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Curler at Sutherland Curling Club tests positive for COVID-19
A person who tested positive for COVID-19 participated in Sutherland Curling Club's league play earlier in March in Saskatoon. The curling club announced the positive case Sunday in an email to its me...
Mar 22, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Additional changes to policies, scheduling for provincial court systems
Saskatchewan's provincial courts are updating policies related to scheduling and court appearances. The update was issued Sunday, replacing the previous two COVID-19 updates in the past week by the Pr...
Mar 22, 2020 Gurpreet Singh will make an appearance at Saskatoon Provincial court on Thursday, January 23, 2020 where he faces multiple charges relating to immigration fraud. (650 CKOM)
Sask. distilleries mix up emergency sanitizer to fight COVID-19
With hand sanitizer in high demand over COVID-19, several Saskatchewan distilleries have shifted their businesses to help meet the demand for workers on the front lines of the pandemic. "We've got ord...
Mar 22, 2020 LB Distillers one of several Saskatchewan companies shifting production to make sanitizer amid COVID-19 pandemic. (LB Distillers/Facebook)
Rosthern doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 saw 15 patients
On Saturday, it was announced that the Rosthern Medical Clinic and the town's hospital are being shut down due to one of their doctors contracting COVID-19. In a post on the medical clinic's Facebook ...
Mar 22, 2020 Rosthern Doctor, Jess Melle, and his wife contracted COVID-19 from a recent trip to Alberta leading to the closure of the town's medical clinic (seen here) and hospital. (Rosthern Medical Clinic/ Facebook)
Man shot on 600 block of Idylwyld Drive
Saturday afternoon a Saskatoon man was shot on the 600 block of Idylwyld Dr. in Saskatoon. Police say the 33-year-old victim was transported to the hospital with "undetermined injuries." In an updated...
Mar 22, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Locals self isolating after second case of COVID-19 found in Southend
One week ago the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) held a press conference to call for more to be done to protect the province's remote and vulnerable northern communities. At that pre...
Mar 21, 2020 The town of Southend is now dealing with two cases of COVID-19 and is taking every possible precaution to stop the spread. (cameconorth.com)
City pushing ahead with Sid Buckwold Bridge renovations despite COVID-19
While many non-essential services are scaling back in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Saskatoon is moving ahead with phase two of renovations to the Sid Buckwold Bridge connecting the I...
Mar 20, 2020 Phase 1 of Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge rehabilitation was completed in fall 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Unifor accepts mediator’s recommendations aimed at ending lockout
The union representing employees at the Co-op Refinery Complex says it has accepted the recommendations of a mediator - a move that could end the lockout at the Regina facility. In a media release Fri...
Mar 20, 2020
Stabbing in the Mayfair area sends one man to hospital
A 38-year-old man was sent to hospital Friday afternoon after he was found suffering stab wounds. At about 1:30 p.m. police were called to a disturbance in the 100 block of 32nd Street West, where the...
Mar 20, 2020
COVID-19 brings boost in sales, change in operations for Saskatoon pot retailer
Like most places in the world right now, operations are a little different for legal weed retailers as people continue to fill up their stash in the face of COVID-19. At the Pot Shack in Saskatoon, on...
Mar 20, 2020 The Pot Shack has launched a delivery service and pick up option as pot retailers attempt to meet a surge in demand while promoting social distancing. (The Pot Shack/Facebook)
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