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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
Saskatoon Public Schools seeing COVID's impact in classrooms
Since the return from the Christmas break, a number of Saskatoon students have missed classes due to COVID-19. Saskatoon Public Schools is confirming 85 positive COVID cases in the first week of 2022....
Jan 07, 2022 (650 CKOM file photo)
Crop production show going ahead despite recommendation against gatherings
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show is expected to continue as scheduled next week, despite rising cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Saskatchewan. Lori Cates with the Saskatoon Prairielan...
Jan 07, 2022 Machinery being prepared for the Western Canadian Crop Production Show at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon next week. (Western Canadian Crop Production Show/Facebook)
Saskatoon PPE company sees rise in demand for locally made masks, respirators
Saskatoon's Benchmark PPE is seeing an exponential rise in demand for not only its certified medical grade masks in recent weeks but also for its C-95 respirators. "It's like 15 times more demand. It ...
Jan 07, 2022 Olga Bugrova, co-owner of Benchmark PPE, with one of the company's masks. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Winnipeg Jets no longer thinking about playing games at SaskTel Centre
NHL fans in Saskatchewan will have to wait a little longer for the league to make its return to the province. Due to ongoing COVID-related restrictions in Manitoba, the Winnipeg Jets were exploring th...
Jan 07, 2022 SaskTel Centre could play host to the 2023 world junior hockey championship. (Tourism Saskatoon/Submitted)
6,000 full-time jobs added in Saskatchewan in December, says Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is out with the latest national and provincial employment numbers for December. According to a release, there were 55,000 full-time jobs added nationally in December. But the nationa...
Jan 07, 2022
Saskatchewan's top doctor recommends no gatherings in coming weeks
Saskatchewan has not put in any further COVID-19 health measures, but Dr. Saqib Shahab was emphatic in his recommendation Thursday. "We need ... to do everything to blunt the wave," the province's chi...
Jan 06, 2022 Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
More measures needed to keep schools safe: NDP
The Saskatchewan NDP doesn’t believe enough is being done to keep schools safe. Schools across the province welcomed students back this week after the Christmas break, but the provincial governm...
Jan 06, 2022
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