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Saskatoon SPCA closed to the public, urgently needs to get animals adopted
The Saskatoon SPCA is the latest facility to close its doors to the public in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release Thursday afternoon, the shelter said it is now in urgent need to get 14 do...
Mar 20, 2020 SPCA
(Facebook)
Few stores remain open at Midtown Plaza amid COVID-19 outbreak
Escalators, empty halls and shuttered doors is all a person will see at Midtown Plaza these days. One week after Saskatchewan's first presumptive case of COVID-19, the only noticeable thing at Saskato...
Mar 19, 2020 Midtown Plaza is nearly empty after dozens of stores have shuttered as a response to the spread of COVID-19. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon store closes after encounter with traveler who didn't self isolate
The Lawson Heights Sangster's health store closed to customers on Thursday morning due to the COVID-19 outbreak and after interacting with a traveler who wasn't self isolating. Owner Rheanne Haines to...
Mar 19, 2020 The Sangster's Lawson Heights location closed on March 19, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Sangster's/Facebook)
Friendship Inn continues to operate, looking for monetary donations amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Friendship Inn is continuing its service to the community while practising social distancing. The community centre has been operating for just over 50 years, but never during a situation like we'r...
Mar 19, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Funeral sector adapting to challenges with social distancing using technology
One of Saskatoon's funeral homes is helping families practice social distancing, while still honouring their loved ones. Morgan Edwards is the general manager at Saskatoon Funeral Home. He told 650 CK...
Mar 19, 2020 Saskatoon Funeral Home is offering a unique way of delivering funerals amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Facebook/Saskatoon Funeral Home)
Saskatchewan's federal courts shut down during COVID-19 pandemic
Starting Friday at 12:01 a.m. all regular operations at Court of Queen's Bench locations in Saskatchewan will be suspended. "The decision to proceed in this manner was done cautiously as information d...
Mar 19, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
Alberta reports first COVID-19 death
Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the man who died was in his 60s and had underlying health conditions. She says it appears he contracted...
Mar 19, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Sask. doctors call on businesses to close their doors
Nearly 200 Saskatchewan physicians have written an open letter to the business community in the province. They are asking all businesses to close their doors to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreadi...
Mar 19, 2020
Changes to city utility, property tax charges coming, along with transit and parking enforcement
In the continuously changing times within the COVID-19 crisis, the city of Saskatoon is doing its part to keep up. In keeping up with the unprecedented event, changes are coming to the way utilities a...
Mar 19, 2020
Saskatoon mom's idea to phone lonely seniors met with enthusiasm
Danielle Moskalewski knows how it feels to be alone, isolated, and to crave the company of others. She and her family were stuck in their home in Montreal for two weeks in 1998, following the devastat...
Mar 19, 2020
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