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SHA issues alert of potential COVID-19 exposures at Saskatoon businesses
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has issued an alert that people who tested positive for COVID-19 visited three businesses in Saskatoon last month. In a release, the SHA says the people were li...
Sep 04, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Results of audit show multitude of construction-related issues at Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford
An independent audit, completed by JPH Consulting and released Friday (Sept. 4), shows 200 construction-related issues at the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. Construction on the facility, ...
Sep 04, 2020 (battlefordsNOW Staff)
Boulet family celebrating Sask. online organ donation registry
Toby Boulet is looking towards Saskatchewan with a new sense of pride. On Thursday, the province launched its online organ and tissue donation registry after years of planning. Boulet's son, Logan, wa...
Sep 04, 2020 Humboldt Broncos defenceman Logan Boulet.
Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge to fully reopen on Sunday
There's some good news for Saskatoon motorists, as the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge will fully reopen on Sunday. In a release, the city said the two-year, $20-million rehabilitation project on the 54-y...
Sep 04, 2020 Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge deck and ramps.
(City of Saskatoon/Submitted photo)
Sask. NDP promises universal child care
With the provincial election coming up in October, Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili is promising new policies on child care if he's elected. Meili promised universal child care at a press conference...
Sep 04, 2020 Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili speaking to media in Saskatoon about implementing universal child care if he's elected premier. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
STARS receives $500,000 donation towards replacing fleet
STARS Air Ambulance received a substantial donation from Conexus Credit Union on Friday. The $500,000 donation will go towards replacing the ageing STARS fleet. "This kind of donation is massive, $500...
Sep 04, 2020 Eric Dillon and Andrea Robertson display the $500,000 cheque from Conexus Credit Union given to STARS. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
'The truck went poof, down:' Biggar grandmother recalls slough rescue
"I thought I was going to be holding that man's hand, and that would be the last hand he held." Those were the thoughts of Biggar's Karen Jiricka following a dangerous situation at a slough near the t...
Sep 04, 2020 Quick thinking and timely response saved a man's life near Biggar on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2020. His truck ended up in a slough and quickly submerged into the water. (Facebook/James Stanley Jiricka)
Directional signage, less furniture and a lot of disinfectant await students in Saskatoon public and Catholic schools
Even before reporters were given access to St. Nicholas Catholic and Sylvia Fedoruk Public Schools in northeast Saskatoon, everyone was required to scan a code with their smartphone camera, and fill o...
Sep 03, 2020
Taser deployed during arrest of man on Circle Drive
A Saskatoon Police Service officer used a Taser on a 25-year-old man Thursday after the man tried to grab the officer during an incident on Circle Drive. In a media release, police say at about 2:30 p...
Sep 03, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Police looking for help in finding missing woman
Saskatoon police are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who has been missing for nearly a month. In a release, police say 19-year-old Hana Thompson was last seen at the White Buffalo Yout...
Sep 03, 2020 (Hana Thompson/Saskatoon police)
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