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Saskatoon city council opts not to bring back restrictions to city facilities
Saskatoon city councillors decided not to bring back any new restrictions at civic facilities during a special meeting to update the city's COVID-19 situation late Monday afternoon. The city created "...
Jan 11, 2022
'We don't have a playbook:' Saskatchewan sets overdose death record in 2021
People in Saskatchewan are dying from drug overdoses at a rate never seen before in the province. According to the latest statistics provided by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, a total of 464 peopl...
Jan 11, 2022 The Saskatchewan Health Authority offers free Naloxone kits to provincial residents. (Sheena Roszell/650 CKOM)
RCMP looking for help in Air Ronge homicide investigation
The Saskatchewan RCMP major crime unit is asking for the public's help to identify a person wanted in connection to a homicide investigation. The homicide happened at a home on Waco Drive in Air Ronge...
Jan 10, 2022
Latest COVID update Jan. 10: 1,069 new cases, no new hospitalizations
The recent surge of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continued Monday as the province reported its third day of more than 1,000 new cases in the past four days. The Ministry of Health reported 1,069...
Jan 10, 2022 COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits are no longer available in Saskatchewan. (THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE/Jeff McIntosh)
Police lay charges following shooting in Fairhaven
Saskatoon Police arrested and charged a man in connection to a shooting in the Fairhaven neighbourhood last Friday. At roughly 9 a.m. Friday, Police were called to a home in the 10 block of Bushe Plac...
Jan 10, 2022 (650 CKOM)
Wanuskewin hopes 'little miracles' will help with UNESCO world heritage site designation
A heritage park just outside of Saskatoon is hoping a recent discovery will solidify its bid to receive UNESCO world heritage site designation. Dr. Ernie Walker, the lead archaeologist at Wanuskewin H...
Jan 10, 2022 Archaeologist Dr. Ernie Walker explaining a display at Wanuskewin on Dec. 6, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Another winning Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Saskatoon
The Lotto Max seems to love Saskatoon. According to the latest numbers posted on the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation website, someone bought a ticket in Saskatoon on Friday, Jan. 7, that matched ...
Jan 08, 2022
COVID risk in Saskatoon hits 'red-level' status; no disruption expected in core services
The risk of COVID in Saskatoon has reached 'critical' status, according to the municipal government. The City uses four indicators to nail down the virus' risk in the community: the average of weekly ...
Jan 08, 2022
USask prof says extreme cold can be ideal for exercise
Dr. Phil Chilibeck practises what he teaches - in this case, enjoying a late afternoon of snowshoeing for exercise in a wind chill of -24 C. Chilibeck is a professor of kinesiology at the University o...
Jan 07, 2022 Dr. Phil Chilibeck, a kinesiology professor at the University of Saskatchewan, practices what he teaches by snowshoeing at Kinsmen Park in the extreme cold on Jan. 7, 2021. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Latest COVID update Jan. 7: All-time high 1,170 new cases reported
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Saskatchewan has reached quadruple figures in new cases. The Ministry of Health reported 1,170 new cases Friday, breaking the single-day record ...
Jan 07, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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