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VIDO-InterVac prepares for human trials with COVID-19 vaccine
It's the kind of start to a new year that researchers at Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac were hoping for. CEO Volker Gerdts says they are days away from the first human testing with the COVID vaccine they'v...
Jan 04, 2021 Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of VIDO. (University of Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon snow sculpture artist creates virtual hug for passersby
In the front yard of a home along Cumberland Avenue South in Saskatoon sits a little girl with long, curly hair, hugging her most precious teddy bear. Except, this "little" girl is about seven-and-a-h...
Jan 04, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Hargrave resigns from cabinet over Palm Springs trip
Joe Hargrave resigned as Saskatchewan's highways minister Monday in the wake of his trip to Palm Springs, Calif., over the holidays. During a media conference in Saskatoon, Premier Scott Moe said he h...
Jan 04, 2021 Joe Hargrave. (paNOW file photo)
Economic recovery among premier’s hopes for 2021
Along with getting the COVID-19 vaccine out to everyone in the province, Premier Scott Moe says the government will be focusing on jumpstarting Saskatchewan’s economic recovery in 2021. Moe said...
Jan 04, 2021
Footprints in snow leads to K-9 track, arrest of two teens in weapons investigation
Two 19-year-old men are in custody following a weapons investigation Sunday morning. According to the Saskatoon police, a call regarding a collision came in around 8:30 a.m., at 500 Circle Drive South...
Jan 04, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
Garage fire caused by extension cord causes $70,000 in damages to Silverwood Heights home
An attached garage caught fire Sunday afternoon, causing around $70,000 in damage. That's according to the Saskatoon Fire Department, which said it was dispatched to the home just before 3 p.m. Sunday...
Jan 04, 2021 (Saskatoon Fire Department)
Latest COVID update Jan. 3: No deaths, 3,866 vaccinated, new cases outnumber recoveries
The active COVID case total has risen in Saskatchewan. After recoveries outnumbered new cases for six straight days, the Ministry of Health's update Sunday reported 238 new cases and 109 recove...
Jan 03, 2021 Dr. Jeffrey Betcher receives the first COVID-19 vaccination in Saskatchewan on Dec. 15, 2020. (File photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Health Authority)
Saskatoon's police chief looks back on a challenging 2020, ahead to hopeful 2021
During a year that saw an increase in violent crimes like aggravated assault, arson, domestic violence and criminal harassment, Saskatoon's police chief wants to remember the good things. Troy Cooper ...
Jan 02, 2021
Saskatoon couple welcomes city's first baby of 2021
Saskatoon's first baby of 2021 arrived at 1:38 a.m. on Friday. The Saskatchewan Health Authority said Saskatoon's Ehren Klane and Megan Hanson welcomed a son, John David William Klane, at Jim Pattison...
Jan 01, 2021 (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Police catch 18 impaired drivers at New Year's Eve check stop
Saskatoon Police found 18 impaired drivers at a New Year's Eve check stop Thursday. The large check stop was set up in partnership with Corman Park Police, Saskatchewan Highway Patrol and Canadian Pac...
Jan 01, 2021 Saskatoon police officers at a sobriety check stop on Dec. 14, 2020. (SPS Traffic/Twitter)
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