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Grease fire exposes safety issues at Saskatoon seafood restaurant
A Saskatoon restaurant will need to pass a safety inspection before it can reopen following a kitchen fire on Wednesday. Staff and customers were forced to evacuate the Red Lobster location on Eighth ...
Jul 21, 2022 Red Lobster was evacuated after a grease fire on July 20, 2022 (Google)
SHA preparing for shortage of epidural catheter kits
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing for a shortage of epidural catheter kits, which are primarily used to manage pain during childbirth and caesarean sections, as well as major abdomi...
Jul 20, 2022
Arrest made after assault investigation in Battleford
A 46-year-old Battleford man has been charged in connection with an assault that was caught on surveillance video. The man was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with one count of assault. He's to a...
Jul 20, 2022 (Still from video by Eleanore Sunchild)
More Riders players test positive for COVID, leaving next game in doubt
While Saturday's CFL game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and visiting Toronto Argonauts is expected to go on as scheduled, time is running out. The Riders have had several more players test posi...
Jul 20, 2022 Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager Jeremy O'Day. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan to start COVID vaccinations for kids under 5 this week
Saskatchewan will start offering around 13,000 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five at clinics this week. Health Canada approved the vaccine for children aged six mon...
Jul 20, 2022
482 impaired drivers nabbed in June: SGI
Hundreds of Saskatchewan drivers are facing stiff penalties after getting behind the wheel while impaired. According to SGI, a total of 482 people were criminally charged or had their licence suspende...
Jul 20, 2022
Sidhu granted day parole after Wednesday hearing
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the former truck driver responsible for the deadly 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, was granted day parole after a hearing Wednesday. The Parole Board of Canada gave Sidhu day pa...
Jul 20, 2022 Truck driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2019 to 29 counts of dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Ratushniak resigns as mayor of La Ronge
By Derek Cornet Colin Ratushniak has resigned. The resignation comes less than two years after Ratushniak won a four-year term as mayor of La Ronge during a general election held in November 2020. He ...
Jul 20, 2022 Colin Ratushniak has stepped down from his position as La Ronge's mayor. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW)
Ukrainian women first to take, pass free food safety course
After fleeing Ukraine and arriving in Saskatoon in May, Liubov Okun has taken a big step towards getting a steady job to support herself and her nine-year-old son. Thanks to the compassion of Saskatch...
Jul 20, 2022 Russell Scott presents Liubov Okun with her Safe Food Handling certificate after she passed her final test with a 96 per cent. Okun came to Saskatoon in May 2022 from Ukraine. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Statistics Canada: Inflation rate rises to 8.1 per cent in June
Statistics Canada says its consumer price index was up 8.1 per cent compared to a year ago. This is the largest yearly change since January of 1983. According to the latest report, the acceleration in...
Jul 20, 2022
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