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Saskatoon leisure facilities to require proof of vaccination or negative test
Anyone over the age of 12 will be required to show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result for public access to leisure facilities in Saskatoon. The policy, which aligns with the ...
Sep 29, 2021 (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM file photo)
Two new apps now available for proof of vaccination requirements coming Friday
Two apps have been launched to help with the implementation of proof of vaccination requirements for Saskatchewan businesses and events. Beginning Friday, Oct. 1, various businesses and venues in the ...
Sep 29, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Consumers who shopped with shuttered Sask. used car dealer might be eligible for compensation
Consumers who suffered a financial loss after shopping with MacNeil Motors might be able to file a claim for compensation. A bond issued to MacNeil Motors Inc. has been demanded and paid, according to...
Sep 29, 2021 Used vehicle prices are up as supply goes down with a lack of new vehicles in dealership lots. (980 CJME file photo)
Outbreak declared at Saskatoon school after 10 cases confirmed
An outbreak has been declared at another public school in Saskatoon, the second outbreak in less than a week. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) declared the outbreak Tuesday afternoon at whkhtow...
Sep 29, 2021 (Saskatoon Public Schools)
Sask. businessman calls B.C. vaccine requirements 'seamless'
Shawn Moen was a little nervous to travel to B.C. last week for a sailing trip with his father. "It just happened that we came out when the vaccine requirements in B.C. were in full force," he told Br...
Sep 29, 2021 (9 Mile Legacy Brewing/Facebook)
Close contacts in Sask. schools need to self-isolate, NDP says
The NDP's education critic says there's still time for the government to correct its approach to COVID-19 in schools and order close contacts to self-isolate. Currently, when there are positive cases ...
Sep 28, 2021
Saskatoon gym to introduce fob feature to help with vaccination screening
With proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test required at various non-essential businesses beginning Friday, Anytime Fitness is developing its own means of vaccination confirmation. Steven Lam...
Sep 28, 2021 (Anytime Fitness/Facebook)
Latest COVID update Sept. 28: Record hospitalizations, 10 deaths reported
Hospitalizations and ICU admissions due to COVID-19 reached record levels again Tuesday in Saskatchewan. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 311 COVID patients in the province's health-car...
Sep 28, 2021 (Dr. Susan Shaw/Twitter)
'Suspicious package' turns out to be harmless
The police investigation into a suspicious package in downtown Saskatoon has determined the package wasn't suspicious after all. Just before noon on Tuesday, police received a call about a package loc...
Sep 28, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
QR codes back as launch of proof-of-vaccination policy nears
QR codes are back for Saskatchewan residents to prove they've had a COVID-19 vaccination. The codes were removed from MySaskHealthRecord accounts on Friday due to privacy issues. On Tuesday, the Minis...
Sep 28, 2021
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