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Baseball Sask. "strategically planning" upcoming season with multiple models of shortened seasons
There's still a lot up in the air in terms of baseball in Saskatchewan this summer. Baseball Saskatchewan, the governing body for the sport in the province, continues to update its website with the la...
Apr 08, 2020 There's still a lot up in the air for the 2020 baseball season in Saskatchewan. (Twitter/Baseball Sask)
Saskatoon business group calls for provincial aid package
A Saskatoon business group says not enough attention is being paid to how Saskatchewan's economy will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to Premier Scott Moe, North Saskatoon Business Asso...
Apr 08, 2020 (NSBA/Facebook)
La Ronge man taken by COVID-19 remembered as great father, outdoorsman
Ron Mackay's family doesn't want him to be remembered for the way he was taken from this world, but for the way he lived in it and the way he loved it. The 85-year-old former owner of Red's Camps in L...
Apr 08, 2020 Ron Mackay is pictured here at Red's Camps in La Ronge, Sask. (Lisa Saelhof/Submitted)
Overflowing donation bins pose potential health and safety hazard
Since people started to self-isolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have been using the time at home to do some spring cleaning. Now, some charity donation bins are overflowing and becoming dumpin...
Apr 08, 2020 Diabetes Canada donation bins
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Blood donations stay strong amid COVID-19 pandemic
After an initial spike in appointment cancellations when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Canadian Blood Services put a call out to donors. The organization has been thrilled with the response from comm...
Apr 08, 2020 The Canadian Blood Services clinic on Eighth Street in Saskatoon. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
How to try to avoid cross contamination - advice from RUH's head of clinical microbiology
What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...
Apr 07, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
U of S Greystone Singers get creative in year-end performance
The COVID-19 global pandemic didn't stop the University of Saskatchewan's (U of S) Greystone Singers from marking the end of their academic year. Traditionally, the Greystone Singers hold a year-end c...
Apr 07, 2020 The 2020 U of S Greystone Singers got creative in their final performance of the year, moving digital in the process. (Youtube/UofS Music)
Man faces charges after refusing to stop for police
A Saskatoon man is facing several charges after refusing to stop for police Monday night. At around 7:30 p.m., police received a report of a hit-and-run. The complainant said their vehicle had been si...
Apr 07, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Students begin supplemental learning as school districts roll out assignments
It's an exercise that's never been attempted before on a scale like this: a supplemental, but optional learning program for K-12 students in both the Saskatoon Public and Catholic School divisions. Sa...
Apr 07, 2020 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Three teens face charges after refusing to stop for police
Three teens aged 16, 14 and 13 face a number of charges after an incident Monday morning involving a stolen vehicle and an attempt to evade police. At around 11:20 a.m., police observed a black Dodge ...
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