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Murray Wood says that person demanding Alberta separate from Canada in a social media post might be a farmer of a differ...
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Graduating class of 2021 waves goodbye to pandemic learning
The graduating class of 2021 is ready to wave goodbye to plenty of terms that were unfamiliar less than two years ago. Quints, cohorts, remote learning and staggered start times didn't mean much to st...
Jun 24, 2021 Tommy Douglas Collegiate celebrated graduates with an outdoor ceremony on the front lawn of the school on June 23, 2021. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
PGA Tour Canada returns to Sask. with 8-year commitment at Elk Ridge
Professional golf is coming back to Saskatchewan. The Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada announced an eight-year agreement with Elk Ridge Resort on Tuesday to host The Elk Ridge Open in Waskesiu. Promoter...
Jun 22, 2021 (Elk Ridge Resort/Twitter)
The return to the office: What will it look like?
Working from home has been all too common for many people throughout Saskatchewan over the past year. With the province less than a month away from removing all COVID restrictions, a question remains ...
Jun 22, 2021 (Tourism Saskatoon/ Twitter)
Moe, Meili weigh in on reopening Saskatchewan
Close enough. That was the message from Premier Scott Moe on Monday, one day after he announced Saskatchewan would be lifting all COVID measures July 11 even though it hadn’t officially hit its ...
Jun 21, 2021
'Nothing we could do': Neighbours describe the moment a Saskatoon home exploded
Lisa Polowski was laying on her couch playing games on her phone early Saturday morning when a sound she'll never forget rang through the neighbourhood. "It just sounded like the house was falling dow...
Jun 19, 2021 Emergency crews responded to a house explosion on Clarence Avenue South on June 19, 2021. (Saskatoon Fire Department/Submitted)
Sask. caterer seeing surge in business ahead of Step Two of reopening
This time last year, PickNic's Catering manager Krista Fehr was wondering how much longer the company could stay in business. Now, with the next phase of Saskatchewan's reopening plan set to begin on ...
Jun 17, 2021 PickNic's Catering is running out of availability due to an increase in business ahead of the next phase of the province's reopening plan. (PickNic's Catering/Facebook)
Saskatoon Public Schools facing $8M shortfall, over 60 positions to be 'redeployed'
The reserves have run dry. That's just part of the reason why Saskatoon Public Schools struggled putting together its budget for the upcoming school year. With an $8-million shortfall, according to bo...
Jun 17, 2021 (Saskatoon Public Schools)
Merlis Belsher Place preparing to close field hospital, welcome back community
It has been a long time since skate blades touched the ice at Merlis Belsher Place. After the University of Saskatchewan Huskies won the 2020 Canada West men's hockey championship on Feb. 29, it was i...
Jun 16, 2021 Merlis Blesher Place, pictured as a field hospital. (Saskatchewan Health Authority)
PHR would welcome Regina-style city funding, Clark exploring options
With Saskatchewan still in the grips of an overdose death crisis, and with the province's refusal to fund safe consumption sites, funding has been tough to come by. Saskatoon's lone safe consumption s...
Jun 16, 2021 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Infectious disease doctor conflicted over reopening timeline until second doses increase
With Saskatchewan inching towards Step Three of its Re-Opening Roadmap, a Regina infectious disease physician is cautioning against an early reopening. Dr. Alex Wong is conflicted. While he wants to s...
Jun 16, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
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8:30 - The Alberta Independence Movement claims to have over 300,000 signatures to trigger a referendum. But what would ...
