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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
'I absolutely love helping people': Tow truck operator likes making a difference in cold weather
Heather Smith became a tow truck operator with Auto Rescue Towing just six months ago and she since has found a new sense of joy. While the summer months were easy to get used to, the winter months ha...
Jan 06, 2022 (Auto Rescue Towing/Facebook)
Latest COVID update Jan. 6: Record highs in new and active cases
Saskatchewan has set records for daily cases of COVID-19 as well as active cases. The Ministry of Health on Thursday reported 913 new cases, breaking the previous record of 735 that was set Friday. Th...
Jan 06, 2022
Extreme cold warnings in place for entire province
An extreme cold warning is in place for every region of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada splits Saskatchewan into 32 reporting regions and it issued warnings for all of them Thursday morning, saying w...
Jan 06, 2022
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