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Saskatoon police looking for potential witnesses to fatal crash
The Saskatoon Police Service is looking for more witnesses as it continues to investigate a two-vehicle crash on Aug. 31 that claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman. Police specifically would like to...
Sep 17, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 16: 439 new cases, 1 new death
Saskatchewan reported 439 new COVID-19 cases and one new death Thursday. The seven-day average of new COVID cases rose to a record high of 438. The province also announced one more death, pushing the ...
Sep 16, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
How federal election promises hit your wallet
Trying to strike up a conversation with someone about how election promises affect the average voter's personal finances prompts memories of a hit Simon and Garfunkel song. "The Sound of Silence." Wit...
Sep 16, 2021
Mandatory masking, vaccine passports coming to Saskatchewan
Just over two months after dropping all COVID-19 public health measures -- and with new and active cases increasing at a high rate -- Saskatchewan is bringing back one measure and instituting another....
Sep 16, 2021 Premier Scott Moe discusses the public health measures the Government of Saskatchewan implemented on Sept. 16, 2021. (Facebook Live)
Sask. teacher tackling big issues of racism, diversity in online classroom
Big, topical issues like racism, multiculturalism and residential schools are extremely prevalent today -- and one Swift Current teacher is making them accessible to her students. The students are as ...
Sep 16, 2021 Meral Choudhry following her graduation from the University of Regina. Choudhry now teaches grade one at Chinook Cyber School in Swift Current. (Meral Choudhry/Submitted)
'They should be getting a call today:' Sask. NDP calls for 2nd shot strategy
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the provincial government to implement a strategy that will encourage people with their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to roll up their sleeves for Round 2. Opposi...
Sep 15, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Health Critic Vicki Mowat speak to reporters outside the Saskatoon Public Health office on Sept. 15, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Daycare workers across Saskatchewan afraid, stressed and burned out
It's not just health-care workers across Saskatchewan whose jobs are being seriously affected by the fourth COVID-19 wave in the province. Daycare providers are as well, according to the Saskatchewan ...
Sep 15, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Latest COVID update Sept. 15: Number of total cases passes 60,000
Saskatchewan went over the 60,000 mark in total COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The provincial government reported 475 new cases and the addition of two cases that tested positive outside the province, movi...
Sep 15, 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Community association advocating for safer road after death of nine-year-old
After a crash claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl, a Saskatoon community association is bringing road safety issues before the city. Baeleigh Maurice was riding her scooter in the Mayfair neighbo...
Sep 15, 2021 A few hundred people gathered in Saskatoon's Mayfair neighbourhood Friday to honour and remember Baeleigh Maurice, who died Sept. 9, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
'We are really nervous': Experts weigh in on Saskatchewan's fourth wave
With Saskatchewan reporting the most COVID-19 cases we have seen since the start of the pandemic, more experts around the province are sounding the alarm. Dr. Alex Wong, an infectious disease physicia...
Sep 15, 2021
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