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Saskatchewan set for Friday afternoon break from extreme cold
Saskatchewan is set to get some relief from the deep freeze Friday. While it was frigid in the morning, with extreme cold warnings up and wind chills down to -50 C in some spots, the weather office wa...
Jan 07, 2022
Two charged with arson in North Battleford apartment fire
Two people have been charged with arson after an RCMP investigation into a suspicious fire at an apartment block in North Battleford. The blaze early Monday in the 1400 block of 102nd Street sent 17 r...
Jan 06, 2022 (Angela Brown/Twitter)
Latest COVID update Jan. 6: Record highs in new and active cases
Saskatchewan has set records for daily cases of COVID-19 as well as active cases. The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 913 new cases, breaking the previous record of 735 that was set Friday. Th...
Jan 06, 2022
COVID forces Luther College High School to cancel LIT
Like the Bedford Road Invitational Tournament before it, the Luther Invitational Tournament has been cancelled for a second straight year. The prestigious high school basketball tournament, which firs...
Jan 06, 2022
Extreme cold warnings in place for entire province
An extreme cold warning is in place for every region of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada splits Saskatchewan into 32 reporting regions and it issued warnings for all of them Thursday morning, saying w...
Jan 06, 2022
City aiming to have all priority roads cleared by Friday afternoon
Graders will be going 24/7 until Saskatoon's main roads are cleared from the latest snowfall. Tracy Danielson, the city's roadways manager, says a fleet of about 50 pieces of equipment and people are ...
Jan 05, 2022
New visitor restrictions at long-term care homes in Saskatoon
People visiting loved ones at Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) long-term care homes in Saskatoon will have new restrictions to consider on Thursday. Starting at 4 p.m., care homes and affiliates in...
Jan 05, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Jan. 5: 537 new cases, hospitalizations up to 106
The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 has again risen above 100. During a media conference last week, Premier Scott Moe said hospitalizations and intensive care admissions -- not new cases --...
Jan 05, 2022 COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits are no longer available in Saskatchewan. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh)
98 traffic safety initiatives get funding from provincial government
Some people who got caught speeding in Saskatchewan are helping to fund traffic safety initiatives in 92 communities in the province. On Wednesday, the provincial government announced 98 initiatives t...
Jan 05, 2022
Saskatchewan outlines steps to keep schools open
The Saskatchewan government doesn't have any immediate plans to move schools to online learning. On Wednesday, the government outlined the steps it plans to take to keep schools operating in the midst...
Jan 05, 2022 Education Minister Dustin Duncan. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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