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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Microbiologist says potential COVID treatment a result of 'medical detective work'
A cheap and common anti-depressant has shown promise as a COVID-19 treatment and could be a game changer, according to a study published in the Lancet Global Health Journal. The study was co-led with ...
Oct 29, 2021
Transportation Safety Board releases final report into fatal Fond-du-Lac plane crash
Too much ice buildup on "critical surfaces," no adequate de-icing equipment available, and a flight crew's decision to take off in spite of that were factors that contributed to a West Wind Aviation p...
Oct 28, 2021 (Transportation Safety Board of Canada/Submitted)
Saskatoon city councillor Darren Hill sanctioned for ethics, confidentiality breaches
Saskatoon's Ward One councillor, Darren Hill, has been disciplined for three complaints against him. City councillors voted unanimously on Monday to pass recommendations made by the city's Integrity C...
Oct 27, 2021 Saskatoon city councillor Darren Hill. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Precautions in place for SaskTel Centre concert should be enough, says Shahab
The layers of protection in place for the Eric Church concert Saturday night in Saskatoon should be enough to keep it from becoming a COVID-19 "superspreader" event, according to chief medical health ...
Oct 23, 2021
More ICU transfers from Sask. to Ontario planned for next week, SPSA says
By the end of the weekend, there will be nine critically ill Saskatchewan patients in Ontario hospitals, according to the president of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA). And Marlo Pritchard...
Oct 22, 2021 (SHA/Submitted)
NDP leader concerned about Eric Church concert in Saskatoon
It's going to be the first large-scale event of its kind in Saskatchewan since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic -- a concert with country star Eric Church attended by up to 15,000 people at Sask...
Oct 22, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili (right) and Health Critic Vicki Mowat. (650 CKOM)
'It is time to stop asking nicely': Calls mount for more public health measures
The Canadian Medical Association has some strong language about the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan: "It is time to stop asking nicely." CMA president Dr. Katharine Smart says she's ...
Oct 21, 2021
Current public health measures not enough to stop COVID overload, modelling numbers say
Not only are COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU numbers across the province unsustainable right now, we can expect more surges in the coming months if nothing changes, chief medical health officer Dr. ...
Oct 20, 2021 (Government of Saskatchewan)
Defence alleges Crown misconduct before withdrawing complaint at Fertuck murder trial
A twist in the eight-week-long Greg Fertuck first-degree murder trial delayed witness testimony by an hour or so on Wednesday. Defence lawyer Mike Nolin told Justice Richard Danyliuk he was several fe...
Oct 20, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
More details needed on costs related to out-of-province ICU care, says COVID survivor
A Regina man who survived COVID-19 after spending time in an ICU earlier this year says critical patients need the best care possible, even if it means flying some of them out of province to Ontario. ...
Oct 20, 2021 Matthew Cardinal. (Dianne Desjarlais-Cardinal/Submitted)
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Evan discusses the consequences of Alberta's separatism talk, unearths a Saskatchewan gem to visit this summer and meets...
