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Heat records broken in 12 Sask. communities Monday, more likely to fall Tuesday
The heat is still hanging around, just days before we turn the calendar. A total of 12 records were broken in Saskatchewan communities Monday, mostly located in the southern portions of the province. ...
Sep 28, 2021
'Tickets will be laid:' Saskatoon police, mayor on PPC election night rally
"Tickets will be laid." Those were the words of Saskatoon Police Deputy Chief Randy Huisman on the Brent Loucks Show, in respect to roughly 300 people in attendance at an election night party held by ...
Sep 28, 2021 PPC supporters gathered at the Saskatoon Inn on Sept. 20, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
It'll be weeks before Sask. sees benefit of vaccination uptake, says U of S epidemiologist
Provincial health measures designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 and to promote vaccination need to go further, according to a University of Saskatchewan epidemiologist. Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine says w...
Sep 28, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
School divisions see some classes return to remote learning due to COVID
COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Saskatchewan and the numbers have moved some students back to online learning temporarily. In-class learning has been largely uninterrupted in the province, but ou...
Sep 27, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 27: Active cases fall, hospitalizations rise
For the first time in nearly three weeks, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan has fallen. In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Health said there were 4,788 active cases in the...
Sep 27, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
New film about grasslands shows why Canadians should support beef industry
It's a lesser-known fact that Canadian grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, disappearing at a rate of four football fields a minute. A new documentary is trying to raise ...
Sep 27, 2021
Questions linger for Sask. business owners ahead of vaccine passport implementation
When the Saskatchewan government announced vaccine passports would be required at various establishments and businesses, the first thought that came to Tracy Read's mind was how she was going to carry...
Sep 27, 2021
Outbreaks declared at three Saskatoon Public Schools
A total of 18 COVID cases make up three outbreaks at Saskatoon schools. The health authority alerted the Saskatoon Public School Division of the trio of schools Sunday. The outbreak communication was ...
Sep 27, 2021 (Saskatoon Public Schools)
Latest COVID update Sept. 26: Cases continue to climb, 3 deaths
COVID cases continue to climb in Saskatchewan. In its daily update Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported 552 new cases of the virus. There were also three deaths reported. Hospitalizations have gone...
Sep 26, 2021
Privacy issues force temporary removal of QR codes from vaccination records
Four days after being launched, QR codes are temporarily being removed from Saskatchewan residents' COVID-19 vaccination records due to privacy issues. The Government of Saskatchewan said Friday after...
Sep 24, 2021
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