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Latest COVID update Nov. 30: 42 new cases, active cases fall to 715
Two children under the age of five were among the 42 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan on Tuesday. The total comprised 25 people who weren't vaccinated, 15 individuals who were considered...
Nov 30, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. microbiologist recommends caution, not overreaction to Omicron
The Omicron variant is the latest evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's not worth overreacting to until we understand it better. That was the message from University of Saskatchewan microbiolog...
Nov 30, 2021
Take-home drug-testing kits to be available at more locations in Sask.
Saskatchewan is taking another step to combat the overdose epidemic in the province. The provincial government is expanding access to fentanyl and benzodiazepine drug-checking strips, adding more loca...
Nov 30, 2021
‘Sicker and sicker every day’: Sask. woman pushes gov’t for help as she waits on surgery
Nearly as long as Saskatchewan has been dealing with the pandemic, Stephanie Brad has been waiting for surgery to get her bladder removed. "I'm getting sicker and sicker every day," said Brad. She and...
Nov 30, 2021
Man charged with murder after death on Kawacatoose First Nation
A man from the Kawacatoose First Nation has been accused of murder. In a news release Monday, the RCMP said officers were called to a home on the reserve about 140 kilometres northeast of Regina for r...
Nov 29, 2021
Latest COVID update Nov. 29: 88 recoveries, 49 new cases, 1 death
Saskatchewan has reported its lowest daily total of new COVID-19 cases since early August. The Ministry of Health on Monday said there were 49 new infections, the fewest in a day since 24 cases were r...
Nov 29, 2021
Saskatchewan sending resources to B.C. to help fight flooding
Saskatchewan is pitching in to help British Columbia. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe tweeted Monday the province is sending resources to B.C., to help that province deal with ongoing flooding. Moe sai...
Nov 29, 2021
Abuse charges dropped against former Saskatchewan-based priest
Prosecutors in Scotland have dropped historical physical and sexual abuse charges against a retired Catholic priest who used to live in Saskatchewan. According to the BBC, Father Robert MacKenzie, 87,...
Nov 29, 2021
Drought has big impact on Saskatchewan's mid-year financial forecast
Some of Saskatchewan's finances have dried up thanks to the drought that hit the province in 2021, helping to keep the province's books in the red. In its mid-year financial report released Monday, th...
Nov 29, 2021 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer revealed the province's first-quarter financial report on Aug. 31, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatoon radio station packs transit bus full of food
A radio station is helping to ensure the shelves at the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre are stocked for the holidays. Rock 102's 2021 Stuff the Bus campaign collected 17,454 pounds of food plu...
Nov 29, 2021 Rock 102's Gary and Whitney from the Stuff the Bus campaign on Nov. 27, 2021 (Rock 102/Submitted)
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