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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Saskatoon's mayor says goodbye to 2020 and looks forward to 2021
2020 was a year that saw Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark win a second term, a year in which city council faced a deficit of more than $20 million and a year in which budgets had to be reworked over and ...
Jan 01, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
University of Alberta research team believes a cure for diabetes is within reach
Scientists at the University of Alberta believe they've come up with a way to cure diabetes. Dr. James Shapiro is the lead scientist working on the project. He spoke with 650 CKOM's Brent Loucks Thurs...
Dec 17, 2020 University of Alberta researchers are hopeful they have found a cure for diabetes. (Photo provided by University of Alberta)
Shortages of stamps, packing materials at Saskatchewan Canada Post offices ahead of Christmas
The Grosvenor Park Canada Post office in Saskatoon is normally very busy, but it's even more so just before the holidays. Even though deadlines for regular delivery of regional and national parcels an...
Dec 17, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon mayor tells those interested in weekend rally to 'give your head a shake'
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is using a couple of his social media platforms to denounce what's being called a "Freedom Rally" this weekend. Clark took to Facebook and Twitter on Monday, posting a se...
Dec 16, 2020 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (650 CKOM file photo)
Death-care industry needs protection from COVID too: Funeral service association president
They're exhausted, they're emotional and they too put themselves in COVID-19's path every day. Funeral directors, embalmers and other death-care staff are feeling the effects of the pandemic, too. Eac...
Dec 15, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Mourning Glory Funeral Services, Windsor Chapel)
Saskatoon medical health officer urges adherence to public health orders over the holidays
The COVID-19 upward curve in Saskatoon is starting to flatten, according to medical health officer Dr. Jasmine Hasselback. Speaking to city councillors at the Governance and Priorities Committee meeti...
Dec 14, 2020
Questioning health-care professionals about COVID-19 vaccine is a good thing, says U of S researcher
It has only been a day since Canada became the third country in the world to approve the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, after the United Kingdom and Bahrain. While Pfizer's work has been p...
Dec 10, 2020 Dr. Alyson Kelvin. (File photo courtesy of the University of Saskatchewan)
Chopping down a Christmas tree an option for the adventurous this holiday season
If you're not someone who likes artificial Christmas trees or you don't feel like competing for the best fresh tree on the lot, there's always the DIY option. The province's Ministry of Environment is...
Dec 10, 2020 (Ministry of Environment/Submitted)
Board of Police Commissioners approves request to reduce SPS budget
Saskatoon's Board of Police Commissioners has approved a request from city council to reduce the police budget by $199,300. That money is equal to two-fifths of Chief Troy Cooper's request for a total...
Dec 09, 2020 (File photo/650 CKOM)
12-year-old Saskatchewan boy recovering in Toronto after complex multi-organ transplant
It's not a sprint, it's a marathon. That's how Maymont resident Jennifer Starycki describes her son Nate's recovery from a complex multi-organ transplant last week. The 12-year-old was born with a con...
Dec 09, 2020
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