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Prince Albert outlaws plastic bags
By Derek Craddock Plastic checkout bags are a thing of the past in Prince Albert. The city's ban on the plastic bags too effect on Monday, nearly two years after the bylaw was originally passed by cou...
Oct 12, 2021 plastic bags, recycle
'I cannot even explain how I feel:' Afghan woman escapes Taliban, arrives in Saskatoon
Zahrah Shirdel and Farkhonda Tahery's lives changed when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in late August, after the departure of American soldiers who'd been stationed in the country for the past two...
Oct 12, 2021 Zahrah Shirdel in her room at the Staybridge Suites in Saskatoon on Oct. 5, 2021. Shirdel and Tahery recently immigrated to Canada with the help of Prince's Trust Canada after the Taliban seized control of the country in August. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan sees first snowfall of the season
It may have not stuck around for long, but snow did hit the ground in Saskatchewan's northwest Sunday. According to Environment Canada's Chris Stammers, one or two centimetres hit the ground overnight...
Oct 11, 2021 A look at the snowfall overnight at Jackfish golf course, north of North Battleford. Pictured on Oct. 11, 2021. (Jackfish Lodge Golf and Conference Center/Facebook)
'Our infrastructure is failing:' After over 50 years, Elmwood prepares residents moving to new homes
All 30 residents at Elmwood Residences will be moving within the next three to five years. The group home for those with intellectual disabilities will be closing its Kinsmen Manor doors within that t...
Oct 11, 2021 Elmwood Kinsmen Manor. (Google Maps)
Police searching for suspect in Caswell Hill stabbing
Saskatoon police are searching for a person believed to be responsible for a stabbing that sent a man to hospital with life threatening injuries Friday. An officer in the K-9 unit found two men fighti...
Oct 09, 2021
Sask. doctors advising to keep Thanksgiving gatherings small, outside
Doctors across the province have some advice to stay healthy and safe this Thanksgiving long weekend. At Thursday's Saskatchewan Health Authority physicians' town hall, medical health officer Dr. John...
Oct 09, 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
Police investigating after man approaches students at recess about vaccines
Saskatoon police are investigating a complaint of a man lurking around an elementary school talking to students about COVID-19 vaccines. It happened Friday morning at Chief Whitecap School in Stonebri...
Oct 08, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Oct. 8: 576 new cases, including 147 kids under 12
More than a quarter of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday were children aged 11 and under. There were 576 new cases announced, including 147 kids under 12. That age group isn't ...
Oct 08, 2021
Increase in calls for police in Saskatoon largely related to addictions, overdoses
Calls for service are up in Saskatoon, with around 1,000 more in September than last year, according to Saskatoon's police chief. Troy Cooper shared information on the latest crime statistics in Saska...
Oct 08, 2021 Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
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