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High school students in Warman, Martensville move online
Warman High School and Martensville High School are sending students home for a week due to a high number of COVID-19 positive tests. A letter sent to parents and students Tuesday evening said all lea...
Jan 19, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 19: Hospitalizations continue to climb
The number of people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's hospitals has more than doubled in the past two weeks. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 199 people with COVID in health-care facilit...
Jan 19, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Feds, province invest $5M in 28 agricultural research projects
A number of agricultural researchers in Saskatchewan are getting more than $5 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. On Wednesday, the governments jointly announced 28 project...
Jan 19, 2022
SGI reports 87 deaths on Saskatchewan roads in 2021
The number of fatalities on Saskatchewan roads continued its long-term downward trend in 2021. According to preliminary data released by SGI on Wednesday, 87 people died on the province's roads last y...
Jan 19, 2022
Sask. expands program to support some sectors dealing with carbon tax
The Saskatchewan government again is taking aim at the federal government’s carbon tax, this time by expanding the provincial Output-Based Performance Standards (OBPS) program. In a media releas...
Jan 19, 2022
Rattlers hire former NBA assistant Demopoulos as new head coach
The Saskatchewan Rattlers are looking to the NBA ranks to fill their head-coaching vacancy. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) team announced veteran NBA assistant coach Dean Demopoulos as it...
Jan 19, 2022
Provincial campsite bookings begin on April 18
Saskatchewan's provincial parks will begin accepting reservations for the 2022 camping season on April 18. Seasonal campsites can be booked on April 18 while nightly, Camp-Easy and group campsite book...
Jan 19, 2022 (Saskatchewan Parks)
Annual inflation rate hit 30-year high in December: Statistics Canada
Inflation in December rose at its highest rate since 1991, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The organization said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month was up 4.8 per cent compared to December 20...
Jan 19, 2022
NDP calls for more business supports during Omicron wave
The Saskatchewan NDP feels businesses in the province are being left to fend for themselves by the government. "We are the only province without relief programs (for businesses)," Jobs Critic Aleana Y...
Jan 18, 2022
Saskatchewan to expand COVID treatments to include Paxlovid
The Government of Saskatchewan is ready and willing to use the recently approved antiviral COVID-19 pill once a supply lands in the province. A news release from the province Tuesday said a shipment o...
Jan 18, 2022 A photo provided by Pfizer shows the company's antiviral pill used to treat COVID-19. (Pfizer Canada/Twitter)
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