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Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Latest COVID update Nov. 26: More than 4,000 kids aged 5-to-11 vaccinated
More than 4,000 children in the five-to-11 age range in Saskatchewan have received COVID-19 vaccines over the past two days. According to the Ministry of Health, 4,317 doses were administered to child...
Nov 26, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant
With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa. During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the b...
Nov 26, 2021
Saskatchewan bargain hunters head to stores for Black Friday deals
Saskatchewan bargain hunters set their alarms extra early to take advantage of Black Friday specials. However, one of the busiest shopping days of the year lacked some of the hysteria of previous year...
Nov 26, 2021 Early risers head into a Saskatoon Canadian Tire in search of Black Friday deals on Nov. 26, 2021. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
One dead, two hurt after crash near Gull Lake
A 76-year-old man from Shaunavon is dead after a crash Thursday on Highway 37 near Gull Lake. Officers from the Swift Current Rural RCMP were called at around 4 p.m., to a location on the highway abou...
Nov 26, 2021
Murder charge laid in death of RCMP officer in Wolseley
Two people charged in the death of an Indian Head RCMP officer in June are facing new charges. Manslaughter charges laid against Alphonse Stanley Traverse and Marlene Velma Louise Pagee have been with...
Nov 26, 2021
Saskatchewan seeks to address stagnant vaccine uptake
Saskatchewan is looking to jumpstart its stalled COVID-19 vaccination program. Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said during a conference call Thursday the vaccine uptake has "stagnated," ...
Nov 25, 2021
Moose Jaw woman killed after being hit by vehicle on Trans-Canada
A 21-year-old woman from Moose Jaw is dead after a vehicle-pedestrian crash Wednesday on the Trans-Canada Highway near that city. According to the RCMP, officers responded at about 6 p.m., to a call o...
Nov 25, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 25: 96 new cases, 96 recoveries, 1 death
Another Saskatchewan resident who was being treated in an Ontario intensive care unit has returned to their home province. As of Thursday, there were still six people from Saskatchewan being cared for...
Nov 25, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Tech company partners with beef industry at Agribition
Canadian beef could be getting better. Dave Sibbald, the president of the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, announced a partnership Thursday involving an Alberta tech company and ranchers throughout Saska...
Nov 25, 2021
Saskatchewan extends public health order until Jan. 31
Saskatchewan is maintaining the status quo with its public health order. On Thursday, the provincial government announced it was extending the current public health order until Jan. 31 as the province...
Nov 25, 2021
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