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Non-profit concerned about province's outlook on overdose crisis after funding rejection
A Saskatoon recovery centre is worried that its rejection for provincial funding is sending the wrong message in regards to the ongoing overdose crisis. Tanner Perratt, the co-founder and business man...
Mar 11, 2021 Possibilities Recovery Centre Inc. said it has been denied funding from the province twice, and are concerned the province doesn't see the full scope of the ongoing crisis. (supplied/Possibilities Recovery Centre Inc.)
City of Saskatoon launches pilot project with four electric vehicles
The City of Saskatoon is putting four electric vehicles on the road, supporting its Low Emissions Community Plan (LEC). The four vehicles also complement Saskatoon Transit's electric bus pilot, which ...
Mar 11, 2021 The City of Saskatoon launched a pilot project with four electric vehicles on March 11, 2021. (City of Saskatoon)
Medical association president cautions against expansion of bubbles
Keep your bubble small until you receive the vaccine, or your loved ones have. That was the message from the president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) on Wednesday, just over 24 hours af...
Mar 11, 2021 Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz is the President of the Saskatchewan Medical Association. (sma.sk.ca)
Sask. rare earth elements facility expected to secure North American supply chain
A recent global shortage of computer chips and semiconductors has plenty of people looking to an upcoming facility in Saskatoon as part of the solution. Naturally occurring rare earth elements are key...
Mar 10, 2021 A new rare earth elements processing facility being built in Saskatoon is expected to be a big boost for North American markets. (Saskatchewan Research Council)
'A recipe for disaster:' SUN responds to COVID rule loosening, new variants
Tracy Zambory didn't hold back her thoughts on the changes to Saskatchewan's health orders that were announced Tuesday. The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) said upon hearing the ne...
Mar 10, 2021 Nurse Leah Sawatsky receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. (Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
NDP calls for 'serious action' to be taken by province in response to overdose crisis
On a busy 20th Street in Saskatoon on Tuesday, NDP Leader Ryan Meili outlined a list of calls towards the provincial government, all centred around the overdose crisis in the province. Meili was joine...
Mar 09, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks at a media conference in front of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon on March 9, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon mother looking for stolen adaptive bike after Mayfair theft
It has been a tough month for Tobi-Dawne Smith and her family. On Feb. 7, the family home on the 1200 block of Avenue D North was destroyed by a fire in the early-morning hours. It also claimed the li...
Mar 08, 2021 (Tobi-Dawne Smith/Facebook)
YWCA program gets a boost from Saskatoon family on International Women's Day
The Turning Points program at Saskatoon's YWCA got some help from the family of a former educator and social worker Monday. Bonnie Gitzel and her family donated $100,000 to the program, which annually...
Mar 08, 2021 Bonnie Gitzel, pictured on the left with her daughter Bailey, and her family donated $100,000 to the YWCA's Turning Points program on International Women's Day, March 8, 2021. (Facebook/YWCA Saskatoon)
A look into the COVID testing site in Saskatoon
Flash back a year's time and the thought of a mass testing site for a viral disease sweeping across the globe may have sounded more like a plot for an upcoming movie. Well, it has become the reality, ...
Mar 08, 2021 Saskatoon's COVID-19 drive-through testing site. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Blades rallying behind Bobby Kirkness’ battle with cancer
The Saskatoon Blades are in Regina preparing for the Western Hockey League season without one of the most dependable members of the team. Described as the backbone of the organization, longtime dressi...
Mar 08, 2021 Saskatoon Blades forward Colton Dach (left) talks with Blades dressing room attendant Bobby Kirkness ahead of a game at SaskTel Centre. (File photo by Steve Hiscock/Saskatoon Blades)
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