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Hockey Canada cancels all activities 'until further notice' amid COVID-19 pandemic beginning Friday
The hockey world in Canada, and Saskatchewan, will be halted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a press release by Hockey Canada, the decision has been made to "cancel all Hockey Canad...
Mar 12, 2020 Novice hockey players participate in a demonstration half-ice game in a Hockey Canada video. (Hockey Canada)
Province's HealthLine 811 overwhelmed by calls
Saskatchewan's 24-hour telephone access to health, mental health, and addictions support appears to have been completely overwhelmed by calls from the public. After the provincial government announced...
Mar 12, 2020 John Ash, executive director of the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, and Health Minister Jim Reiter (l to r) discuss the province's plans for dealing with COVID-19 on March 11, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
The City of Saskatoon follows SHA's lead on coronavirus
Following the first case of coronavirus in Saskatchewan, the City of Saskatoon is working closely with the Emergency Management Organization. The Emergency Operations Centre has raised its status to l...
Mar 12, 2020 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Coronavirus: Advice and information from the province, Government of Canada and the WHO
Saskatchewan has recorded its first presumptive case of coronavirus, a 60-year-old who had recently travelled to Egypt. After contact with a patient who is being tested for coronavirus, some members o...
Mar 12, 2020
Saskatoon officer shot at during drug raid
A police officer was shot at during a drug investigation in Saskatoon on Tuesday. It happened while executing a search warrant in the 100 block of Edinburgh Place in East College Park. A home on Hart ...
Mar 12, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Province presents new offer to teachers - STF not impressed
The provincial government has presented a new offer to Saskatchewan teachers. The proposal offers a one-time $1,500 payment for teachers in the first year, which will come from their health plan. It w...
Mar 11, 2020 Parents are being urged to drop their children off no earlier than 15 minutes before school, and to pick them up no later than 15 minutes after school ends. Lara Fominoff/CKOM
U of S to "operate as usual," considers remote classes
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) issued a statement Wednesday afternoon on the "quickly evolving COVID-19" situation. In a release by University Communications, the U of S says they're focused ...
Mar 11, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Correctional Centre inmate being tested for coronavirus
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is taking extra precautions after an inmate claimed to have come into contact with someone infected with the coronavirus in Alberta or B.C. The inmate and people who ...
Mar 11, 2020
Huskies celebrate national basketball championship
The U of S Huskies are the top team in Canada when it comes to women's basketball. They took the national championship with an 82-64 win against the Brock Badgers on Sunday. On Wednesday, fans gathere...
Mar 11, 2020 The Huskies women's basketball team showing off their hardware at a rally on March 11, 2020
(Dominick Lucyk, 650 CKOM)
Preventative coronavirus measures now in place at Saskatoon Catholic churches
New rules have been put in place for Catholic parishioners in Saskatoon, to avoid undue risk from coronavirus. Father Geoffrey Young, pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes parish, explains that effective imme...
Mar 11, 2020 St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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