Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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NDP calls on province to release plan for safe reopening of schools - including hiring additional teachers and educational assistants
As the current school year winds down and graduation plans wrap up, the province's opposition is calling on the government to commit to hiring additional teachers and educational assistants (EAs) for ...
Jun 03, 2020 Sign outside of Hugh Cairns advising people to stay home and safe. Lara Fominoff /CKOM
Unifor Local 594 pickets set up at Co-op Card Lock locations across western Saskatchewan
For the remainder of the week, farmers in Belle Plaine, Kindersley, Wilkie, Outlook and Glaslyn will likely see Unifor information pickets set up at their local Co- op card lock and bulk station locat...
Jun 02, 2020 Information picket line set up by members of Unifor 594 in Glaslyn Tuesday. ( RM of Park Lake 498 Councillor Leslie Clark/Submitted photo)
COVID-19 contact tracers – Saskatchewan’s ‘disease detectives’
Years ago, Saskatoon communicable disease medical health officer Dr. Johnmark Opondo says he was working in New York, helping to locate and contact people who contracted sexually transmitted diseases....
Jun 01, 2020
15-year-old Warman Hip Hop dancer gets opportunity of a lifetime on NBC's 'World of Dance'
He's been training in studios in Saskatoon and St. Albert, Alberta for seven years, working hard to get to the top of the Hip Hop dance world. Now, 15-year-old Warman native Dayton Paradis appears to ...
Jun 01, 2020 Dayton Paradis (centre) dances with members of "Itty Bitty Crew." (Dayton Paradis/Gary Paradis/Submitted photo)
Ageing infrastructure, staff recruitment and retention biggest hurdles according to 2019 SHA Long Term Care Facility report
A 251-page report and survey released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) on Friday gave a summary of visits to each long-term care facility in the province and overall quality of care assessme...
May 30, 2020 Saskatchewan Health Authority members (left to right) Kim McKechny, Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. Julie Kryzanowski and Derek Miller held a press conference to answer questions about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, March 14, 2020. (Harrison Brooks/ 650 CKOM)
SHA unanimously votes to accept 2021 capital and operating Budgets - COVID impact unknown
Pending provincial government approval in June, Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) board members have unanimously approved the 2021-22 capital and operating budgets. During their regular board meetin...
May 29, 2020
Ontario based "Northern Tornadoes Project" calling on citizen scientists to report tornadoes this summer
If you're a weather watcher who takes an active interest in capturing severe weather events like tornadoes on video, the Ontario based Northern Tornado Project (NTP) wants to hear from you. Based out ...
May 28, 2020 Photo Courtesy: Northern Tornado Project, University of Western Ontario
Tourism Saskatoon introduces new initiative during Tourism Week
Attracting new business -- be it locally, regionally or provincially -- through unique culinary and visitor experiences is one of the ways Tourism Saskatoon is hoping to set itself apart and to compet...
May 28, 2020 (Tourism Saskatoon/ Twitter)
Saskatoon's Open Door Society approaches goal of sewing 10,000 masks
It was an ambitious goal by Saskatoon's Open Door Society set in early April: to recruit enough talented sewers and volunteers to make 10,000 masks for vulnerable populations throughout the city. Just...
May 27, 2020 Volunteers at Saskatoon Open Door Society help get face masks ready for sterilization. Facebook Photo Courtesy: SODS
'Safety is key' says Saskatoon pub owner and GM preparing to open in just two weeks
As Winston's Pub and Grill's general manager slides heavy bar stools across the floor two at at time, he explains how different his establishment is going to look and feel come June 8. That's when Sas...
May 25, 2020 A sign at Winston's Pub and Grill in downtown Saskatoon asks patrons to respect social distancing. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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