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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
U of S public health expert shares self-isolation tips
More and more people are self-isolating to try to stop the spread of COVID-19, and a Saskatoon professor wants to make sure they're doing it right. Dr. Alexander Crizzle, a professor in the school of ...
Mar 19, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Sask. Internet providers, customers talk connectivity during COVID-19 isolation
With many around the world - including here in Saskatchewan - working or studying from home, people are relying on their Internet connections now more than ever. People in isolation are counting on th...
Mar 19, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
City urging province to ban public gatherings, city hall to close
The city is looking for a big ask from the province as it responds to Saskatchewan's declaring a state of emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic. City director of emergency operations, Pamela Goul...
Mar 18, 2020
U of S students able to go home, exams to be done remotely
If you're a University of Saskatchewan (U of S) student and wish to go home, the institution won't be stopping you. The U of S made the announcement Wednesday afternoon, adding that exams will be deli...
Mar 18, 2020 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
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