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Latest COVID update Feb. 2: 611 new cases, four deaths
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan fell again Wednesday. The Ministry of Health said there were 10,354 active cases in the province, down 1,016 from Tuesday's update. T...
Feb 02, 2022 COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits are no longer available in Saskatchewan. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh)
Saskatoon school bus cancellations
School buses in Saskatoon will remain parked on Wednesday due to extremely cold temperatures. Saskatoon public and catholic schools have cancelled school bus service for the whole day. Buses are also ...
Feb 02, 2022
Hague Elementary School becomes shelter from the storm
Monday's blizzard left many people stranded when highways closed and areas dealt with near-zero visibility. Brad Nichol is the learning superintendent with the Prairie Spirit School Division. Like man...
Feb 02, 2022 Conditions in Hague area during Jan. 31, 2022 blizzard.(submitted/Prairie Spirit School Division)
Several staff fired, led off property at Saskatoon shelter
Several staff members - including directors and managers - at a Saskatoon shelter were abruptly fired Tuesday. Sources have told 650 CKOM at least one person was escorted off The Lighthouse's downtown...
Feb 01, 2022 (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Feb. 1: Hospitalizations rise, active cases fall
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continued its downward trajectory Tuesday. According to the provincial government, the average as of Tuesday was 1,105, or 91.7 cases per 10...
Feb 01, 2022
Rosetown becomes a refuge for people caught in storm
Bad weather typically brings out the best in Saskatchewan people and that was true again during Monday's wicked blizzard. Rosetown ran out of hotel rooms to accommodate the influx of travellers lookin...
Feb 01, 2022 Rosetown water tower (Facebook)
Downtown Saskatoon wellness centre gets green light for expansion
Saskatoon city council has given a unanimous thumbs up to a 20-bed expansion at the downtown wellness centre. The shelter, located at 145 First Ave. N, opened Dec. 15 with a 50-person capacity. It has...
Feb 01, 2022 Inside a new temporary wellness shelter in Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Bobsledder Ben Coakwell ready for third Olympics
Ben Coakwell isn’t worried about pressure when it comes to the 2022 Beijing Olympics. "I lack the stress because you train for four years to do this and I just don’t believe in stressing o...
Feb 01, 2022
Almost all Saskatchewan highways reopened following storm
Nearly all of Saskatchewan's highways were reopened Tuesday after much of Saskatchewan was hit by a wicked blizzard on Monday. At 2:45 p.m., the Highway Hotline map showed just one stretch of road -- ...
Feb 01, 2022 Highway Hotline camera on Highway 1 at Balgonie (Government of Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon crews clean up after wicked blizzard
The latest storm to hit Saskatoon this winter didn't drop the most snow, but it was arguably the most fierce. The city estimated it received more than five centimetres from the blizzard on Monday. The...
Feb 01, 2022 Stuck car on Claypool Drive in Saskatoon on Feb. 1 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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