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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Downtown Saskatoon wellness shelter could open as early as Monday
Green cots, medical supplies, donated items like fridges and microwaves, washing machines and detergent have already been delivered to a building in downtown Saskatoon that will house a temporary emer...
Dec 09, 2021 Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand outside a new temporary emergency wellness shelter in downtown Saskatoon. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
SHA board of directors tight-lipped about former CEO's departure
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is not releasing any details surrounding the departure of former chief executive officer Scott Livingstone last week. During its regular board meeting Wednesday, chai...
Dec 08, 2021 Former Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Mayor defends budget with larger tax increase, chamber of commerce CEO dumbfounded
Saskatoon property owners will be paying more in taxes next year than initially predicted. Budget deliberations began on Monday and were completed late Wednesday night. After more than 21 hours, counc...
Dec 02, 2021
Organ donation program up and running; dozens in quarantine after return from southern Africa
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Tuesday that, after more than two months on hold, organ donation services in the province had resumed once again. The program officially restarted Monday. I...
Nov 30, 2021
No cases of Omicron COVID variant found yet in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman says he's keeping "a close eye" on new information about the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The new viral strain was first identified in South Africa between Nov....
Nov 30, 2021 (File photo/980 CJME)
Saskatoon SPCA again subsidizing city pound to ensure its operation
Graham Dickson appeared before Saskatoon city councillors and administration on the first day of 2022-23 budget deliberations. The executive director of the SPCA, who took the job in March 2020, admit...
Nov 29, 2021
Sask. doctors not fully vaccinated must tell patients: College of Physicians and Surgeons
If you're going to see a doctor outside of a hospital who isn't fully vaccinated against COVID-19, they now have to tell you that. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan is out with a ...
Nov 24, 2021
City proposes 3.51 per cent property tax hike for 2022, 3.14 per cent in 2023
The City of Saskatoon has released its preliminary two-year budget -- and it could see homeowners digging a little deeper into their pockets over the next couple of years. The operating budget propose...
Nov 24, 2021
'It's the right thing to do:' Children react to news of COVID vaccinations
Some Saskatchewan children are ready to step up to roll their sleeves up. Children between the ages of five and 11 are now eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, after Health Canada announced Fr...
Nov 19, 2021
Province releases new COVID modelling numbers, regional vaccination rate breakdowns
Case rates of COVID-19 are coming down in Saskatchewan, but the province still leads Canada in hospitalization and ICU rates. During a technical briefing with reporters Thursday, Dr. Saqib Shahab -- t...
Nov 18, 2021 Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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