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Hidden Crisis: The front lines of the fight
A needle, a vial of naloxone and someone who knows how to use them -- for drug users who take too much, these may be the only things that stand between them and joining the list of those who've died b...
Jul 08, 2021 Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Jason Mercredi stands in front of the safe consumption site. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Sask. candidate Bellerose leads AFN election heading to third ballot
Saskatchewan may continue to be the home of the Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), following the departure of Perry Bellegarde. Wednesday and Thursday mark the election dates for the title,...
Jul 07, 2021 The FSIN is backing Muskowekwan Chief Reginald Bellerose in his bid for AFN National Chief. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Step by step: Saskatchewan prepares for final phase of reopening
Saskatchewan is set to take its next step. The final phase of the provincial government's Re-Opening Roadmap comes into effect Sunday with the removal of all public health orders. That includes mandat...
Jul 07, 2021
Latest COVID update July 7: 53 new cases, 1 death reported
Saskatchewan reported its highest daily total of COVID-19 cases in the past 10 days Wednesday. The Ministry of Health said there were 53 new infections, the most since 61 were announced June 26. There...
Jul 07, 2021
Saskatoon police use Taser on man to end five-hour standoff
A five-hour standoff Tuesday night ended when Saskatoon police used a Taser on a 52-year-old Langham man. In a media release Wednesday, the Saskatoon Police Service said members from Patrol, the Tacti...
Jul 07, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
'What we ask is for people to stay home': active COVID cases at Hatchet Lake surpasses 100
By Nigel Maxwell Editor's note: This story was amended at 8 p.m. Tuesday to include a statement from PAGC. The Chief of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation says every effort is being taken to control...
Jul 07, 2021 A photo of Hatchet Lake First Nation. (Facebook)
Hidden Crisis: Helping others out of the dark
Less than 10 years ago, Danita Wahpoosewyan was an addict, finding drugs where she could to ease her trauma and pain. But these days, she has kicked the habit and, in the midst of an overdose death cr...
Jul 07, 2021 Danita Wahpoosewyan is a wellness warrior at Wellness Wheel. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Some Sask. businesses opting to keep masks mandatory after July 11
Even with Saskatchewan abandoning all remaining public health measures - including mandatory masking indoors - starting Sunday, some businesses across the province could be asking customers to keep ma...
Jul 06, 2021 (Amy Dormuth/Twitter)
Man facing weapons, drug charges after traffic stop in Nipawin
A 26-year-old man from the hamlet of Moose Range is in police custody after a Nipawin RCMP officer located a stash of drugs, guns and ammunition in the man's vehicle during a traffic stop. According t...
Jul 06, 2021 (RCMP/Submitted)
Latest COVID update July 6: Sask. surpasses 500,000 second doses, first death in week reported
More than half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. There were 8,348 doses administered in the province in the latest reporting period, with 7,393 of those secon...
Jul 06, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
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