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'A mile in our moccassins:' STC holds walk for reconciliation Tuesday, around 300 attend
Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand stood before the media Tuesday, minutes prior to the start of a walk for reconciliation. Wearing flip-flops, Arcand was preparing to make a 23-block trek across down...
Jul 20, 2021 Around 300 walked the streets of downtown Saskatoon Tuesday, bringing awareness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
July brings increase to monthly seniors benefit
More than 15,000 seniors in Saskatchewan will be seeing an increase in their maximum monthly benefit provided through a government seniors plan. A $30 increase came into effect on July 1, 2021 for tho...
Jul 20, 2021 Mike McGuire and his mom outside of her seniors' residence.
(Mike McGuire/Facebook)
Riders fan getting to practice with piece of Roughriders history
A young football player and lifelong Riders fan hoping to make it big is getting an opportunity to practice with a piece of Roughriders history. Twenty-year-old Cameron Gillis, a kicker for Stetson Un...
Jul 20, 2021 (Cameron Gillis)
Sask. government working on vaccine passports
As people plan to get away from home for the first time in 16 months, it appears more vacations could require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. A spokesperson from the Ministry of Health said the govern...
Jul 20, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Latest COVID update July 20: Record high doses of Pfizer expected through July end, 22 new cases reported
Record high doses of the Pfizer vaccine are expected in Saskatchewan through the end of the month after shipments of the vaccine resumed. In a release, the provincial government said more than 97,000 ...
Jul 20, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Police, SGI go after noisy vehicles in Saskatoon
SGI and the Saskatoon Police Service are clamping down on noisy vehicles this summer. Police will begin issuing notices to vehicles in the city deemed to be excessively loud. These notices will requir...
Jul 20, 2021 File photo 650 CKOM
Some producers look to irrigation as drought drags on
It is well known that this summer has been brutally hot and dry. It is also well known that because of the weather, many farmers across the province are suffering. The dry conditions have left some cr...
Jul 19, 2021
Latest COVID update July 19: Active cases continue to decline with 16 new cases announced, 20 recoveries
Sixteen new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths were reported in the province's COVID-19 update Monday. A total of 49,450 cases of the virus have been reported in Saskatchewan. There were 2,704 new do...
Jul 19, 2021
Firefighters making headway after busy weekend
Firefighters have been able to make headway to extinguish several fires in Saskatchewan during the weekend. That's according to Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency vice-president of operations, Steve Ro...
Jul 19, 2021 (File photo submitted by Ministry of Environment)
Saskatchewan park evacuated due to a wildfire set to reopen Tuesday
Saskatchewan parks are returning to normal after wildfires caused evacuations on Friday. On Monday, the province announced the reopening of campgrounds in Narrow Hills Provincial Park for Tuesday morn...
Jul 19, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
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