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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VIDO's COVID vaccine safe, says Canadian Centre for Vaccinology
The COVID-19 vaccine created by Saskatoon's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) has been demonstrated as safe and effective in its Phase One clinical trials. The interim data results co...
Jun 23, 2021 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Single-game sports betting will soon be legal in Canada
Single-game sports betting will soon become legal in Canada. Conservative MP Kevin Waugh's private member's Bill C-218 will allow for amendments to the Criminal Code to give that type of gambling the ...
Jun 23, 2021 (Kevin Waugh/Facebook)
Infectious disease doctor says ditching masks will depend on risk tolerance
According to the Saskatchewan government, July 11 is the day when masks won't be required indoors anymore and all remaining COVID-related public health measures will be lifted. But with the more trans...
Jun 22, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Lakeridge teacher wins C95's 'Teacher of the Year' award
It was a remarkable sendoff into retirement for Lakeridge School teacher Sharon Biss. Clasping her hands together in surprise, she accepted this year's C95 Teacher of the Year award Tuesday. Surrounde...
Jun 22, 2021 Mayor Charlie Clark (back left) joined Rob and Shauna and Sharon Biss' class to congratulate the Lakeridge School teacher (holding award) on being named the C95 Teacher of the Year on June 22, 2021.
TCU Place asks City of Saskatoon for multi-million-dollar line of credit
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge financial toll on many businesses and companies, and TCU Place in Saskatoon is no different. At the governance and priorities committee meeting Monday, a request...
Jun 21, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
City council to consider name change to John A. Macdonald Road next week
A motion to have Saskatoon's John A. Macdonald Road renamed has passed the first step. At Monday's governance and priorities committee meeting, Coun. David Kirton brought forward a motion on the matte...
Jun 21, 2021 Saskatoon city council voted Wednesday 8-3 in favour of renaming John A Macdonald Road. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Province gives FSIN $2 million towards residential school site research
The province is providing $2 million towards supporting research into undocumented deaths and burials on former residential school sites in Saskatchewan. First Nations, Metis and Northern Affairs Mini...
Jun 18, 2021 The small patch of land directly behind the former residential school on the Muskowekwan First Nation is where 35 unmarked graves were discovered in 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Councillors to consider tax increase proposals at upcoming committee meeting
The economic and financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for at least the next couple of years in Saskatoon, meaning at this point it looks like taxes may be going up significantly ove...
Jun 17, 2021
Fully vaccinated in Sask. don't have to self-isolate after close contact with COVID case
Consider it a perk of becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The provincial government announced during a news conference Tuesday that anyone in Saskatchewan who has had both of their COVID-19 do...
Jun 16, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
SHA probing possible link between Pfizer shot and Saskatoon man's heart issues
When 23-year-old Brandon Lavoie got his first COVID-19 vaccine on May 28, everything went like clockwork. He waited 15 minutes in line, got the Pfizer vaccine, waited another 15 minutes to ensure he d...
Jun 15, 2021 (Photo courtesy of Brandon Lavoie)
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