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Sask. adds 14 new COVID-19 cases, including employee at assisted living facility
An employee at an assisted living facility in Regina is one of 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. In a media release Friday, the provincial government said an employee at an Eden Care fa...
Apr 03, 2020
Regina assisted living home taking temperatures, monitoring after employee contracts COVID-19
Eden Care Communities is tracing who a staff member may have come in contact with at their Memory Lane assisted living centre in Regina after they tested positive for COVID-19. CEO Alan Stephen told 9...
Apr 03, 2020
Local business making face shields for health care workers using 3D printers
Upon walking into Wave of the Future 3D Printing Cafe in Saskatoon, there are a few things that one will notice. Obviously, the first thing is the awesome, seven-foot-tall, 3D-printed Baby Groot statu...
Apr 03, 2020 Randy Janes, owner of Wave of the Future 3D Printing Cafe, tries on one of the face shields he is currently making and donating to health care workers who need them. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon Zoo welcomes new manager and two baby mouflon sheep
It's been an exciting time at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Zoo lately, even if it is closed to the public right now. Over the last few weeks, not only has new manager Jeff Mitchell been hired, but ...
Apr 03, 2020 Two baby Mouflon sheep were born in late March at the Saskatoon Zoo. Photo Courtesy: Jeff Mitchell /Saskatoon Forestry Park and Zoo
‘Always new expenses:’ Lawsuits filed as anniversary of Broncos bus crash nears
It's been almost two years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and with the solemn anniversary comes a closing legal window that has seen several lawsuits filed in court. Sixte...
Apr 03, 2020 The Humboldt Broncos pose after a win over the Melfort Mustangs on March 24, 2018. (Humboldt Broncos/ Twitter)
Van de Vorst family looks to hold convicted drunk driver to promises as day parole granted
Lou and Linda Van de Vorst aren't too pleased about the prospect of Catherine McKay being granted day parole just over four years after she drove drunk and took the lives of their son, his wife and th...
Apr 03, 2020 Jordan and Chanda Van de Vorst and their children Kamryn, 5, and Miguire, 2, died after being hit by a drunk driver on Jan. 3, 2016. (Vigil for the Van de Vorst family/Facebook)
Saskatoon hotel ready for front line healthcare workers, those who need to self-isolate, and the vulnerable
The City of Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association and area hotels are working together to identify where front line healthcare workers, those coming home from international tra...
Apr 03, 2020 Park Town Hotel GM Salil Kulkarni. Photo Courtesy: Salil Kulkarni
Saskatoon police investigate more than 100 complaints related to COVID-19 laws
Saskatoon police are seeing an increasing call volume for complaints related to COVID-19. Since public health orders to combat the virus came in effect on March 20, police said they have investigated ...
Apr 03, 2020
Work set to begin on Sid Buckwold Bridge on Monday
Although there has been less traffic in Saskatoon recently with more people working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis, work on the Sid Buckwold Bridge will still likely cause a few traffic headache...
Apr 03, 2020 (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
COVID-19 uncertainty puts golf season on pause
People looking for ways to stay active while staying away from others might have to cross golf off their list this spring. The provincial government clarified Thursday that golf courses are not an ess...
Apr 03, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
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