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Deep freeze expected to last until 2022
The brutally cold conditions are expected to last until next year. That’s according to Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Shaer, who says people throughout the province will have to wait a ...
Dec 28, 2021
YEAR IN REVIEW: Clark says 2021 was a 'year like no other'
It was another difficult pandemic year, according to Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. It started off with the cleanup of a massive snowstorm that pummelled the city in late 2020, friction with the provi...
Dec 28, 2021 Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (650 CKOM file photo)
WHL sees 36 added to COVID protocol list, four of five Sask. teams affected
The WHL returned from its holiday break Monday with dozens of players or staff sent to COVID-19 protocol. A media release says a total of 36 WHL personnel were added to the protocol list as a result o...
Dec 28, 2021
Sask. diamond cutter reinvents the wheel of jewelry industry
A diamond cutter based in Prince Albert believes he has developed a new method of setting diamonds that will revolutionize the jewelry industry. Ten years ago, Mike Botha and New Zealand jeweller Ian ...
Dec 28, 2021 Mike Botha CEO of Embee Diamonds Technologies (paNOW)
Rush postpone New Years Eve game; NLL postpones week across league
The Saskatchewan Rush and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) have announced the postponement of all games scheduled this week. The decision - released in a statement Monday by the league - was made ou...
Dec 28, 2021 The Saskatchewan Rush signed Chris Corbeil and Kyle Rubisch to one-year contracts on May 9, 2019. (Saskatchewan Rush/ Facebook)
Two dead from Humboldt area following Boxing Day collision
A two-vehicle Boxing Day crash near Lake Lenore has killed two people. According to Humboldt RCMP, five were involved in the collision between a car and an SUV. Three passengers in the SUV were injure...
Dec 28, 2021 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
'There were quite a few tears shed:' local insurance company puts on holiday bash for Elmwood Residences
For the past 20 months, things haven't been normal for people living at Elmwood Residences in Saskatoon. From intense precautions to a COVID outbreak, the group home for those with intellectual disabi...
Dec 27, 2021 Residents, staff of Elmwood Residences pose for a photo with Galon Insurance members at its Christmas party on Dec. 18, 2021. (submitted/Jannah Nicholson)
'The way it is nowadays:' Sask. curler reacts to cancellation of Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials
St. Gregor's Kirk Muyres was preparing to travel to Portage la Prairie, Man., Sunday afternoon for another crack at the Olympics. He and teammate Laura Walker have been gearing up for the Mixed Double...
Dec 26, 2021 Curlers Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres, pictured. (Twitter/Walker/MuyresMixed Doubles)
U of S delays return to class for winter term
The University of Saskatchewan is delaying the start of its winter term as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant continues to spread in other provinces across the country. As a precautionary measure, the u...
Dec 24, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 23: 194 new cases, 1 death
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan and the number of COVID-related hospitalizations in the province continued going in opposite directions Thursday. In its daily update, the Ministry of ...
Dec 23, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
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