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'Health care workers are exhausted': P.A. Public Health Officer
By Dawson Thompson Hospitals around the province are at capacity and without any changes, the health-care system will be overwhelmed with patients in the next two weeks, leading to serious challenges ...
Sep 09, 2021 Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert (File photo)
'Test, trace and isolate:' Concerned citizens gather at Merriman's Saskatoon office
Chants about the province's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - geared at Health Minister Paul Merriman and Premier Scott Moe's golf game - rained down just off Eighth Street in Saskatoon on Wednesday...
Sep 08, 2021 University of Saskatchewan professor, Kyle Anderson, speaks to a crowd of concerned citizens in the parking lot of Health Minister Paul Merriman's office. Pictured on Sept. 8, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Fertuck trial hears scene at gravel pit 'extremely contaminated,' according to expert's notes
The gravel pit where 51-year-old Sheree Fertuck was working on the day she disappeared became "extremely contaminated," according to notes by RCMP forensic expert Sgt. Ryan Clunie. Clunie was testifyi...
Sep 08, 2021
Latest COVID update Sept. 8: 405 new cases, 181 hospitalizations, 2 deaths
There were 405 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, the fifth-highest single-day total of new cases in the province since the pandemic started. The highest daily total ever rep...
Sep 08, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Sask. NDP calls for government to 'show their work' on kids with COVID
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Premier Scott Moe to provide information and guidance on rising COVID-19 cases in the province to the public, especially involving kids. Ryan Meili, the leader of th...
Sep 08, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili addresses the media in front of the Jim Pattinson Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon on Sept. 8, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
SHA increases visitation limitations at Saskatoon-area care homes
Long-term care homes in the Saskatoon area are tightening up family presence restrictions due to rising COVID-19 cases in the region. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said long-term care homes will m...
Sep 08, 2021 (980 CJME file photo)
Suspect in James Smith Cree Nation murders makes first court appearance
The man charged after a double murder on the James Smith Cree Nation on Sunday made his first court appearance Wednesday morning. Shawn Moostoos, 33, appeared by phone in Nipawin Provincial Court to a...
Sep 08, 2021
Prince Albert OSB mill expected to create over 700 jobs for northern Sask.
A major announcement made by the provincial government Wednesday morning will, in the words of Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne, "help kickstart the forestry industry in the province." One Sky Forest P...
Sep 08, 2021 (Photo 215676548 © Mnogomesta | Dreamstime.com)
City committee hits the brakes on reduced speeds on residential streets
Saskatoon's transportation committee has voted to not proceed with reducing speed limits in the city. The motion to see speed limits on local and collector streets in Saskatoon reduced from 50 kilomet...
Sep 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
RNA load in Saskatoon's wastewater increases slightly, but there are signs of COVID slowdown
Whichever way you look at it, there's good and bad news coming from the University of Saskatchewan's wastewater research team. The team released its findings for Saskatoon, North Battleford and Prince...
Sep 07, 2021 The University of Saskatchewan. (Global Institute for Water Security)
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