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...
Author Archives: Lara Fominoff
Saskatoon city council exploring possibility of implementing its own gathering restrictions
Saskatoon city councillors aren't taking no for an answer. At Monday's Governance and Priorities committee meeting, they voted 7-4 in favour of a motion asking "that the Administration be directed to ...
Oct 19, 2021
Nutana Collegiate partners with Indigenous organization to build homes for First Nations
It's the only program of its kind in the province. Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon is partnering with a group called One House Many Nations to build homes for youth in northern Saskatchewan First Natio...
Oct 18, 2021 Nutana Collegiate students building the base and frame of a home for the Big River First Nation. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon fire halls not participating in at-home COVID test distribution
The City of Saskatoon is asking the public not to call or show up at fire halls throughout the city looking for COVID-19 at-home rapid test kits. Last week, the province announced more than 2.6 millio...
Oct 18, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Most SHA employees have submitted vaccination declarations
The deadline for Saskatchewan Health Authority employees to submit their vaccination status declarations has come and gone. It's part of the SHA's phased-in approach to mandating vaccinations for all ...
Oct 15, 2021
COVID boosters coming for those 65+, rapid tests to be distributed next week
A third COVID-19 shot in the arm will soon be available for those 65 and older in Saskatchewan, according to chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. During a news conference Friday, Shahab expl...
Oct 15, 2021
Saskatoon council committee to debate options for curbside organics, garbage collection
In just over a year, the way the City of Saskatoon bills its customers for garbage and organics programs will likely change. Angela Gardiner, the city's general manager of utilities and environment, s...
Oct 14, 2021
Health ministry, SHA to launch 'COVID Enforcement Team' in coming weeks
There could soon be an additional tool to help enforce public health orders in Saskatchewan: A COVID Enforcement Team (CET). During a Saskatchewan Health Authority physician town hall meeting Thursday...
Oct 08, 2021
Proof of vaccination soon to be required at Saskatoon leisure centres, arenas
If you want to go for a swim or skate at a Saskatoon leisure centre or arena, get your proof of COVID-19 vaccination ready. During a special council meeting Friday, city councillors voted unanimously ...
Oct 08, 2021
Expensive 'Mr. Big' investigation built on lies, Fertuck defence claims
The first-degree murder trial of Greg Fertuck heard Wednesday the grand total to stage more than 130 "scenarios," and to get a murder confession in a Saskatoon hotel room from Fertuck, was $679,292.19...
Oct 06, 2021 The gravel pit where Sheree Fertuck worked, along with her abandoned semi truck and trailer.
Undercover officer testifies about 'Mr. Big' scenarios during Fertuck trial
A first-degree murder trial in Saskatoon resumed this week with testimony from an undercover RCMP officer who created and monitored more than 100 "Mr. Big" scenarios involving Greg Fertuck. The office...
Oct 05, 2021
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