changes
When the mayor of a village in southern Alberta stares across the border, he sees family and friends who just happen to call Montana home. The port of entry between Coutts, Alta., and Sweet Grass, Mon...
Apr 05, 2020
18 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, total at 249
As of Sunday, Saskatchewan has 18 new cases of COVID-19. According to a press release sent by the province, the 18 new cases Sunday brings the provincial total to 249, with four people in hospital in ...
Apr 05, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Singer Pink says she had COVID-19, gives $1M to relief funds
LOS ANGELES - The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating $500,000 each to two emergency funds. In a pair of tweets, she said she and her th...
Apr 05, 2020
Two men arrested for robbery in Saskatoon
Just before midnight on Saturday two men were arrested in Saskatoon after Saskatoon Police received a complaint about a robbery. The incident took place on 33rd St. and Avenue Y. According a news rele...
Apr 05, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class
Kobe Bryant's resume has yet another entry to validate his greatness: He's now, officially, a Hall of Famer. And he's got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class, one that may be as glitzy as any. B...
Apr 04, 2020
Business nearly grounded at Regina airport due to COVID-19
The Regina International Airport is at a near standstill due to COVID-19. Before the pandemic, about 3,300 people per day would go through the airport. That number would be even higher during the wint...
Apr 04, 2020
Teammates Nelson and Fimis taken Nos. 1 and 2 in OHL's Priority Selection Draft
TORONTO - Teammates Ty Nelson and Pano Fimis were the top two picks in the Ontario Hockey League's Priority Selection Draft. Nelson, a 16-year-old defenceman from the Greater Toronto Hockey Leagu...
Apr 04, 2020
Class action lawsuit filed against insurers refusing to pay business interruption insurance
A Regina business owner is at the centre of a national class action lawsuit filed Friday against indemnity insurers refusing to cover losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas Siarkos, owner of Memo...
Apr 04, 2020
Saskatoon's emergency services show support for health care workers
Friday night at around 7:30, a succession of the city's emergency services got together and paraded through Royal University Hospital with sirens blaring to show support for health care workers in Sas...
Apr 04, 2020 (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
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