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Flu shots urged to protect health-care system
Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to roll up their sleeves and get their flu vaccines. Dr. Tania Diener, a medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, urged people to get the...
Oct 15, 2021
Saskatoon police looking to identify 15 people who attended PPC rally
The Saskatoon Police Service is asking for the public's help in identifying 15 people who violated the province's public health order during the People's Party of Canada rally on Sept. 20. In a media ...
Oct 14, 2021 The People‘s Party of Canada rally at the Saskatoon Inn on Sept. 20, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Dean Brockman steps down as head coach-GM in Swift Current
Five games into their 2021-22 regular season, the WHL's Swift Current Broncos are in the market for a new head coach and general manager. In a media release Thursday, the Broncos announced Dean Brockm...
Oct 14, 2021
Three drown after boat capsizes on northern lake
Three people are dead after a boat capsized on Reindeer Lake on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border. According to the RCMP, officers from the Thompson detachment got a call Tuesday that a capsized boat h...
Oct 14, 2021
Sask. vaccination rates ‘skewed’ by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says
Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere. “We have...
Oct 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Oct. 14: 315 new cases, 5 more deaths
Five more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19 as the province continues to lead the country in COVID-related death rate. According to the Government of Canada, Saskatchewan had as of Wedn...
Oct 14, 2021 (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM file photo)
Special weather advisory persists, but warm weather coming up
Winter-like weather made its presence felt throughout the province Thursday morning. A Colorado low swept through the eastern prairies Thursday bringing "much-needed moisture" into southwestern Saskat...
Oct 14, 2021
SHA to take full control of Extendicare homes in Saskatchewan
Two months after temporarily taking over management of Extendicare homes in the province, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is set to take full control of the company's five long-term care facilities....
Oct 14, 2021 Preston Extendicare. (extendicarepreston.com)
Fire restrictions removed for areas of east-central Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has lifted fire bans that were in place for areas of east-central Saskatchewan. The restrictions — which covered all provincial Crown lands, including provi...
Oct 14, 2021
Blades drop overtime decision to Wheat Kings
The Saskatoon Blades didn't benefit from any home ice advantage in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday. Wheat Kings forward Chad Nychuk scored his second goal of the WHL game 2...
Oct 14, 2021 The Saskatoon Blades fell to the Brandon Wheat Kings 5-4 in overtime Wednesday at SaskTel Centre. (Saskatoon Blades)
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